Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.
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01/26/06
42nd Street (1933)
95 %
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Reviews Counted: 20
Fresh: 19
Rotten:1
Average Rating: 7.8/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Musical & Performing Arts
Synopsis: Splashy Hollywood does splashy Broadway in this behind-the-scenes of a show musical. The leading lady is, as many times before, suddenly unavailable and the understudy chorus line girl is thrust into the limelight. Last minute... [More]
Starring: Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Warner Baxter
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Reviews for 42nd Street
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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.
10/16/07
The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.
08/08/06
Top Critic Of Golden Age musicals, 42nd Street is about as close to the archetype as they come.
04/08/06
...the film that practically invented every backstage musical cliché we know today...remains a remarkable achievement for a film over seven decades old.
03/22/06
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.
08/26/05
The strength of a musical is its songs, and this film had a mixed bag.
02/15/04
One can't say enough good things about what Busby Berkeley did for the musical.
01/11/04
Busby Berkeley's astonishing choreography is singularly cinematic and still astonishing.
04/11/03
Busby Berkeley choreography; Powell and Keeler plus all-star supporting cast. A Warner Bros. clasic musical, though campy by today's standards.
08/22/02
The real star, though, is the master of kaleidoscopic imagery, Busby Berkeley.
01/01/00
42nd Street (1933) is the classic, fast-paced, backstage movie musical - a refreshing film that changed the film musical forever and saved Warner Bros. studios from bankruptcy
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