42nd Street
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Time Out says
Reviving the musical's fortunes in one fell swoop, Bacon and Busby Berkeley's backstage saga set the benchmark for the putting-on-a-show subgenre not by means of plot (a thin and hackneyed affair about a young understudy finding stardom when she covers for the temperamental diva) but through sassy songs and dialogue and dazzling mise-en-scène. A grand cast makes the most of numbers like 'You're Getting to Be a Habit with Me', 'Shuffle Off to Buffalo' and 'Young and Healthy', while Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.Author: GA
Release details
UK release:
1933
Duration:
89 mins
Cast and crew
Director:
Cast:
Ginger Rogers, George Brent, Guy Kibbee, Dick Powell, Bebe Daniels, Ruby Keeler, Warner Baxter, Una Merkel
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