Overview
Plot
Broadway director Julian Marsh needs one more hit show before retiring for his health. Everything seems on track until temperamental star Dorothy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the premiere, forcing understudy Peggy to step in.
- Directors
- Lloyd Bacon
- Cast
- Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George Brent, Ruby Keeler, Guy Kibbee, Una Merkel, Ginger Rogers, Ned Sparks, Dick Powell, Allen Jenkins, Edward Nugent, Robert McWade, George E. Stone, Toby Wing, Louise Beavers, Charles Lane, Wallis Clark, Tom Kennedy, Harry Akst, George Irving
- Country
- United States of America
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release date
- 1933-03-11
- Studios
- Warner Bros. Pictures
Plot
Warning: spoilers
42nd Street Plot and Cast
Julian Marsh, a Broadway director in poor health, is staging what he intends to be his final production before retiring. The show appears promising until its temperamental leading lady, Dorothy Brock, breaks her ankle just before the premiere. Her understudy, Peggy, is called upon to replace her, and the fate of the production now rests on the untested newcomer.
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