This screenplay of 42nd Street , along with Rocco Fumento's thorough and engrossing introduction, takes the reader behind the scenes to see how the Warners studio took a dismal novel and, working within severe financial constraints brought on by the Great Depression, turned out a smash musical hit. 42nd Street is a watershed film, one that resuscitated the Hollywood musical during troubled times. Yet 42nd Street wasn't merely a Depression tonic, its multiple plot line was half-comic, half-serious. It was a fast-paced, ...
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This screenplay of 42nd Street , along with Rocco Fumento's thorough and engrossing introduction, takes the reader behind the scenes to see how the Warners studio took a dismal novel and, working within severe financial constraints brought on by the Great Depression, turned out a smash musical hit. 42nd Street is a watershed film, one that resuscitated the Hollywood musical during troubled times. Yet 42nd Street wasn't merely a Depression tonic, its multiple plot line was half-comic, half-serious. It was a fast-paced, energetic, and the first musical not to shrink away from the fact that a Depression was going on. The film is an odd, and oddly successful, fusion of the real with the fantastic.
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Add this copy of 42nd Street (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays) to cart. $9.16, good condition, Sold by Phatpocket Limited rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Waltham Abbey, ESSEX, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1980 by University of Wisconsin Press.
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Add this copy of 42nd Street to cart. $13.73, very good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by University of Wisconsin Press.
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Add this copy of 42nd Street (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays) to cart. $13.88, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by University of Wisconsin Press.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD PAPERBACK Standard-sized.
Add this copy of 42nd Street (Wisconsin / Warner Bros. Screenplays) to cart. $14.00, good condition, Sold by P Peterson Bookseller rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Osseo, WI, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by University of Wisconsin Press.
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Good. No Jacket. Book. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" tall. Stated First Printing. The pages are lightly tanned and I saw one page with a small edge tear. There is a name label on the half title page. Illustrated. 196 pages. The Wisconsin/Warner Bros Screenplay Series.
Add this copy of 42nd Street to cart. $16.99, very good condition, Sold by Aladdin Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Fullerton, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Univ of Wisconsin Pr.
Add this copy of 42nd Street to cart. $25.00, very good condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of 42nd Street to cart. $26.95, fair condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by University of Wisconsin Press.
Add this copy of 42nd Street to cart. $27.37, good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 1980 by Univ of Wisconsin Pr.
