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
Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale held liberal views, particularly on Irish Home Rule; and that his reputation was diminished by biographers eager to improve the image of his brother, George. The conspiracy theories surrounding Albert Victor have led to his portrayal in film as somehow responsible for or involved in the Jack the Ripper murders. Bob Clark's Sherlock Holmes mystery "Murder by Decree" was released in 1979 with "Duke of Clarence (Eddy)" played by Robin Marchal. "Jack the Ripper" was released in 1988 with Marc Culwick as Prince Albert Victor. Samuel West played "Prince Eddy" in "The Ripper" (1997), having previously played Albert Victor as