42nd Street
by Lloyd Bacon
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Actor: Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Guy Kibbee, Ruby Keeler, Warner BaxterDirector: Lloyd Bacon
Cinematographer: Sol Polito
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Producer: Hal B. Wallis
Writer: Bradford Ropes
Writer: James Seymour
Writer: Rian James
Writer: Whitney Bolton
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, NTSC, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Running Time: 89 minutes
Release Date: 2000-09-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Studio: Warner Home Video
VHS Movie Reviews of 42nd Street
Movie Review: Show within a show! Reality too!!
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a scene in the film, just a short scene where two men come to the stage and are portrayed as the composer and lyricist of the show. Well, indeed they ARE!! It is Harry Warren and AL Dubin. Since my husband Charles is Harry's great nephew we get such a "kick" out of that scene! Harry was not only a WONDERFUL composer but a fine gentleman and family man. Movie Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
not much to say except that i ordered the product i wanted and it came without any problems and in an expeditious manner. thank you very much.Movie Review: The musical that saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy!
Summary: 5 Stars
A sick director, financially and emotionally done-in by the stock market crash of 1929 needs to make enough money to finance his retirement. Pretty Lady, a new show to open on Broadway needs a director to make it a hit, and the great drama begins to unfold!
The stakes are high, the competition for parts is fierce and the talent on the stage is amazing. If you think that the tension of American Idol is wild, you need to see this movie! Careers, lives, relationships and fortunes are all riding on the success of Pretty Lady. When the leading lady breaks her leg before the opening, newcomer Ruby Keeler is cast as the lead, right out of the chorus line.
The dialogue is snappy and sometimes surprisingly suggestive for the era. But, the best part is the twenty minutes of musical production numbers. Busby Berkley's choreography is a wonder to behold.
I absolutely love this movie, and never tire of seeing it.
Movie Review: Ageless
Summary: 5 Stars
Matchless and incomparable. This is another (or the first) of Busby and Bacon's fabulous creations: there's nothing like them, and there never will be. Terrific funny acid dialogue, fantastic dance numbers, superb pacing --- it just sucks you into its seminal show-biz story and gets you going with the beat, building up to that grand, classic high-spot: sock it to them, baby! There is nothing, absolutely nothing, wrong with Ruby Keeler's casting or performance in this part. She's naive, credulous, sweet, charming and lovable. Dick Powell wasn't exactly Douglas Fairbanks. Both Dick and Ruby were intended to be the boy and girl next door, and they were perfect in those roles. You felt that with a little help, and a bit of practice, you might be up there with them yourself. At the same time, you knew that you couldn't. Ginger was the tops. A stellar comedienne. Every scene is stuffed with humorous, minor side-touches of back-stage horse-play and wise-cracking. Fizz, crackle and sparkle; sardonic, cynical, comical, effervescently cheerful. Watch it every 6 months or so, and it'll never let you down. Pure, unequalled entertainment.Movie Review: Seminal Puttin on a show movie worth a look
Summary: 3 Stars
Approaching old age now, 42nd Street is still worth a look for its black and white photography and sets, not to mention the songs of Harry Warren. The dialogue still has a bit of bite. The main cringe factor is the Afro American maids, porters and shoe shine "boys".
Summary of 42nd Street
Set during the depression, this is the granddaddy of backstage musicals in which the understudy finally gets a chance to shine. It may seem a little clich? now, but in 1933 this was hot stuff. All that behind-the-scenes atmosphere feels very genuine, and the script is more acerbic than you might expect.A sickly Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) puts his all into what may be his last show, only to face a disaster when leading lady Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) sprains her ankle. Thank heavens for ingenue Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler), who steps in at the last minute. The vivacious soundtrack includes "Shuffle off to Buffalo," and the still-catchy title tune. Best of all are those extravagant, kaleidoscopic dance numbers by Busby Berkeley, then in his prime. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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