42nd Street (1933)


42nd Street
Release Date08 March 1933
US Box Office$2,000,000
GenreMusical, Romance, Drama
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsWarner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassBackstage Musical, Musical Comedy
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesUnderdogs, Ladder to the Top
TonesEasygoing, Merry, Upbeat, Light
TagsBackstage, Behind The Scenes, Casting, Chance, Chorus Girl, Director, Fame, Finances, Forces [military], Girl, Injury, Lady, Love, Man, Musical [play], Production [showbiz], Romance, Show, Songwriter, Stage, Star, Understudy, Vaudeville, Young

42nd Street is a 1933 American Warner Bros. musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon with choreography by Busby Berkeley. The songs were written by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics), and the script was written by Rian James and James Seymour, with Whitney Bolton (uncredited), from the novel by Bradford Ropes.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Julian Marsh

Dorothy Brock

Pat Denning

Peggy Sawyer

Abner Dillon

Lorraine Fleming

Barry

Billy Lawler

Mac Elroy

Andy Lee

Harry Akst
Jerry

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Pansy - Dorothy's Maid

Chorus Girl

Edna Callahan
Chorus Girl

Maxine Cantway
Chorus Girl

Dr. Chadwick

Chorus Girl

Mildred Dixon
Chorus Girl

Stout Songwriter

Ruth Eddings
Chorus Girl

Secretary

Renee Evans
Extra on Stage

Patsy Farnum
Chorus Girl

Extra on Stage

Chorus Girl

Mary Halsey
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

House Doctor

Chorus Girl

Evelyn Joice
Chorus Girl

Gertrude Keeler
Chorus Girl

Helen Keeler
Chorus Girl

Tom Kennedy
Slim Murphy

Milton Kibbee
News Spreader

Chorus Girl

Margaret La Marr
Chorus Girl

Author of 'Pretty Lady'

Mug with Murphy

Chorus Girl

Eve Marcy
Chorus Girl

Kermit Maynard
Dancer Who Catches Girl

Clarence Nordstrom
Groom in 'Shuffle Off to Buffalo' Number

Chorus Boy

Agnes Ray
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Cliff Saum
Dimmer Board Operator

Rolfe Sedan
Extra on Stage

Harry Seymour
Aide

Chorus Girl

The Sizzlers
Singing Policemen

Trailer Narrator

Grace Tobin
Chorus Girl

The Village Barn Hill Billies
Themselves

Concerned Actor

Short Songwriter

Dorothy White
Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Chorus Girl

Blonde in 'Young and Healthy' Number

Director

Writer

Rian James

Bradford Ropes

Whitney Bolton
contributor to treatment

Producer

producer

Cinematographer

Sol Polito

Editor

Thomas Pratt
-

Frank Ware
-

Art Director

Jack Okey
-

Costume Designer

Orry-Kelly

Makeup Department

Perc Westmore
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Gordon Hollingshead
assistant director

Arthur Lueker
second assistant director

Sound Department

Nathan Levinson
sound

Dolph Thomas
sound

Camera and Electrical Department

George Baxter
still photographer

Mike Joyce
second camera

Buddy Longworth
still photographer

Harold Noyes
chief grip

Scotty Welbourne
still photographer

George Whittemore
chief electrician

Music Department

lyricist: songs

conductor: Vitaphone Orchestra

composer: songs

Ray Heindorf
music arranger

Other Crew

creator: dances and ensembles, stager: dances and ensembles

S. Charles Einfeld
general press agent

supervisor

Production Company

Warner Bros. Pictures
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Distributor

Warner Bros. Pictures

Vitaphone Corporation, The

United Artists Television

CBS/Fox Home Video

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

Warner Home Video

I.V.C.

Happinet Pictures

Warner Home Vídeo

Argentina Video Home
,

Warner Bros.

Warner Home Video
,

Chapel Distribution

Miscellaneous

Cheney Brothers
silks






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