CinemaOSMovie · 1933 · 1h 29m · NR
42nd Street

The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!

70%(229)IMDbComedyDramaRomance

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.

Directed byLloyd Bacon

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
EN
Released
March 11, 1933
Budget
$439,000
Revenue
$2,281,000
Studios
Warner Bros. Pictures

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Trailers & teasers

1 video
42nd Street Trailer (1933)

42nd Street Trailer (1933)

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Warner Baxter

Warner Baxter

Julian Marsh

Bebe Daniels

Bebe Daniels

Dorothy Brock

George Brent

George Brent

Pat Denning

Ruby Keeler

Ruby Keeler

Peggy

Guy Kibbee

Guy Kibbee

Abner Dillon

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Lorraine Fleming

Ginger Rogers

Ginger Rogers

Ann

Ned Sparks

Ned Sparks

Barry

Dick Powell

Dick Powell

Billy Lawler

Allen Jenkins

Allen Jenkins

Mac Elroy

Creative team
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Rian James
James Seymour
Produced by
Darryl F. Zanuck
Darryl F. Zanuck

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