August 19 “Gold Diggers of 1933″, Rain or Shine!

 August 19 “Gold Diggers of 1933″, Rain or Shine!

The final movie of the Monday Night Movies in the Park series at the Camden Amphitheatre will be the fabulous 1930s movie “Gold Diggers of 1933,” rain or shine! The movie will be screened on Monday evening, August 19, at 7:45 pm. The movie will be shown indoors if the weather is rainy; it was already rescheduled once from early in the summer due to rain, “and we don’t want to put it off any longer!” said Ken Gross, Program Director at the Camden Public Library. The Library hosts Movies in the Park thanks to the support of Allen Insurance & Financial. “Gold Diggers of 1933” stars Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers, Joan Blondell, Ruby Murray, and other stars of the early 1930s. Bring blankets or chairs for seating. The movies are free but donations will be accepted, thanks!

“Gold Diggers” contains some of the showiest dance numbers of the era, and several show tune favorites, such as  “We’re in the Money” and “Pettin’ in the Park.” It’s a first-rate cast, a first-rate director, and oh, those show girls and dances! Made in the year when the global economic crash hit rock bottom, and the first signs of recovery began to appear, ”Gold Diggers” is very much a product of the Depression. Bread lines and penury are all around, but there is a jaunty air of optimism, too: “the long-lost dollar has come back to the fold.” Polly, Trixie, and Carol are three vivacious and attractive showgirls who room together and scrape a precarious living by getting hired for each new Broadway musical as it crops up, and riding their luck until it closes — which is often before it even opens.