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Gold Diggers of 1937   1936         N/R, 101 min. Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance Director: Lloyd Bacon   Cast: Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Victor Moore, Glenda Farrell, Lee Dixon, Osgood Perkins, Charles D. Brown, Joseph Crehan, William B. Davidson, Olin Howland, Rosalind Marquis, Irene Ware, Charles Halton, Paul Irving, Harry C. Bradley   This is the third—and final—"Gold Diggers" film, and Busby Berkeley, though not in the director's chair for this one, still handled the choreography. This time around, unemployed chorus girls Genevieve Larkin (Glenda Farrell) and Norma Perry (Joan Blondell) are in on a plot to buy insurance from Rosmer Peak (Dick Powell) to insure J.J. Horbart (Victor Moore) in order to make money when he dies. Meanwhile, Horbart's partners lost his money in the stock market, and he has no money to finance his next Broadway show. Now, Genevieve falls in love with Horbart who suffers a breakdown when he learns that he is broke. The only way to restore Horbart's health is to put on the show without financial backing. And the show goes on. Cast Dick Powell Rosmer "Rossi" Peck Joan Blondell Norma Perry Victor Moore J.J. Hobart Glenda Farrell Genevieve "Gen" Larkin Lee Dixon Boop Oglethorpe Osgood Perkins Morty Wethered Charles D. Brown Mr. Tom Hugo Joseph Crehan Chairman at Convention William B. Davidson Andy Callahan Olin Howland Dr. MacDuffy Rosalind Marquis Sally LaVerne Irene Ware Irene Charles Halton Dr. Bell Paul Irving Dr. Warshof Harry C. Bradley Dr. Henry