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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
42nd Street
The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!
1933 · 1h 29m · Approved
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
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42nd Street
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.
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93%
Tomatometer
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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