| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/Recipient(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Nominated | Oscar | Best Sound, Recording Nathan Levinson (sound director) (Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department). |
Warner Bros.
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Warner Bros.)
A rehash of 42nd Street, with much of the same cast and more extravagant Busby Berkeley interludes. This time, a Broadway producer needs money for his latest idea: a show about the Depression. Luckily for him, William Powell is not only a songwriter but a disguised wealthy socialite slumming on Broadway. The show is financed and the usual rehearsals begin. The girls spend their down time taking Powell's brother and elderly lawyer for a ride, just to teach them a lesson about the sincerity of showgirls. They don't seem to realize their hypocrisy, and neither does the script, a major flaw of the film. Of course, it's really just a set up for the Busby numbers: over-produced, over-costumed, over-choreographed escapist entertainment for the mass of unemployed and downtrodden.
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