Dame, Noun. The title, in Britain, of a woman who has been awarded the Order of the British Empire or another order of chivalry.
Dame, Noun. Slang: a woman - from the Latin "domina" (lady).
Dame, Noun. Slang: a woman - from the Latin "domina" (lady).
Dames, the movie from 1934, is not British and certainly not chivalrous. Starring Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Zasu Pitts, this is probably the last musical (released August 16, 1934) that could be defined as Pre-Code. The plot, there is one, revolves around a supposed do-gooder cleaning up scandalous Broadway shows while keeping his family on the moral high ground. You can guess how that works out. What you don't want to miss are the as always over the top Busby Berkeley production numbers. The final dance sequence may be the single most extravagant and outrageous he ever directed. The kaleidoscopic effects, through the legs dolly shots, use of mirrors and transitions, etc. are to be marveled at for their technical merit as much as for any aesthetic consideration.
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Movie Classic, September 1934 - Artist: Marland StoneI'm guessing Powell hid any copies of this image when auditioning for Murder, My Sweet or Cry Danger.
A Dames ad from Movie Classic, September 1934
Two-page spread in Movie Classic, September 1934A clip featuring the title song. Any Berkeley number would need a full screen.
Some of the "dames" in the previous clip.
Publicity still.
Screen captures of Zasu, then Hugh Herbert, and finally Guy Kibbee discovering the medicinal properties of Doc Silver's Golden Elixir.
Film Fun magazine, October 1934
A two-page spread in Film Fun, October 1934.This post is a salute to the hundreds of chorus girls who worked tirelessly in all the great musicals of the twenties and thirties.
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