42nd Street Reviews
Modern musicals start here, and Busby Berkeley's genius bursts into full flower.
| Apr 14, 2020
This 1933 film is the best known of the Warner Brothers Depression-era musicals, though it doesn't compare in dash and extravagance to later entries in the cycle.
| Oct 16, 2007
The liveliest and one of the most tuneful screen musical comedies that has come out of Hollywood.
| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Aug 8, 2006
Berkeley choreographs chorines and camera with mischievous dexterity.
| Jan 26, 2006
Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 24, 2005
The result is an absolute spectacular. Not to be missed.
| Original Score: 5/5 | Apr 21, 2003
[Features] great Busby Berkeley production numbers.
| Mar 10, 2003