42nd Street

Format:

Video disc

Title:

42nd Street

Other title(s):

Forty-second Street

ISBN:

9781419823190

9781419823169

Distribution:

Burbank, CA : Distributed Warner Home Video.

Publication:

[Burbank, Califronia?] : Turner Entertainment Co., Warner Bros. Entertainment, [2006]

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (approximately 89 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Series title(s):

Busby Berkeley collection.

General Note:

Originally produced as motion picture in 1933.

Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes.

Special features: Cast & crew; Coda; Featurettes: "Harry Warren: America's foremost composer", "Trip through a Hollywood studio", "Hollywood newsreel"; Theatrical trailer.

Contents:

Main feature -- Special features: three vintage featurettes: Harry Warren: America's foremost composer ; Hollywood newsreel ; Trip through a Hollywood studio.

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.

Subject(s):

Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Theater -- Production and direction -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

Dancers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Drama.

New York (State) -- Drama.

Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

Geographic Term:

New York (State) -- Drama.

Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama.

New York (State) -- New York -- Forty-second Street.

New York (State) -- New York -- Broadway.

New York (State) -- New York.

Genre:

Films for the hearing impaired.

Musical films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Musical -- Feature.

Adaptation -- Feature.

Added Corporate Author:

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967),

Vitaphone Corp.,

Warner Bros. Entertainment,

Turner Entertainment Co.,

Warner Home Video (Firm),

Holds:

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Library	Call Number	Status
Searching... Stayton Public Library	FORTY	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Dallas Public Library	DVD MUS 42ND STREET	Searching... Unknown
Searching... Salem Main Library	DVD Forty 1933	Searching... Unknown

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Summary

Five remastered classics include: 42nd Street (1933); Gold Diggers of 1933; Footlight Parade (1933); Dames (1935); and Gold Diggers of 1935; plus a bonus disc with more than twenty complete musical numbers from Busby Berkeley.

Author Notes

A dancer in American theater and film as well as an actress, Ginger Rogers began her career in vaudeville, which led to engagements in Broadway shows. She co-starred in George Gershwin's Girl Crazy (1930), and that role led to Hollywood contracts. Blessed with a comedic gift and the willingness to engage it, Rogers played opposite Fred Astaire, offsetting his sophisticated presentation while matching his dancing skill. Among the many films in which she starred are Gay Divorcee, Top Hat, Kitty Foyle, and Monkey Business. (Bowker Author Biography)