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42nd Street
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Not Rated
1933
89m
Musical
,
Comedy
,
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7.3
92%
75%
6.9
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When the leading lady of a Broadway musical breaks her ankle, she is replaced by a young unknown actress, who becomes the star of the show.
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Cast of 42nd Street
Warner Baxter
Julian Marsh
Bebe Daniels
Dorothy Brock
George Brent
Pat Denning
Ruby Keeler
Peggy
Guy Kibbee
Abner Dillon
Una Merkel
Lorraine Fleming
Ginger Rogers
Ann
Ned Sparks
Barry
Dick Powell
Billy Lawler
Allen Jenkins
Mac Elroy
Edward Nugent
Terry
Robert McWade
Jones
George E. Stone
Andy Lee
Toby Wing
Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)
Louise Beavers
Pansy (uncredited)
Charles Lane
Playwright (uncredited)
Wallis Clark
Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Tom Kennedy
Slim Murphy (uncredited)
Harry Akst
Jerry (uncredited)
George Irving
Hotel Doctor (uncredited)
42nd Street Ratings & Reviews
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Modern musicals start here, and Busby Berkeley's genius bursts into full flower.
Vanity Fair
Pare Lorentz
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.
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.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
The careful building of the eye-level proscenium that's exploded by swooping cinematic music
Clothes on Film
Chris Laverty
A deliciously funny musical; racy and light years ahead of its time.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
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.
New York Times
Mordaunt Hall
The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
Of Golden Age musicals, 42nd Street is about as close to the archetype as they come.
Movie Metropolis
John J. Puccio
...the film that practically invented every backstage musical clich we know today...remains a remarkable achievement for a film over seven decades old.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
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.
Goatdog's Movies
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
The strength of a musical is its songs, and this film had a mixed bag.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
One can't say enough good things about what Busby Berkeley did for the musical.
San Francisco Examiner
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Busby Berkeley's astonishing choreography is singularly cinematic and still astonishing.
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
[Features] great Busby Berkeley production numbers.
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)
Bob Bloom
Busby Berkeley choreography; Powell and Keeler plus all-star supporting cast. A Warner Bros. clasic musical, though campy by today's standards.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
The classic backstage musical, still great
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