Details the life and work of Bradford Ropes, author of the bawdy 1932 novel "42nd Street," on which the classic film and its stage adaptation are based. Follows Ropes s successful career as both a ...

[Script is based on the novel by Bradford Ropes.] Una Merkel and Ginger Rogers, as a pair of dumb and not-so chorines, are types. George E. Stone, as the dance stager, is likewise a believable ...

Based on a novel by Bradford Ropes and the 1933 Warner Bros. A big…bright…bold dance musical. It’s the ultimate backstage showbiz fairy tale when a stage struck ...