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42nd Street
1933
The quintessential backstage musical, 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to opening night. Warner Baxter plays famed director Julian Marsh, who despite failing health is determined to stage one last great production, Pretty Lady. Others involved include Pretty Lady star Dorothy Brock (.. Read more
| Starring | Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers |
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| Director | Lloyd Bacon |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
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42nd Street
The quintessential backstage musical, 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to opening night. Warner Baxter plays famed director Julian Marsh, who despite failing health is determined to stage one last great production, Pretty Lady. Others involved include Pretty Lady star Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels); Dorothy's sugar daddy (Guy Kibbee), who finances the show; her true love Pat (George Brent); leading man Billy Lawlor (Dick Powell); and starry-eyed chorus girl Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler). It practically goes without saying that Dorothy twists her ankle the night before the premiere, forcing Julian Marsh is to put chorine Peggy into the lead: You're going out there a youngster, but you've got to come back a star! Delightfully corny, with hilarious wisecracking support from the likes of Ginger Rogers, Una Merkel, and George E. Stone, 42nd Street is perhaps the most famous of Warners' early-1930s Busby Berkeley musicals. Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes (which was a lot steamier than the movie censors would allow), 42nd Street is highlighted by such grandiose musical setpieces as Shuffle Off to Buffalo, Young and Healthy, and of course the title song. Nearly fifty years after its premiere, it was successfully revived as a Broadway musical with Tammy Grimes and Jerry Orbach.~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
| Starring | Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Ginger Rogers |
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| Director | Lloyd Bacon |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 26 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Music/Musical |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English, Italian |
| Released | Production year: 1933 To Rent: DVD: 01 Mar 2006 |
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Archetypal Hollywood putting-on-a-show musical in which the leading lady is indisposed and a chorus girl is told to get out there and come back a star. The clichés are written and performed with great zest, the atmosphere is convincing, and the numbers wh
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The quintessential Depression-era musical
Perhaps the greatest musical and one of the most entertaining films of the early 1930s. '42nd Street' is a fascinating slice of film history. The ... read more »
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I absolutely loved this film. I expected it to be a bit corny, but the dialogue was so snappy and quite rude. the characters were all slightly damaged to a ... read more »
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42nd Street
A disappointing film. It lacked the range of well-known
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42nd Street
It's nothing like the stage version and loads of the songs that make this musical famous have been cut. Steer clear!
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