Talk:42nd Street (film)

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Dialog...[edit]

To the unidentified editor who removed it, I have re-introduced the line “Did you ever try to cash a reputation in a bank?”, he asks. to the article because (a) it's a good sample of the movie's dialog throughout, and (b) it reinforces the desperation of the era and the characters of the move. If you disagree, I'll be happy to ""read" you out". Thank you, Shir-El too 15:44, 3 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Bankruptcy[edit]

For the time being I've removed the claim made in the lede that 42nd Street saved Warner Bros. from bankruptcy. After doing a little research, I can't find a reliable source to verify this, and I've seen the claim be phrased in a variety of ways that probably indicate that it's an apocryphal story. It's far from clear from what I've seen that Warners was even facing bankruptcy at that moment in time, and I've seen no clear statement that this movie alone, or even it and the other Busby Berkeley classics of 1933 ("Footlight Parade" and "Gold Diggers of 1933") actually floated the company.

If true, it would be a great thing to have in the article, so I hope someone can come up with a citation - from a reliable source - to back it up. Ed Fitzgerald (unfutz) ^{(talk / cont)} 03:30, 21 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Dubious[edit]

At first, Sawyer says that she is tiring of Broadway and wants to return to her home in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In an ultimately successful effort to keep Sawyer with the show, Marsh sings her the now famed lyrics of "The Lullaby of Broadway."

Are we sure about this? It doesn't occur in the version of the film I've just seen. I think it may be a confusion with the stage show.

Wilus (talk) 23:31, 6 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

I think you are correct - I've removed it. Ed Fitzgerald _{t / c} 02:16, 7 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Lullaby of Broadway[edit]

Another wiki article states that the song, "Lullaby Of Broadway" was introduced in the 1935 film, "Gold Diggers Of 1935, and won the Oscar for Best Song that year. Could it be that this song was only in the 1980 Broadway show version of 42nd Street and not the movie musical? Either way, the two articles are in conflict if this song appeared in the 1933 film. signed a jazz standard buff 65.96.211.70 (talk) 00:09, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

This is also correct. Someone has gotten the stage musical (which interpolated songs from other Busby Berkeley muscial film) and the film. I've removed the reference to "Lullaby" and verified the rest of the "Musical numbers" listing against IMDB and my memory of the film. Ed Fitzgerald _{t / c} 15:42, 11 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Broadway Stage Show was not mounted in the 80s[edit]

The 80s saw a very successful London, then Broadway, revivals of the original stage production, which followed the film by several years. I removed a sentence that claimed that "nearly half a century" after the hit film, a stage show was a huge success. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 168.38.111.142 (talk) 07:50, 17 August 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Huh??? Check facts before editing, please. To what "original stage production" might the above be referring? 42nd Street (musical) (1980) was not a revival and did, indeed, open "nearly half a century" (1980 - 1933 = 47 years) after the film. I hope someone undid this clueless edit. 66.81.222.123 (talk) 21:02, 5 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Film genre[edit]

Shall we call the 42nd Street film a romantic musical comedy film or is it just fine as is? --TMProofreader (talk) 19:23, 29 July 2020 (UTC)[reply]