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42nd Street

The Greatest Musical hit the Screen Has Ever Known!

1933 · 1h 29m · Passed Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by Lloyd Bacon

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Overview

A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

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Rotten

This 1933 film is the best known of the Warner Brothers Depression-era musicals, though it doesn't compare in dash and extravagance to later entries in the cycle.

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Fresh

The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.

Mordaunt Hall, New York Times
Fresh

Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.

Geoff Andrew, Time Out

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