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The Resource 42nd Street, directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour, (videorecording)

42nd Street, directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour, (videorecording)

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Contributor
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
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 videodisc (89 min.)
Note
  • Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1933
  • Special features include From book to screen to stage; Hollywood Newsreel; A trip thru a Hollywood studio, a short film by Ralph Staub (10 min., 1935, black and white); Harry Warren, American's foremost composer, directed by Ray McCarey (9 min., 1933, black and white); The 42nd Street special; vintage cartoon Young and healthy (7 min., 1933, black and white); vintage cartoon Shuffle off to Buffalo (7 min., 1933, black and white); trailer; song selection
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes
Instance
Label
42nd Street
Title
42nd Street
Statement of responsibility
directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour
Title variation
  • Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc. & the Vitaphone Corp. present 42nd Street
  • Forty-second Street
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Art director
Choreographer
Conductor
Director of photography
Editor of moving image work
Film director
Lyricist
Presenter
Production company
Publisher
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • 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
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Cataloging source
STF
Characteristic
videorecording
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  • 42nd Street (Motion picture)
  • Trip thru a Hollywood studio
  • Harry Warren, American's foremost composer
  • Young and healthy (Motion picture)
  • Shuffle off to Buffalo
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Credits note
Dances & ensembles, created and staged by Busby Berkeley; words & music by 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; production company, Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
MPAA rating: Not rated
Language note
Optional English subtitles for the hearing impaired
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.A14 2001
PerformerNote
Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell, Allen Jenkins, Edward J. Nugent, Robert McWade, George E. Stone
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1890-1955
  • 1899-1953
  • 1889-1951
  • 1901-1971
  • 1904-1979
  • 1882-1956
  • 1903-1986
  • 1911-1995
  • 1883-1957
  • 1904-1963
  • 1900-1974
  • 1904-1995
  • 1872-1938
  • 1903-1967
  • 1895-1976
  • 1893-1981
  • 1898-1973
  • 1892-1960
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  • Bacon, Lloyd
  • James, Rian
  • Seymour, James
  • Baxter, Warner
  • Daniels, Bebe
  • Brent, George
  • Keeler, Ruby
  • Kibbee, Guy
  • Merkel, Una
  • Rogers, Ginger
  • Sparks, Ned
  • Powell, Dick
  • Jenkins, Allen
  • Nugent, Edward
  • McWade, Robert
  • Stone, George E.
  • Berkeley, Busby
  • Dubin, Al
  • Warren, Harry
  • Pratt, Thomas
  • Ware, Frank
  • Okey, Jack
  • Polito, Sol
  • Forbstein, Leo F.
  • Ropes, Bradford
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967)
  • Vitaphone Corp
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
89
Series statement
Archive collectioin
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  • Theatrical producers and directors
  • Theater
  • Dancers
  • New York (State)
  • Forty-second Street (New York, N.Y.)
  • Broadway (New York, N.Y.)
Technique
live action
Label
42nd Street, directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1933
  • Special features include From book to screen to stage; Hollywood Newsreel; A trip thru a Hollywood studio, a short film by Ralph Staub (10 min., 1935, black and white); Harry Warren, American's foremost composer, directed by Ray McCarey (9 min., 1933, black and white); The 42nd Street special; vintage cartoon Young and healthy (7 min., 1933, black and white); vintage cartoon Shuffle off to Buffalo (7 min., 1933, black and white); trailer; song selection
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes
Bar code
  • 31223135724525
  • 31223135724541
  • 31223135724509
  • 31223135724517
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (89 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574286286
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 1000566923
  • 2000110154
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)934440846
System details
2.0 mono
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc
Label
42nd Street, directed by Lloyd Bacon ; screen play by Rian James & James Seymour, (videorecording)
Publication
Copyright
Note
  • Originally produced in the United States as a motion picture in 1933
  • Special features include From book to screen to stage; Hollywood Newsreel; A trip thru a Hollywood studio, a short film by Ralph Staub (10 min., 1935, black and white); Harry Warren, American's foremost composer, directed by Ray McCarey (9 min., 1933, black and white); The 42nd Street special; vintage cartoon Young and healthy (7 min., 1933, black and white); vintage cartoon Shuffle off to Buffalo (7 min., 1933, black and white); trailer; song selection
  • Full screen (1.37:1)
  • Based on the novel by Bradford Ropes
Bar code
  • 31223135724525
  • 31223135724541
  • 31223135724509
  • 31223135724517
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (89 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574286286
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Publisher number
  • 1000566923
  • 2000110154
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)934440846
System details
2.0 mono
Video recording format
Blu-ray disc

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