Jobless Number

Economics and sex in a Depression-era Busby Berkeley musical
by Martin Rubin   posted Aug 4, 2008

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Courtesy UCLA Film & Television Archive
Mervyn LeRoy's Gold Diggers of 1933
Photo Gallery: Jobless Number
Video: Remember My Forgotten Man

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August 2-12, 2008 Sex and The Single Girl: The Escapades of Busby Berkeley

KEYWORDS

Busby Berkeley  |  musicals  |  World War I  |  gender equality  |  sexuality  |  The Great Depression  |  Joan Blondell

FURTHER READING

Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Forgotten Man" speech, April 7, 1932
"Remember My Forgotten Man" lyrics
Peter Kemp on Gold Diggers of 1933 (Senses of Cinema)
Busby Berkeley biography (TCM Movie Database)

THE AUTHOR

Martin Rubin is Associate Director of Programming at the Gene Siskel Film Center in Chicago. He has written books on Busby Berkeley and thrillers.

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