luis herrera

Classic!!! Absolute Classic Americana. Highly recommended to anyone interested in a classic movie from Hollywood's Golden Era. With an astonishing cast (Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ginger Rogers, Bebe Daniels, Alan Jenkins....) great songs (Shuffle Off to Buffalo, You're Getting to Be A Habit with Me) and of course the title song "42nd Street) everything about this film makes you long for the says when Hollywood made films with substance. It was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 1998 as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". In 2006, it ranked 13th on the American Film Institute's list of best musicals. A stage adaption of the film debuted on Broadway in 1980, winning two Tony Awards, including Best Musical.