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Which Lloyd Bacon musical featured Dick Powell and Joan Blondell as its leading performers?
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Lloyd Bacon directed two musicals that featured Dick Powell and Joan Blondell as the leading performers:
- Broadway Gondolier (1935), which was enhanced by the chemistry between the two stars.1
- Gold Diggers of 1937 (1936), a return to the backstage musical formula that also featured dance direction by Busby Berkeley.1