42nd Street (1933)

Broadway director Julian Marsh needs just one more hit show so he can retire and recover his health. It looks like he just may pull it off until temperamental star Dorthy Brock breaks her ankle on the eve of the show's premiere and has to be replaced by her understudy Peggy.

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

What to watch after 42nd Street

• Footlight Parade (1933) — Same subject: pre-code
• Swing Time (1936) — Same feel: cheerful, feel-good
• Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942) — Same feel: cheerful, dramatic
• The Major and the Minor (1942) — Ginger Rogers appears in both
• Shall We Dance (1937) — Same feel: cheerful, feel-good
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933) — Same subject: pre-code, chorus girl