Catalog - The City Library

Format:

DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Title:

42nd street [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. ; directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour.

Publisher, Date:

Burbank, CA : Warner Bros. Entertainment, Turner Entertainment Co. ; Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, [2006]

Description:

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

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.

Subjects:

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

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

Feature films.

Film adaptations.

Musical films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Other Author:

Bacon, Lloyd, 1890-1955.

James, Rian, 1899-1953.

Seymour, James.

Warren, Harry, 1893-1981.

Dubin, Al.

Berkeley, Busby, 1895-1976.

Baxter, Warner, 1889-1951.

Daniels, Bebe, 1901-1971.

Brent, George, 1904-1979.

Keeler, Ruby.

Kibbee, Guy, 1882-1956.

Merkel, Una, 1903-1986.

Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995.

Sparks, Ned, 1883-1957.

Powell, Dick, 1904-1963.

Jenkins, Allen, 1900-1974.

Nugent, Edward, 1904-1995.

McWade, Robert, 1872-1938.

Stone, George E., 1903-1967.

Ropes, Bradford. 42nd Street.

Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)

Vitaphone Corp.

Turner Entertainment Co.

Warner Home Video (Firm)

Other Title:

Forty-second street.

Notes:

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.

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.

Warner Baxter (Julian Marsh), Bebe Daniels (Dorothy Brock), George Brent (Pat Denning), Ruby Keeler (Peggy), Guy Kibbee (Abner Dillon), Uuna 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).

DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby Digital stereo.

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

ISBN:

1419823191

Publisher Number:

67854

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

175888

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

DVD MOVIE Forty se

Medium:

[videorecording]