42nd Street (1933)

03/11/1933 1h 29m

The Greatest Musical Hit the Screen Has Ever Known!

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Overview

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.

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Cast Ages at Release

Warner Baxter

as Julian Marsh

Born 03/28/1889

Died 05/07/1951, age

Bebe Daniels

as Dorothy Brock

Born 01/14/1901

Died 03/16/1971, age

George Brent

as Pat Denning

Born 03/15/1904

Died 05/26/1979, age

Ruby Keeler

as Peggy

Born 08/25/1910

Died 02/28/1993, age

Guy Kibbee

as Abner Dillon

Born 03/05/1882

Died 05/24/1956, age

Ginger Rogers

as Ann

Born 07/16/1911

Died 04/25/1995, age

Dick Powell

as Billy Lawler

Born 11/14/1904

Died 01/02/1963, age

Henry B. Walthall

as Concerned Actor (uncredited)

Born 03/15/1878

Died 06/17/1936, age

Lyle Talbot

as Geoffrey Warning (voice) (uncredited)

Born 02/08/1902

Died 03/02/1996, age