 42nd
Street, 1933 was Berkeley's
first major work and a huge success. It was an
very real look at backstage life, filled with slangy,
bitter dialogue and wisecracks, street-wise characters,
topical references, dancers, and crew, and many references
to the Depression.
"Their
banter is base and crude, slang real enough to make
42nd Street a masterpiece of pure hard pressed theatre.
Yet when you depart the cinema, it's Berkeley's routines
and  Warren's songs that stick in the short-term memory;
the former's grasp of patterns and spatial dynamics
is incredible, while the latter shapes lyrics of rare
beauty. 42nd Street is a still marvelous film, entertaining
decades after the culture that gave its genes to the
film has faded. " Damian Cannon, Movie Reviews
UK 1999.
The
most memorable numbers are: Young and Healthy,
Shuffle Off to Buffalo and, of course, the finale
of 42nd Street.
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The Cast includes: |
See the movie trailer
courtesy of
Turner Classic Movies.
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- Warner Baxter .... Julian Marsh
- Bebe Daniels .... Dorothy Brock
- George Brent .... Pat Denning
- Ruby Keeler .... Peggy Sawyer
- Guy Kibbee .... Abner Dillon
- Una Merkel .... Lorraine Fleming
- Ginger Rogers .... Ann Lowell
- Ned Sparks .... Thomas Barry
- Dick Powell .... Billy Lawler
- Allen Jenkins .... Mac Elroy
- Edward J. Nugent .... Terry Neil
- Robert McWade .... Al Jones
- George E. Stone .... Andy Lee
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