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Features: DVD
Meet a dewy-eyed ingenue, a gee-whiz tenor, stuck-up stars, hard-up producers, brassy blondes and "shady ladies from the 80's." They're all denizens of 42nd Street, belting out ageless Harry Warren/Al Dubin songs and tapping out Busby Berkeley's's sensational Depression-lifting production numbers. The put-on-a-show plot spins merrily, full of snappy banter and new faces Ruby Keeler (her movie debut), Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers. The show-stopping numbers ("Shuffle Off To Buffalo" "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" and the title tune) still dazzle. Looking and sounding its best in years via this new digital transfer from the restored original camera negative and optical audio tracks, 42nd Street shows good times never go out of style.
"...a good musical..." At-A-Glance Film Reviews
Editor's Note
Splashy Hollywood does splashy Broadway in this behind-the-scenes of a show musical. The leading lady is, as many times before, suddenly unavailable and the understudy chorus line girl is thrust into the limelight. Last minute preparations for opening night with the new star turn the entire production on its ear before the big premiere. Many memorable tunes including: "Forty-Second Street," "Young and Healthy," "You're Getting To Be A Habit With Me" and "Shuffle Off To Buffalo."
| Features | 3 Vintage Documentary Shorts | | Audio: English Dolby Digital Stereo, Mono | | Interactive Menus | | Notes On Busby Berkeley | | Scene Selection | | Subtitles: English, French |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: Warner |
| Release Date: 3/21/2006 |
| Original Release Date: 1933 | | Catalog ID: 67852 | | UPC: 00012569678521 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
Aspect Ratio | | Standard 1.33:1 [4:3] |
| Cast & Crew
| Awards |
Oscar (1934) | | | Darryl F. Zanuck, Nominee, Best Picture | | | Nathan Levinson, Nominee, Best Sound, Recording |
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| | Professional Reviews | Entertainment Weekly
"...42ND STREET still enchants today....All the vulgar vitality that Warner Bros.' pictures exuded back then..." -- Rating: A 05/12/1979 pp.68-70Premiere
"...Innovative and visually dazzling..." 12/01/2003 p.4 Total Film
"Berkeley hits his stride in the archetypal let's-put-on-a-show pic..." 02/01/2004 p.121 At-A-Glance Film Reviews 8 of 10
42nd Street ...is a good musical...The performances are solid and sincere, which makes the characters real...the highlight of the film...is the music...there's a great Busby Berkeley stage number at the end...Good lighthearted fun all around.
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