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Plot:
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he may just pull it off until his tempermental star Dorothy breaks her ankle on the eve of...( read more 
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MCT:June 19, 2008Nasty, decadent, pre-Code, and quite charming musical. Warner Baxter is pathological; Ruby Keeler looks at her feet and clumps; Dick Powell shows his demonic side in the title number.
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MCT:April 3, 2008I love how this is listed under musicals. Yeah, I guess this is a musical in the same sense that something like Once is a musical. But this is much more of a dramedy (first time using that term in a Flixster review!) than anything else. What's weird is that it is pretty tame and down to earth cmopared to what I thought it would be. I guess all of the hype comes from the fact that Busby Berkeley was a major player in this movie. That's cool, I guess.
I've been seeing a lot of these "movies about performances" and there are certain character types that always have to make it into the movie. There's always the really rough genius director who works his actors to the bone. There's always the lovable counterpart to that director. Then there's the girl who's big break it is to be involved in this story. I guess I can't really blame this movie for following the same routine because I'm pretty sure that this movie made the routine. The part that really impressed me were the relationships involved. That and the absolutely astounding, almost impossible in real life, ending. But I did like how the movie worked out. I love when there are major character changes towards the end. I want to feel like what I just watched had some sort of meaning and impact on these characters. Sure, these changes are superficial compared to the deep spiritual core changes that Ebenezer Scrooge had, but it made me feel good so I don't mind so much. Honestly, I don't think that an understudy for a show like that could be ready in one night, but that's the magic of Hollywood.
I feel like I have to comment on the absolute end. I'm talking about the last minute of the movie. I was shocked to see how abruptly that happened. Pleased, but shocked nonetheless. I didn't know Hollywood was allowed to do that. I mean, we get what happened, but there was a degree of subtlety that I couldn't even grasp. I knew that she did a fantastic job and that everyone was going to make her a star, but there was no moment when the gruff director lifts her up in his arms after the show ended and screamed "You did it, girl! I never thought you had it in you, but you're going to be a star!' None of that. Thank you, 42nd Street, thank you. -
MCT:February 14, 2008The dancing was good and that's all the praise I can give this movie. The acting was slow making the storyline drag. It should have been quick and light hearted but it wasn't. And for being a musical...where was the music?
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MCT:January 13, 2008
A light hearted musical with great performances, including a comic supporting role from Ginger Roger's pre Fred Astaire.
For a musical, not really very many musical numbers, but it does offer a great insight into the backstage world of musical theatre.
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MCT:June 19, 2007
Pioneering musical with genius choreagrapher Busby Berkely. Timeless story with archetypal characters
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MCT:June 18, 2007
Pioneering musical with genius choreagrapher Busby Berkely. Timeless story with archetypal characters.
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MCT:May 20, 2007
Ruby Keeler's Dancing is bad but the rest of the movie is great! Ginger Roger's is fab as
"Anytime Annie" wink wink pre code, which came in 1934.
No Naughtiness. The code was
started by William Hayes a dried up purist who dictated what should and should not be in movies (sex scenes) and violence. Im sure his funeral was not well attended. -
MCT:April 20, 2007Old movies ROCK, and this one is very entertaining and will leave you laughing through the entire movie.
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MCT:March 27, 2007
Very typical Warner Brother's musical from back in the day :P Pretty good though, I did enjoy it. I love old musicals, and this is a perfect example of one. Started loosing interest towards the end...And the song weren't all that great, but on the whole, I enjoyed it ^_^
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MCT:October 29, 2006
I wasn't particularly interested by the story itself, but the songs were likable and I liked Dorothy's voice. First time seeing Ginger Rogers too... she was funny as Anytime Annie.
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MCT:July 3, 2006
A girl's hopes and dreams come true, shes given a lead role and has to learn it all in less than 2 hours! beautifully done
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MCT:June 3, 2006I got this out of the library having heard several of the songs from the show on my showtunes radio station ("Lullaby of Broadway," "Sunny Side To Every Situation," and "We're In the Money") ... and then proceeded to discover that NONE of those songs were in the movie! It had a grand total of four songs (one repeated twice) and none of the ones I knew. Aghast, I went and looked up a synopsis online... the Broadway production had NINE songs that the movie didn't. This leads me to believe that it was a vaguely musical movie that then was transformed into a fully musical stage production, because cutting nine songs and not even replacing them with anything would just be stupid. The movie itself, sans music, was only decent. The dialogue was stilted, and at a few parts my father pointed out that any movie with such fluff in it today would be laughed out of the theater. Although I don't know... The Wedding Planner was generally applauded... Oops. Did I say that out loud? *covers mouth* But in general, this movie was a waste of time (no money wasted no this, luckily). Don't bother with it.
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