With economic depression raging through America,
Precode films seemed to compensate by draping the goddesses of the screen in
glittering gold, silver and bronze:
Lillian Roth and Frances Dee - The Shimmering Mermaids
Glittering Chorus Girls:
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| Chorus Girls in 'Murder at the Vanties' (1934) |
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| Adrienne Dore |
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| Goldwyn Girls in 'Roman Scandals' (1933) |
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| Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell in 'Gold-diggers of 1933' (1933) |
Mary Lou Dix
The Golden Stars of Hollywood:
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| Loretta Young |
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| Katharine Hepburn in 'Christopher Strong' (1933) |
| Joan Crawford in 'Dancing Lady' (1933) |
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| Greta Garbo |
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| Clara Bow in 'Hoop-La' (1932) |
And the Queen of all the glittering metallics:
Claudette Colbert as Cleopatra (1934)












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