Characters & Themes
The short combines blackout comedy with musical numbers, featuring the title song taken from the 1933 musical Gold Diggers of 1933. It spoofs a parade of Hollywood personalities—Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing Crosby, Guy Kibbee, Zasu Pitts, Mae West, the comedy duo Bert Wheeler and Bob Woolsey, Ed Wynn, playwright George Bernard Shaw, Benito Mussolini, bandleader Ben Bernie, The Boswell Sisters—and ends with Greta Garbo delivering a playful “Dat’s all, folks!” line.
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