42nd Street

1933

Action / Comedy / Drama / Music / Musical / Romance

19
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 74% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 74% · 5K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.3/10 10 13738 13.7K

philadelphia, pennsylvania musical stage show director dog broken ankle

Plot summary

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

Director

Lloyd Bacon Photo
Lloyd Bacon

Top cast

Mary Halsey Photo
Mary Halsey as Chorus Girl
Dorothy Coonan Wellman Photo
Dorothy Coonan Wellman as Chorus Girl
Renee Whitney Photo
Renee Whitney as Chorus Girl
George E. Stone Photo
George E. Stone as Andy Lee
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
699.59 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 1
1.24 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 29 min
Seeds 13

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by jem132 7 / 10

I prefer Gold Diggers of 1933, personally

Reviewed by zetes 8 / 10

Wonderful

If only there could have been more musical and dance numbers! All of them (not counting practices) occur at the very end of the film, and there are only three of them there. Luckily, the non-musical parts were really good, too. The plot was just a pretty standard behind-the-scenes of a play movie. It actually reminded me a lot of two films about plays that I have just seen recently, Micheal Powell's _The Red Shoes_ and Tim Robbins' _Cradle Will Rock_. While the plot may be a bit common, the dialogue is exceptionally good. It is snappy and witty and clever at all times. Also, the ensemble cast was extremely good. I love Dick Powell. He's not in this film too much, but he's perfect in every scene he's in. I was first introduced to him in the guise of Phillip Marlowe (and I am among the small group of people who consider him the best incarnation of Phillip Marlowe), and he's just as great in the genre which brought him his fame.This is also the first movie that I've ever seen involving Bubsy Berkely, and I have to say, WOW!!! Those musical sequences are ingenious! One thing I find funny, though, is that, if you think about it, the audience who would be watching the play from below wouldn't be able to see any of the fancy designs the dancers make with their legs! Too bad for them! I give this film a 9/10!
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