42nd Street
Starring: Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell
Director: Lloyd Bacon
Writer: Rian James, James W. D. Seymour
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck
42nd Street is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film directed by Lloyd Bacon, with songs by Harry Warren (music) and Al Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starred an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers.
Trivia
- Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture; Academy Award for Best Sound.
- The film was Ruby Keeler's first, and the first time that Busby Berkeley, Harry Warren and Al Dubin had worked for Warner Bros.
- Mervyn LeRoy, the original director, became ill and Lloyd Bacon was hired to replace him.
- LeRoy was dating Ginger Rogers at the time and had suggested that she take the role of Ann.
Previous Showings
10 Runs • 6 Festivals
9,232 tickets sold
All runs on record (10):
- January 26 - 27, 1990 · 1,465 ticketsw/ Gold Diggers of 1933
- August 28 - 30, 1991 · 1,024 ticketsw/ Footlight Parade
- September 24 - 27, 1994 · 968 ticketsw/ The Mouthpiece
- March 11 - 12, 2001 · 796 ticketsWinter 2001w/ Flying Down to Rio
- November 27 - 29, 2002 · 896 ticketsFall Folliesw/ The Gay Divorcee
- April 28 - 29, 2007 · 701 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ Cabin in the Cotton
- June 1 - 3, 2011 · 523 ticketsMusicalsw/ Babes in Arms
- July 13 - 17, 2017 · 1,298 ticketsWarner Brosw/ Gold Diggers of 1933
- October 21 - 23, 2022 · 553 ticketsw/ The Band Wagon
- February 28 - March 1, 2026 · 1,008 ticketsMusicals, plus Bob Hopew/ San Francisco