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42nd Street
42nd Street is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, and a script by Rian James and James Seymour (plus uncredited contributions by Whitney Bolton), adapted from the 1932 novel of the same name by Bradford Ropes. Starring an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers, the film revolved around the rehearsals of a Broadway show at the height of the Great Depression, and its cast and crew. The film was choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with music by Harry Warren and lyrics by Al Dubin.
Plot
It is 1932, the depths of the Great Depression, and noted Broadway producers Jones and Barry are putting on Pretty Lady, a musical starring Dorothy Brock. She is involved with wealthy Abner Dillon, the show's "angel" (financial backer), but while she is busy keeping him both hooked and at arm's length, she is secretly seeing her old vaudeville partner, out-of-work Pat Denning.
Cast
- Allen Jenkins
- Bebe Daniels
- Charles Lane
- Dave O'Brien
- Dennis O'Keefe
- Dick Powell
- Edward Nugent
- George Brent
- George E. Stone
- George Irving
- Ginger Rogers
- Guy Kibbee
- Henry B. Walthall
- Jack La Rue
- Kermit Maynard
- Louise Beavers
- Lyle Talbot
- Ned Sparks
- Robert McWade
- Ruby Keeler
- Ruth Eddings
- Toby Wing
- Tom Kennedy
- Una Merkel
- Wallis Clark
- Warner Baxter
More details
| author | James Seymour Rian James |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New York City |
| director | Lloyd Bacon |
| editor | Frank Ware Thomas Pratt |
| genre | romance |
| keywords | 42nd street best of broadway producer busby berkeley casting couch chorus girl dance director dressing room fly getting married great depression hear leading lady married morning open production number rid shadow shuffle off to buffalo stock market crash string theater audience vaudeville wall street crash of 1929 |
| musicBy | Harry Warren |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Sound |
| producer | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | backstage musical musical romantic musical trick |