The 1933 movie 42nd Street may have been the first great movie musical…and it still holds up rather well. Let's take a look at the trailer for it which hypes all the wrong selling points and avoids showing you any interesting scenes from the film. In spite of that, it's still a fun trailer. If the embedded link below doesn't do it for you, click here instead.
And by the way, consider this: This is a pretty old movie. Your great grandmother could have seen it when your great grandfather took her out on this first date. It truly belongs to another era.
The movie is all about the staging of a Broadway musical called Pretty Lady. And you know who played the guy who authored Pretty Lady? He only has a small, unbilled part but he's there in the movie…
Charles Lane, who reaches the glorious age of 102 tomorrow. We'll post something more about the Birthday Boy then.
