42nd Street (1933) | |
Director(s) | Lloyd Bacon |
Producer(s) | Darryl F. Zanuck (uncredited) |
Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
Top Topics | Pre-Code Cinema |
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42nd Street Overview:
42nd Street (1933) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Lloyd Bacon and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
42nd Street was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1998.
Academy Awards 1932/33 --- Ceremony Number 6 (source: AMPAS)
Award | Recipient | Result |
Best Picture | Warner Bros. | Nominated |
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THE UMPTEENTH BLOGATION: 42nd Street, 1933
on Jan 18, 2022 From Caftan WomanTheresa, the CineMaven herself is hosting The Umpteenth Blogathon on January 18th. A tribute to those movies which have an addictive hold on our moving pictures loving souls. Every fan has many such films and HERE we get to gush about one of them. My selection is the energetic, music-filled, cynical... Read full article
42nd Street (1933)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 24, 2019 From 4 Star Films“Sawyer, you’re going out a youngster but you’ve got to come back a star!” – Warner Baxter to Ruby Keeler 42nd Street essentially feels like hallowed ground even today because it single-handedly gave an entire generation of films plentiful ammunition for tropes while ju... Read full article
Re-watching 42nd Street (1933)
By Carol Martinheira on Jan 24, 2018 From The Old Hollywood GardenRe-watching 42nd Street (1933) On January 24, 2018 By CarolIn Uncategorized So, I?ve been trying to re-watch a lot of films lately. And for some?reason, this was one?of those films that I kept forgetting to re-watch. I saw it millions of years ago, probably 2009 or 201... Read full article
Pre-Code Crazy: 42nd Street (1933)
By shadowsandsatin on Feb 7, 2017 From Shadows and SatinOkay, y?all. By now, you probably know that I?m not the world?s biggest fan of musicals. But there are some musicals that I simply adore, and I have to admit that 42nd Street is one of them. In fact, until I popped in my DVD to watch the film for this post, I?d actually forgotten just how much I lov... Read full article
Warner Archive: 42nd Street (1933) Sparkles on Blu-ray
By KC on May 6, 2015 From Classic MoviesThe Warner Archive Blu-ray edition of 42nd Street glimmers from the first frame. Even the title card looks magnificent. The credit "Silks by the Cheney Brothers" never looked more glamorous. To see the film that I watched dozens of times as a teenager on a VHS copy recorded from TV this way is almos... Read full article
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Quotes from
Ann Lowell: [to chorus girl] It must have been hard on your mother, not having any children.
Dorothy Brock: Now go out there and be so swell that you'll make me hate you!
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Facts about
Lyle Talbot is listed in a modern source for the role of "Geoffrey Waring," but he did not appear.
Ginger Rogers took the role of Anytime Annie at the urging of director Mervyn LeRoy, whom she was dating at the time.
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