42nd Street

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1933-03-11

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

89 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (7434 Reviews)

Director:

Lloyd Bacon

Genres:

Comedy Musical Romance

Cast:

Warner Baxter Bebe Daniels George Brent Ruby Keeler

Writer:

Rian James (screen play)

James Seymour (screen play)

Bradford Ropes (based on the novel by)

Fullplot:

Renowned Broadway producer/director Julian Marsh is hired to put together a new musical revue. It's being financed by Abner Dillon to provide a starring vehicle for his girlfriend, songstress Dorothy Brock. Marsh, who is quite ill, is a difficult task master working long hours and continually pushing the cast to do better. When Brock breaks her ankle one of the chorus girls, Peggy Sawyer, gets her big chance to be the star. She also finds romance along the way.

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