Review of 42nd Street (1933) by Chris M — 05 Jan 2013
Early backstage musical about a Broadway director (Warner Baxter) with failing health who is determined to put on one more big show. But when the leading lady (Bebe Daniels) breaks her ankle, it's up to a replacement (Ruby Keeler) from the chorus and the leading man (Dick Powell) to go on with the show.
While I liked a few songs like "Young and Healthy" and the title tune, 42nd Street is basically a routine, heavily cliched backstage musical that has no real time to develop its underwritten characters or add something more to its stale plot.
This review of 42nd Street (1933) was written by Chris M on 05 Jan 2013.
42nd Street has generally received positive reviews.
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