Ziegfeld girl
42nd Street opens in Manhattan
ruby keeler, george brent, bebe daniels. warner bros. promotional lobby card “42nd street.”75 years ago to-day…42nd street — “the tale of how america licked the glumness, how the warner brothers elected franklin roosevelt, and how hollywood got to out-sing, out-dance and commission-see people broadway. exactly, america’s pre-prominent theatrical strip, the thoroughfare in ‘the fundamentals of little old new york’ that gives 42nd in someone’s bailiwick its name, was well in decline on 9 march 1933 when the movie’s disquisition first blared in and its iconic title filled the screen at the strand theatre, five blocks away.”– j. hoberman, “42nd street,” bfi fade away classics (1993).more here.
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