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42nd Street
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Despire his poor health, successful Broadway director Julian Marsh still produces a new show with the financial help from a rich older man, who is in love with the star of the show, Dorothy Brock. But at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star...
Despire his poor health, successful Broadway director Julian Marsh still produces a new show with the financial help from a rich older man, who is in love with the star of the show, Dorothy Brock. But at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star...
Actors:
Edward J. Nugent,
Ned Sparks,
George Brent,
Robert McWade,
Ruby Keeler,
Ginger Rogers,
Warner Baxter
Edward J. Nugent
7 February 1904, New York City, New York, USA
Ned Sparks
19 November 1883, Guelph, Ontario, Canada
George Brent
15 March 1904, Shannonbridge, Offaly, Ireland
Robert McWade
25 January 1872, Buffalo, New York, USA
Ruby Keeler
25 August 1910, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
Ginger Rogers
16 July 1911, Independence, Missouri, USA
Warner Baxter
29 March 1889, Columbus, Ohio, USA
Country:
United States
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January 11, 2004
One can't say enough good things about what Busby Berkeley did for the musical.
March 22, 2006
...the film that practically invented every backstage musical cliché we know today...remains a remarkable achievement for a film over seven decades old.
January 26, 2006
Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.
April 21, 2003
The result is an absolute spectacular. Not to be missed.
November 30, 2015
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.
Filmcritic.com
April 08, 2006
Of Golden Age musicals, 42nd Street is about as close to the archetype as they come.
October 16, 2007
This 1933 film is the best known of the Warner Brothers Depression-era musicals, though it doesn't compare in dash and extravagance to later entries in the cycle.
August 26, 2005
42nd Street may not be the best backstage musical ever made, but it's certainly the most enjoyable and durable in appeal--find out why.
September 02, 2012
The careful building of the eye-level proscenium that's exploded by swooping cinematic music
February 15, 2004
The strength of a musical is its songs, and this film had a mixed bag.
New York Times
August 08, 2006
The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.
June 17, 2009
A deliciously funny musical; racy and light years ahead of its time.