42nd Street (Snap Case)
by Lloyd Bacon
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Actor: Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Guy Kibbee, Ruby Keeler, Warner BaxterDirector: Lloyd Bacon
Cinematographer: Sol Polito
Editor: Frank Ware
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
Writer: Bradford Ropes
Writer: James Seymour
Writer: Rian James
Writer: Whitney Bolton
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: Pan & Scan, 1.33:1
Running Time: 89 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-09-19
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
DVD Reviews of 42nd Street (Snap Case)
DVD Review: Fresh and fun
Summary: 5 Stars
This was the first Busby Berkely musical I've seen and the first time I'd seen Ruby Keeler. I was delighted at the quality of the film. It was certainly of its time but so smart and funny in a totally uncorny way. All the stars are first rate. I disagree with some of the reviewers who complain that Keeler couldn't act and that her dancing was clunky. Others have explained her wooden-shoe style and its origins in the speakeasies of the day. I found her youth and lack of sophistication to be perfect for the role. She held her own with a lot of more experienced actors, just as her character did....and came out a star. I thorougly enjoyed her in every scene. William Powell, looking very average-boy-next-door, was her perfect counterpart.
The plot is just involved enough to keep you from dozing off, the songs are wonderful, and the energy and enthusiasm of the whole cast picks you up and makes you want to dance. This must have been great medicine for folks during the Depression.
DVD Review: Timeless classic
Summary: 5 Stars
This film feels modern. It's a wonderful mix of realism and story-escapism. Many characters all with snappy dialogue. Lots and lots of "cheesecake" shots, many quite daring. Rather than using a light feel-good approach, the underpinnings of desperation for many of the characters makes it seem real, and allows the romance/chorus-girl to a star arc find a place to nestle in your heart. Great great music. The Busby Berkely numbers still amuse and awe. This 1933 film makes many recent era films seem juvenile and dated. Puh-leeze!DVD Review: Show within a show! Reality too!!
Summary: 5 Stars
There is a scene in the film, just a short scene where two men come to the stage and are portrayed as the composer and lyricist of the show. Well, indeed they ARE!! It is Harry Warren and AL Dubin. Since my husband Charles is Harry's great nephew we get such a "kick" out of that scene! Harry was not only a WONDERFUL composer but a fine gentleman and family man. DVD Review: excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
not much to say except that i ordered the product i wanted and it came without any problems and in an expeditious manner. thank you very much.DVD Review: The musical that saved Warner Brothers from bankruptcy!
Summary: 5 Stars
A sick director, financially and emotionally done-in by the stock market crash of 1929 needs to make enough money to finance his retirement. Pretty Lady, a new show to open on Broadway needs a director to make it a hit, and the great drama begins to unfold!
The stakes are high, the competition for parts is fierce and the talent on the stage is amazing. If you think that the tension of American Idol is wild, you need to see this movie! Careers, lives, relationships and fortunes are all riding on the success of Pretty Lady. When the leading lady breaks her leg before the opening, newcomer Ruby Keeler is cast as the lead, right out of the chorus line.
The dialogue is snappy and sometimes surprisingly suggestive for the era. But, the best part is the twenty minutes of musical production numbers. Busby Berkley's choreography is a wonder to behold.
I absolutely love this movie, and never tire of seeing it.
Description of 42nd Street (Snap Case)
Set during the depression, this is the granddaddy of backstage musicals in which the understudy finally gets a chance to shine. It may seem a little clich? now, but in 1933 this was hot stuff. All that behind-the-scenes atmosphere feels very genuine, and the script is more acerbic than you might expect.A sickly Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) puts his all into what may be his last show, only to face a disaster when leading lady Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) sprains her ankle. Thank heavens for ingenue Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler), who steps in at the last minute. The vivacious soundtrack includes "Shuffle off to Buffalo," and the still-catchy title tune. Best of all are those extravagant, kaleidoscopic dance numbers by Busby Berkeley, then in his prime. --Rochelle O'Gorman
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