42nd Street (1933) - The grand finale.
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- Опубликовано: 17 июл 2021
- Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler and ensemble in the Lloyd Bacon-Busby Berkeley classic, 42nd Street.
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The regular people suffering from the great depression, eating grass soup and a pigeon you caught for dinner, they needed and deserved entertainment of this caliber for a quarter.
They did back in the 1930's too. ;D
One of my favorite movies. Takes me back to the era when my grandparents were kids.
1933 and this rocks!
An enthralling number; one of Berkeley's greatest, and that's sayin' something.
So glad that TCM shows this film every so often!
Fantastic choreography.
I was 5 years old when I watched this on the Late Late Show in Brooklyn.
I play the finale all the time. Love it!
The unique syncopation of each performer to the music is mesmerizing and astonishing. Like the two guys with the black hats at 0:09.
Ruby is singing "42nd street," the jingle to the New York hustle. Whilst, approximately 0:10 the hairdresser is saying 'we are going to ...and take their hair out." Then, approximately 0:43 a gent climbing the stairs is yelling to the cab drivers "we are going perform a ceremony." Afterwards, the dancers are dancing away.
Spectacular! Thank you!
Spine tingling genius
Love the ASBESTOS sign at the end haha
I wanted that 'Asbestos Fireproof Curtain' for the last slide in presentations at work.
Omgosh... love!
I'm conflicted over which is the most iconic Busby Berkeley scene: this or Lullaby Of Broadway.
Gee, life was so much more fun back then.
At least in the movies, since 1933 was in the middle of the depression so not everyone was having a great time.
Only in the movies!
That was meant ironically.
@@danawinsor1380 A lot of posters on yt seem to think every era before the present was simpler, more innocent, more fun, so naturally you were taken seriously.
Kamal Haasan!
What it means the word "Asbestos" at the end? Is it the mineral or what?
Theatre safety curtains were made of asbestos to stop the spread of fire from backstage to the audience.
I think it has the word written there to reassure people that it isn't just a curtain but it has actual fire resistance.
These days it isn't such a reassuring word.
Curtain is fireproofed with asbestos
Old theater curtains back then were laced with asbestos in order to prevent any stray stage fires from affecting the audience. The words placement here insinuates that there is something very hot going on behind those curtains! ;)