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42nd Street

1933 · 89 min · Director: Lloyd Bacon ★ IMDb 7.3 · 14,059 ratings

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A producer puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star.

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42nd Street (1933) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Excitement 35%, Humor 25%, Hope 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

25%Humor
20%Hope
  1. Humor25%
  2. Hope20%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Excitement, Humor, Hope. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Excitement, Humor and Hope. Its IMDb rating of 7.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 73/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Humor
  • Joy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Joy

Tension
Humor
Joy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 68 %, then peaks around 83 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionHumorJoy
2.5 %≈ 2′Humor40 %30 %37 %22 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Humor44 %33 %43 %18 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Humor43 %31 %40 %15 %
17.5 %≈ 16′Humor41 %32 %36 %14 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Humor45 %36 %39 %11 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Sadness48 %40 %34 %11 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension46 %40 %28 %16 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Love45 %31 %32 %19 %
42.5 %≈ 38′Love45 %28 %39 %18 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Humor45 %36 %38 %18 %
52.5 %≈ 47′Tension48 %46 %33 %13 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Tension55 %55 %26 %5 %
62.5 %≈ 56′Tension63 %63 %21 %3 %
67.5 %≈ 60′Tension66 %66 %20 %6 %
72.5 %≈ 65′Tension66 %61 %19 %21 %
77.5 %≈ 69′Love66 %56 %15 %34 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Tension66 %61 %10 %28 %
87.5 %≈ 78′Tension63 %53 %10 %30 %
92.5 %≈ 82′Joy56 %29 %15 %43 %
97.5 %≈ 87′Joy48 %15 %18 %40 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

WB
Warner Baxter

BD
Bebe Daniels

RK
Ruby Keeler

NS
Ned Sparks

AJ
Allen Jenkins

Mac Elroy

EN
Edward Nugent

Terry

RM
Robert McWade

Jones

GE
George E. Stone

Andy Lee

TW
Toby Wing

Partner in "Young & Healthy" Number (uncredited)

LB
Louise Beavers

Pansy (uncredited)

Charles Lane

Author of 'Pretty Lady' (uncredited)

WC
Wallis Clark

Dr. Chadwick (uncredited)

TK
Tom Kennedy

Slim Murphy (uncredited)

HA
Harry Akst

Jerry (uncredited)

GI
George Irving

Hotel Doctor (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Lloyd Bacon
Written by
Rian James, James Seymour, Bradford Ropes
Type
Movies
Released
1933
Runtime
89 min
Country
United States of America
Ratings
★ IMDb 7.3 · 14,059 ratings
Feels mostly
Excitement
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