42nd Street [VHS]
価格： ￥3,026
カテゴリ： VHS
ブランド： Warner Studios
You are going out as a youngster…
★★★★☆
But you’ve got to come back as a star!
“42nd Street” is one of those formula rival substitutes for the overbearing star formula chorus line movies that you see over and over. However it is old enough that this could have been the prototype for such movies as “Down to Earth” (1947). This must have been made shortly after talkies appeared ad they advertise it as one of the best movies since Warner Brothers made talkies. The story was adapted from a novel by Bradford Ropes.
It is interesting to see all the references to the “Great Depression” in the script and even the music.
A cute chorus girl Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) smarms an old rich coot into financing a musical comedy and making her the star. The producer Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is economically poor due to the depression and has a nerves condition that makes this his last and imperatively good production. Others in the production range from old troopers to firs timers.
Most of the film is constant practicing in the day and deceit in the evening.
This film is good enough to place names next to the pictures of the actors and you will recognize many personalities form the period for example:
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
There are many good Songs peppered throughout the film such as:
"It Must Be June"
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo"
"Young and Healthy"
"42nd Street"
If you cotton to Harry Warren songs you may want to find the album “The Song Is Harry Warren”
We can all sit back with your popcorn and become part of 42nd street.
“42nd Street” is one of those formula rival substitutes for the overbearing star formula chorus line movies that you see over and over. However it is old enough that this could have been the prototype for such movies as “Down to Earth” (1947). This must have been made shortly after talkies appeared ad they advertise it as one of the best movies since Warner Brothers made talkies. The story was adapted from a novel by Bradford Ropes.
It is interesting to see all the references to the “Great Depression” in the script and even the music.
A cute chorus girl Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) smarms an old rich coot into financing a musical comedy and making her the star. The producer Julian Marsh (Warner Baxter) is economically poor due to the depression and has a nerves condition that makes this his last and imperatively good production. Others in the production range from old troopers to firs timers.
Most of the film is constant practicing in the day and deceit in the evening.
This film is good enough to place names next to the pictures of the actors and you will recognize many personalities form the period for example:
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
There are many good Songs peppered throughout the film such as:
"It Must Be June"
"Shuffle Off to Buffalo"
"Young and Healthy"
"42nd Street"
If you cotton to Harry Warren songs you may want to find the album “The Song Is Harry Warren”
We can all sit back with your popcorn and become part of 42nd street.
今も昔も
★★★★☆
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まず、これでやられましたね。一瞬、失敗したか?っと思ったけど、見れば、すごい!エキストラの女の子の、ひょんなことからのサクセスストーリーなんだけど、おもしろい。ルビー・キラーのタップが圧巻!!どうやって動いてるの!?その足はっ!?て、かんじです。
まず、これでやられましたね。一瞬、失敗したか?っと思ったけど、見れば、すごい!エキストラの女の子の、ひょんなことからのサクセスストーリーなんだけど、おもしろい。ルビー・キラーのタップが圧巻!!どうやって動いてるの!?その足はっ!?て、かんじです。
舞台のリバイバルでキャサリン・セダ・ジョーンズがこのルビー・キラーの演じた主人公役をやったことも有名な作品です。