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42nd street / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour.
LIBRA DVD 009 453
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Busby Berkeley collection.
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Ropes, Bradford--Film adaptations.
- Ropes, Bradford.
- Theater--Production and direction.
- Theatrical producers and directors.
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.)--Drama.
- Broadway (New York, N.Y.).
- Theatrical producers and directors--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Theater--Production and direction--New York (State)--New York--Drama.
- Theater.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Genre:
- Feature films.
- Video recordings for hard of hearing people.
- Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
- Romance films.
- Film adaptations.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
- monochrome
- Other Title:
- Forty-second street
- Place of Publication:
- Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]
- Language Note:
- English with optional English or French subtitles.
- Closed-captioned.
- System Details:
- DVD; Region 1; Dolby Digital stereo.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- Dolby
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- 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.
- Participant:
- Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell, Allen Jenkins, Edward J. Nugent, Robert McWade, George E. Stone.
- Credits:
- Dances & ensembles created by Busby Berkeley ; words & music by Al Dubin and Harry Warren ; photography by Sol Polito ; edited by Frank Ware & Thomas Pratt ; Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein.
- Notes:
- Originally issued in slipcase with title The Busby Berkeley collection.
- Originally produced as motion picture in 1933.
- Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes.
- Includes: 3 vintage featurettes: Harry Warren: America's foremost composer, Hollywood newsreel, A trip through a Hollywood studio ; Notes on Busby Berkeley.
- ISBN:
- 1419823191
- OCLC:
- 65222579
- Publisher Number:
- 012569678545
- 012569678460 set
- 67854 Warner Home Video
- 67846 Warner Home Video (Set)
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