The Gold Diggers (1923 film) The Gold Diggers (1923 film) The Gold Diggers is a lost Warner Bros. silent film directed by Harry Beaumont with screenplay by Grant Carpenter based on the play "The Gold Diggers" by Avery Hopwood which ran for 282 performances on Broadway in 1919 and 1920. Both the play and the film were produced by David Belasco. The film stars Hope Hampton, Wyndham Standing, and Louise Fazenda. It was also the (uncredited) film debut of Louise Beavers. The story of "The Gold Diggers" was filmed again as a talkie in 1929 as "Gold Diggers of Broadway", which is now lost, and
Albert and David Maysles the Showgirl". David later stated that he grew "disenchanted with conventional filming. The glamour had faded and the filming of take after take had become tedious." By 1957 he had teamed up with Albert to shoot two documentaries behind the Iron Curtain, "Russian Close-Up" (credited to Albert Maysles alone) and "Youth in Poland", the latter of which was broadcast on NBC. By 1960, the Maysles brothers had joined Drew Associates, the documentary film company founded by photojournalist Robert Drew which also included Richard Leacock and D. A. Pennebaker. Albert would film, while David would handle sound. During this time, the