42nd Street

Resource Information

The work 42nd Street represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

42nd Street

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour

Title variation

Forty-second Street

Contributor

• Keeler, Ruby
• Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976
• Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951
• Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
• Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955
• McWade, Robert, 1872-1938
• Merkel, Una, 1903-1986
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
• Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Okey, Jack
• Polito, Sol, 1892-1960
• Vitaphone Corp
• Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
• Turner Entertainment Co
• Pratt, Thomas, 1898-1973
• Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
• Seymour, James
• Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957
• Stone, George E., 1903-1967
• Ware, Frank
• Dubin, Al
• Warren, Harry, 1893-1981
• Forbstein, Leo F.
• Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971
• James, Rian, 1899-1953
• Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974
• Brent, George, 1904-1979

Actor

• Powell, Dick, 1904-1963
• Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957
• Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995
• Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995
• Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971
• Brent, George, 1904-1979
• Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974
• Keeler, Ruby
• Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951
• Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956
• McWade, Robert, 1872-1938
• Merkel, Una, 1903-1986
• Stone, George E., 1903-1967

Art director

• Okey, Jack

Choreographer

• Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976

Conductor

• Forbstein, Leo F.

Director of photography

• Polito, Sol, 1892-1960

Film director

• Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955

Film distributor

• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Warner Bros. Entertainment
• Turner Entertainment Co

Film editor

• Ware, Frank
• Pratt, Thomas, 1898-1973

Lyricist

• Dubin, Al

Presenter

• Vitaphone Corp

Production company

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Screenwriter

• Seymour, James
• James, Rian, 1899-1953

Subject

• DVDs
• Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Theater -- Production and direction -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama
• Musical films
• Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.) -- Drama
• Films for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Theatrical producers and directors -- New York (State) | New York -- Drama

Genre

• Musical films
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Films for the hearing impaired
• DVDs
• Film adaptations

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• eng
• eng

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

Cataloging source

OC2

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Dances & ensembles created & staged by Busby Berkeley ; words & music by Al Dubin and Harry Warren ; edited by Frank Ware & Thomas Pratt ; art director, Jack Okey ; photography by Sol Polito ; gowns by Orry-Kelly ; Vitaphone Orchestra conducted by Leo F. Forbstein

Dewey number

791.43/72

Language note

English with optional English or French subtitles ; closed-captioned (feature film only)

LC call number

• PN1995.9.M86
• PN1997

LC item number

• F68 2006
• .F6789 2006

PerformerNote

Warner Baxter (Julian Marsh), Bebe Daniels (Dorothy Brock), George Brent (Pat Denning), Ruby Keeler (Peggy), Guy Kibbee (Abner Dillon), Una Merkel (Lorraine Fleming), Ginger Rogers (Ann), Ned Sparks (Barry), Dick Powell (Billy Lawler), Allen Jenkins (Mac Elroy), Edward J. Nugent (Terry), Robert McWade (Jones), George E. Stone (Andy Lee)

Runtime

89

Target audience

general

Technique

live action