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Name: 42nd Street
Released: 1933-3-8
Cast: Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee

42nd Street

UR
1h 29m
1933

92%

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"You're going out there a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" The film that launched the Golden Age of Hollywood musicals, 42nd Street traces the creation of a Broadway show from its first casting call through its blockbuster opening night--when the leading lady twists her ankle and a young chorus girl (Ruby Keller) takes her place and becomes a star. Starring Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell, and featuring Ginger Rogers and choreography by Busby Berkley.

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Producer:

Hal B. Wallis, Darryl F. Zanuck

Cast:

Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

92%

Critics Consensus: Bubsy Berkeley does it again in 42nd Street, a brilliant depression-era romp with stellar musical numbers and impeccable choreography.

Reviews

Gone With The Twins

Mike Massie

The title tune remains memorable (as does the parting shot), but this pioneering product-of-its-time no longer possesses much filmic power.

A masterpiece, not merely for its racy dialogue and lavish costumes, or for its now-classic "newcomer goes on instead of indisposed star" plot, but also for affording kaleidoscope choreographer Busby Berkeley a chance to show off in such superb numbers.

Modern musicals start here, and Busby Berkeley's genius bursts into full flower.

Oddly enough, in 42nd Street, Warner Baxter is a rather convincing stage director, Bebe Daniels has a surprisingly good voice and a fair sense of comedy, and the dancing and song routines are introduced with some imagination.

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Classic Film and Television

Michael E. Grost

Film benefits from great musical numbers and its portrait of the show's director, one of the few well-developed gay characters in a 1930's Hollywood film.

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Additional Info

Genre:Comedy
Release Date:March 8, 1933
Languages:English
Captions:English
Audio Format:
Stereo

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