Movie Reviewed: Dames (1934) starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell

Movie Reviewed: Dames (1934) starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell

Director Busby Berkeley's Dames, starring Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and Joan Blondell

This is the story of an ambitious young song writer (Dick Powell) finds a backer for his show (Ruby Keeler) and falls in love with her. The highlight of the movie is the genuine production numbers devised by showman Busby Berkeley who does brilliantly in the visual realization of some ambitious flights full of fancy and flair. “The girl at the ironing board” sung by spunky Joan Blondell, and the title number “Dames,” in which hundreds of girls clad in white blouses and black tights twist themselves into a panoply of abstract patterns and mosaics catches the eyes of the viewers. In supporting roles, Zasu Pitts and Guy Kibbee have performed admirably.