"Razzmatazz and realism." That is how British writer and theatre historian Ronald Harwood described American musicals in his 1984 documentary television series *All the World’s a Stage*. This description could easily be applied to Hollywood musicals, at least the earliest classics of the genre. One of those is *Gold Diggers of 1933*, a 1933 film directed by Mervyn LeRoy. The film is based on *The Gold Diggers*, a 19…More







