42nd Street (1933)

March 11, 1933 (US) • Comedy, Drama, Romance • 89m

Overview

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.

Director

Lloyd Bacon

Writers

Bradford Ropes, Rian James, James Seymour

Top Billed

Warner Baxter

Keywords

philadelphia, pennsylvania musical stage show director dog rehearsal broadway pre-code fainting chorus girl eviction financial crisis secret lover a star is born

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Top Billed Cast

Warner Baxter

Julian Marsh

Bebe Daniels

Dorothy Brock

George Brent

Pat Denning

Ruby Keeler

Peggy

Guy Kibbee

Abner Dillon

Una Merkel

Lorraine Fleming

Ginger Rogers

Ann

Ned Sparks

Barry

Dick Powell

Billy Lawler

Allen Jenkins

Mac Elroy

Edward Nugent

Terry

Robert McWade

Jones

George E. Stone

Andy Lee

Toby Wing

Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)

Louise Beavers

Pansy (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)

Wallis Clark

Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)

Tom Kennedy

Slim Murphy (uncredited)

Harry Akst

Jerry (uncredited)

George Irving

Hotel Doctor (uncredited)

Clarence Nordstrum

Groom in "Shuffle Off To Buffalo" Number (uncredited)

Jack La Rue

Mug with Murphy (uncredited)

Henry B. Walthall

Concerned Actor (uncredited)

Jayne Shadduck

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Lyle Talbot

Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)

Dorothy Coonan Wellman

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Dennis O'Keefe

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee

News Spreader (uncredited)

Loretta Andrews

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Marie Arbuckle

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Joan Barclay

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Audrene Brier

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Tex Brodus

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Lynn Browning

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Edna Callahan

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Maxine Cantway

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Margaret Carthew

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Azelie Cecil

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Hazel Craven

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Virginia Dabney

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Patsy Daly

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Jill Dennett

Party Guest at Dorothy's Apartment (uncredited)

Joan Dix

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Mildred Dixon

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Al Dubin

Stout Songwriter (uncredited)

Ruth Eddings

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Patricia Ellis

Secretary (uncredited)

Kay English

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Estella Essex

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Renee Evans

Extra on Stage (uncredited)

Gloria Faythe

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Bess Flowers

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Dixie Francis

Extra on Stage (uncredited)

Sugar Geise

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Virginia George

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

June Glory

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Muriel Gordon

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Bernice Graves

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Harriette Haddon

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Beatrice Hagen

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Mary Halsey

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Theresa Harris

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Ann Hovey

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Peaches Jackson

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Alice Jans

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Ruth Jennings

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Gertrude Keeler

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Margaret La Marr

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Adele Lacy

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Lorena Layson

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Patsy Lee

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Laura Morse

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Nancy Nash

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Dave O'Brien

Chorus Boy (uncredited)

Nita Pike

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Betty Recklaw

Chorus (uncredited)

Donna Mae Roberts

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Claire Rochelle

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Barbara Rogers

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Cliff Saum

Dimmer Board Operator (uncredited)

Rolfe Sedan

Extra on Stage (uncredited)

Harry Seymour

Aide (uncredited)

Bee Stephens

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Alice Stombs

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Virginia Thomas

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Terry Walker

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Harry Warren

Short Songwriter (uncredited)

Dorothy White

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Renee Whitney

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Pat Wing

Chorus Girl (uncredited)

Crew

Bradford Ropes

Novel

Thomas Pratt

Editor

Rian James

Screenplay

Lloyd Bacon

Director

James Seymour

Screenplay

Sol Polito

Director of Photography

Frank Ware

Editor

Al Dubin

Original Music Composer

Harry Warren

Original Music Composer

Orry-Kelly

Costume Design

Busby Berkeley

Choreographer

Jack Okey

Art Direction

Harry Warren

Lyricist

Al Dubin

Lyricist

Leo F. Forbstein

Conductor

Darryl F. Zanuck

Producer

Nathan Levinson

Sound

Whitney Bolton

Additional Writing

Perc Westmore

Makeup Artist

Gordon Hollingshead

Assistant Director

Arthur Lueker

Second Assistant Director

Dolph Thomas

Sound

Mike Joyce

Second Assistant Camera

Buddy Longworth

Still Photographer

Harold Noyes

Grip

Scotty Welbourne

Still Photographer

George Whittemore

Electrician

Arthur L. Frantz

Musician

Ray Heindorf

Music Arranger

Hal B. Wallis

Supervising Producer

Reviews

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Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$439,000

Revenue

$2,281,000

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42nd Street (1933)

Bradford Ropes, Rian James, James Seymour

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