Coins in Movies - The Ultimate Example - Gold Diggers of 1933
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I have been looking at appearances of coins and numismatic items in films for some time,
and I have found the best one:
"Gold Diggers of 1933"
What more could one ask for, chorus girls, Busby Berkeley, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler,
and the hit songs "We're in the Money", "Petting in the Park", and "Remember my Forgotten Man".
The girls show us the money:
Chorus girls sing "We're in the Money"
"We're in the Money" (by Harry Warren and Al Dubin)
The long lost dollar has come back to the fold
With silver you can turn your dreams to gold
We're in the money We're in the money
We've got a lot of what it takes to get along!
We're in the money, the sky is sunny.
Old Man Depression, you are through, you done us wrong!
Ginger Rogers and the chorus girls line up
The coin props are apparently based on the Charles Barber design used for United States silver coins from 1892 to 1916.
Some of these coins would have still been in circulation in 1933.
More details on this film and others on my website under "Coins in Movies".
and I have found the best one:
"Gold Diggers of 1933"
What more could one ask for, chorus girls, Busby Berkeley, Ginger Rogers, Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler,
and the hit songs "We're in the Money", "Petting in the Park", and "Remember my Forgotten Man".
The girls show us the money:
Chorus girls sing "We're in the Money"
"We're in the Money" (by Harry Warren and Al Dubin)
The long lost dollar has come back to the fold
With silver you can turn your dreams to gold
We're in the money We're in the money
We've got a lot of what it takes to get along!
We're in the money, the sky is sunny.
Old Man Depression, you are through, you done us wrong!
Ginger Rogers and the chorus girls line up
The coin props are apparently based on the Charles Barber design used for United States silver coins from 1892 to 1916.
Some of these coins would have still been in circulation in 1933.
More details on this film and others on my website under "Coins in Movies".
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Looks like some ultra high sized Peace dollars for back drops.
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Looks like some ultra high sized Peace dollars for back drops. >>
As I recall the movie, the giant dollars painted on the backdrop alternate Morgan and Peace, obverses only. Notice the denticles in the upper right-hand corner.
It was also titled "We're in the Money".
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Ditto
The folks on both my mother's and father's side were viewed as "rich" by the local community, but that was only relative. My mother spoke of a lot of family belt tightening during The Great Depression, and she very much a child of the Depression with a lot of thrifty attitudes.
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A Film for High School Students
Presented by
The American Bankers Association
Circa 1951
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