Gold Diggers of 1935

Now obviously Busby Berkeley's Gold Diggers of 1935 is a musical, but when Dick Powell's first song arrived at the twenty-five minute mark, I was genuinely surprised. Powell has a couple of very good songs in this musical, and "The Lullaby of Broadway" (not his song) is really excellent. This movie is standard nonsensical 1930s fare, but it's funny, and the songs are good. If I'm honest, I found the Berkeley dance numbers a little lacking in this movie, but Alice Brady is an utter delight and is able to showcase her considerable comic abilities here.

I watched this on HBOmax. It's leaving the channel at the end of the month.

Also, I keep wondering if Busby Berkeley's name is pronounced the same as Berkeley Square in London or if it's the same as the University of California at Berkeley. I really don't know the answer to this.