Gold Digger's of 1933..... with some of the gals.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Bonnie Bannon Blog! I think I found and purchased this in 2010. It could be one of my favorite group shots of my Grandmother that I did not inherit. While I am sure that you know, but just in case you don't, she is third from the right. ;)

Gold Digger's of 1933.... take two.

In my opinion, this picture was probably taken within minute of the other "Gold Digger's photo. The interesting story behind this is that I found it in a frame behind "take one". Had I not been curious as to what might also be in there, I would not have found it. To look at it (in the photo's border) you can tell that it was not used as a publicity photo, but might have been an alternate. I think a friend or two has commented to me that they like this one better, I guess the powers-that-be had other ideas. I do have to wonder how many years this photo languished behind the better-known photo..... nearly 80 years perhaps? That said, I hope that you might enjoy looking at both.






Bonnie Bannon, center.

Gold Digger's of 1933.... take one.

Bonnie Bannon, yep... that ain't changed.

This picture I found in my late Grandmother's collection. This was probably the picture most used in the publicity photos from "Gold Digger's". I like it for a lot of reasons, but not the least of which is my Grandmothers hand-written stats on the back, a practice done by actors and actresses for years.

Mary, Lucy, Bonnie, and the really big strawberry.

L-R, Mary Lange, Lucille Ball, Bonnie Bannon

I found this fantastically obscure picture over 11 years ago in my Grandmother's publicity photo collection. As mentioned on the header, it is from the movie "Kid Millions". I remember going through the scrapbook with this photo in it, and while looking at the caption that she wrote in the margin (in the early 1930's?) I saw the name Lucille Ball. I had to look at it again as I don't think I had ever seen Lucy in anything this old. I felt (then and now) that this is too great a picture to not share, so share I did. I sent it to the owner (Thomas Wilson) of www.lucyfan.com a few years ago where it can still be found to this day. I am posting this on the 100th birthday of Lucille Ball. I hope that it is still appreciated as a very early "Goldwyn Girl" picture of her.

That Night in Rio.

Here is yet another online purchase (I think). I saw this movie on TCM once, and while I remember little about it, little is an apt description of Bonnie's part. As I recall, I believe this to have been a fluffy. Don Ameche movie.

Is that really a dress? From "Golddigger's of 1933"

And yet another little gem that I acquired on Ebay in the last year or so. Like the header says, it is a publicity photo from "Golddigger's of 1933". They got a goodly amount of mileage out of this photo as I have seen old newspaper articles that have used it as a "stock" photo when writing about her. You can go most any day to Ebay and see an artist's rendition of this photo that was used as a lobby card. You need only search "Gold digger's of 1933" to see it. It will usually be a cool little mini-poster (14x16) I think. I saw a genuine, 6 foot original go for about 6000 dollars a few years ago. I think this "dress" is just some sheer material that they pinned on her...... There really isn't that much to it.

Bonnie jumping rope

I think I found this little gem on Ebay a year or so ago. Sadly, I don't have it in front of me right now, so I am not sure what movie was being promoted, if any. That said, I still think it is a fun picture.

Screen Play Magazine Dec. 1933

For over ten years, I have been in possession of this magazine. I finally got around to having a friend scan this small article as mostly written by Bonnie Bannon, my (late) Grandmother. I say mostly because there are a few errors in it that I and at least one other family member see. It is my understanding now, that Editors back in the day used to "tweak" a submitted article sometimes. That doesn't mean that it isn't a fun article to read, just that it might not be completely factual. I hope that you enjoy it.