![]() ![]() Warner Baxter plays famed director Julian Marsh, who despite failing health is determined to stage one last great production, "Pretty Lady." Others involved include "Pretty Lady" star Dorothy Brock (Bebe Daniels) Dorothy's "sugar daddy" (Guy Kibbee), who finances the show her true love Pat (George Brent) leading man Billy Lawlor (Dick Powell) and starry-eyed chorus girl Peggy Sawyer (Ruby Keeler). The quintessential "backstage" musical, 42nd Street traces the history of a Broadway musical comedy, from casting call to opening night. (89 Min.) Genre: 1930 DRAMA, Transfer Quality: A This was the brief era when sex, sin and other depictions of sordid behavior went pretty much unchecked during the relaxed censorship standards of the time.Īrguably, the drama genre best exemplifies this promiscuous era: Forbidden (1932), The Divorcee (1930), Safe in Hell (1931), Three on a Match (1932), and Red-Headed Woman (1932) among so many others. ![]() Whenever one looks back on films of the 30's, whether comedy or drama, there is that bold delineation of films made prior to 1934 (pre-Hays Code). This era of Hollywood, the transition from silent to talkies, provided the story backdrop to the beloved musical Singin' in the Rain (1952). While these performers lost their footing in the 30's, there were however successful dramatic performers who started in the 20's and went on to thrive throughout the 30's: John Barrymore, Boris Karloff, Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, and Carole Lombard. With the launch of so many new careers in the 30's, it was unfortunately the death knell for several stars of the silent era who could not make the transition to "talkies": Mary Pickford, Lillian Gish, Pola Negri, Douglas Fairbanks, and John Gilbert. Several iconic stars were launched in the 30's, these include: Katharine Hepburn making her screen debut in A Bill of Divorcement (1932), Jean Harlow got her start in Hell's Angels (1930), and Marlene Dietrich's first starring role was in Morocco (1930). And lest we forget the leading men: Cary Grant, Henry Fonda, Clark Gable, Gary Cooper, Robert Taylor, and Errol Flynn. The leading ladies include Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Vivien Leigh, Barbara Stanwyck, Claudette Colbert, Rita Hayworth, and Myrna Loy. Perhaps in no other era did Hollywood produce more famously beautiful or glamourous stars. The 1930s and 40s are fondly remembered as the "Golden Age of Hollywood" It was the era of glamorous women and dashingly handsome men. Amid the somber time of the Great Depression, Americans began turning their attention to movies. ![]()
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