
Gold Diggers of 1933(1933)
When all Broadway shows are shut down during the Depression, a trio of desperate showgirls scheme to bilk a repugnant high society man of his money to keep their show going.


“Three wise girls who barred no holds and bit in the clinches.”
Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.

Joan Blondell
Mary Keaton

Ann Dvorak
Vivian Revere

Bette Davis
Ruth Westcott

Virginia Davis
Mary Keaton as a Child

Anne Shirley
Vivian Revere as a Child

Betty Carse
Ruth Westcott as a Child

Warren William
Robert Kirkwood

Lyle Talbot
Michael Loftus

Humphrey Bogart
Harve

Allen Jenkins
Dick
Three on a Match is a crime, drama film released in 1932 exploring themes of infidelity, kidnapping, drug addiction, desertion, pre-code, schoolmates. Directed by Mervyn LeRoy, it stars Joan Blondell, Ann Dvorak, Bette Davis. Although Vivian Revere is seemingly the most successful of a trio of reunited schoolmates, she throws it away by descending into a life of debauchery and drugs.
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