The film stars Dick Powell and Joan Blondell, who were married at the time, with Glenda Farrell and Victor Moore.

It was based on the play Sweet Mystery of Life by Richard Maibaum, Michael Wallach and George Haight, which ran briefly on Broadway in 1935.

Genevieve's friend, ex-chorus girl Norma Perry is sweet on insurance salesman Rosmer "Rossi" Peek, and he writes the policy.

"Yip" Harburg, but Berkeley was dissatisfied and brought in Harry Warren and Al Dubin, who had contributed songs to his previous Warner Bros. films.

Gold Diggers of 1937 marked Victor Moore's return to the screen after a two-year absence following Gift of Gab, during which he starred in Anything Goes on Broadway.

[6] In 1937, Busby Berkeley was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Dance Direction for the "All's Fair in Love and War" production number.