42nd Street, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; dances & ensembles created & staged by Busby Berkeley ; words & music by Al Dubin and Harry Warren ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour
Type
Label
42nd Street, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; dances & ensembles created & staged by Busby Berkeley ; words & music by Al Dubin and Harry Warren ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Main title
42nd Street
Oclc number
65222579
Responsibility statement
Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; dances & ensembles created & staged by Busby Berkeley ; words & music by Al Dubin and Harry Warren ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour
Runtime
89
Series statement
The Busby Berkeley collection
Summary
The movie musical that introduced the choreography of Busby Berkeley, 42nd Street also contains the classic plot involving a tyrannical director, egotistical leading lady, and wide-eyed ingenue, all set to a standout musical score
Target audience
general
Technique
live action
resource.variantTitle
Forty-second Street
Classification
Contributor
- Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951
- Stone, George E., 1903-1967
- Forbstein, Leo F.
- Vitaphone Corp
- Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
- Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995
- Okey, Jack
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
- Seymour, James
- Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974
- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Merkel, Una, 1903-1986
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Ware, Frank
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971
- Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955
- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
- Dubin, Al
- Ropes, Bradford
- Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Pratt, Thomas, 1898-1973
- Keeler, Ruby
- James, Rian, 1899-1953
- Polito, Sol, 1892-1960
- Brent, George, 1904-1979
- McWade, Robert, 1872-1938
Genre
Subject
- Dancers
- Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Theater + Production and direction
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Drama
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
- New York (State) + New York
- Musical films
- Adaptation -- Feature
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Filmed dance
- New York (State) + New York + Forty-second Street
- Fiction films
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
- Musical -- Feature
- Berkeley, Busby
- New York (State) -- Drama
- New York (State) + New York + Broadway
- Theater + Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Dancers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- New York (State)
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- Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951
- Stone, George E., 1903-1967
- Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995
- Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974
- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
- Merkel, Una, 1903-1986
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
- Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971
- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
- Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957
- Keeler, Ruby
- Brent, George, 1904-1979
- McWade, Robert, 1872-1938
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- Contributor30
- Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951
- Stone, George E., 1903-1967
- Forbstein, Leo F.
- Vitaphone Corp
- Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
- Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995
- Okey, Jack
- Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
- Seymour, James
- Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974
- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Merkel, Una, 1903-1986
- Warner Bros. Entertainment
- Ware, Frank
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971
- Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955
- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
- Dubin, Al
- Ropes, Bradford
- Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Pratt, Thomas, 1898-1973
- Keeler, Ruby
- James, Rian, 1899-1953
- Polito, Sol, 1892-1960
- Brent, George, 1904-1979
- McWade, Robert, 1872-1938
- Genre9
- Subject24
- Dancers
- Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Theater + Production and direction
- Theatrical producers and directors
- Drama
- Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
- Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
- New York (State) + New York
- Musical films
- Adaptation -- Feature
- Film adaptations
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired
- Feature films
- Filmed dance
- New York (State) + New York + Forty-second Street
- Fiction films
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
- Musical -- Feature
- Berkeley, Busby
- New York (State) -- Drama
- New York (State) + New York + Broadway
- Theater + Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- Dancers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama
- New York (State)
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- Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951
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- Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995
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- Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
- Merkel, Una, 1903-1986
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
- Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971
- Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
- Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957
- Keeler, Ruby
- Brent, George, 1904-1979
- McWade, Robert, 1872-1938
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