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42nd Street (1933)

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All Time

of 190,166

369

1930's

of 13,971

22

1933

of 2,225

3
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 38,015
  
  210
  
  Drama of 1933
  
  of 277
  
  1
  
  Drama of the 1930's
  
  of 2,664
  
  12
Musical
- Musical All Time
  
  of 3,076
  
  24
  
  Musical of 1933
  
  of 92
  
  1
  
  Musical of the 1930's
  
  of 980
  
  4

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42nd Street (1933) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.1822

Avg Critic Score:3.1296

42nd Street (1933) Movie Reviews

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filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Of Golden Age musicals, 42nd Street is about as close to the archetype as they come. It's about an hour of exposition as a big Broadway director puts on his last big show (as he's ill), and all manner of catastrophes befall him en route to opening night. ...read the complete 42nd Street movie review at filmcritic.com (Christopher Null)

Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

"One can't say enough good things about what Busby Berkeley did for the musical. ...read the complete 42nd Street movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)

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Movie Reviews UK

If Pretty Lady was a stage show, I'd pay good money to go and see it, maybe several times. It's got everything that you could ever ask for -- human drama, explosive musical numbers, sets both technically astonishing and pleasing to the eye, all coupled...read the complete 42nd Street (1933) review at Movie Reviews UK

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Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

The film was nominated for Best Picture, which it lost to Cavalcade, and Best Sound Recording, which it lost to A Farewell to Arms. On the continuum of Best Picture nominees from...read the complete 42nd Street (1933) review at Goatdog's Movies (Michael W. Phillips, Jr.)

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