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42nd Street (1933) More at IMDbPro »

Edited into

Musical Memories (1946)
 -  Musical number - Young and Healthy
Heavy Traffic (1973)
 -  Scenes are edited into the film as backgrounds for animation sequences.

Referenced in

The 42nd. Street Special (1933)
Harry Warren: America's Foremost Composer (1933)
Big City Fantasy (1934)
Shake, Mr. Shakespeare (1936)
 -  In March Antony's song
Hair-Raising Hare (1946)
 -  After disguising himself as a lamp (!), Bugs dances away from Gossamer, to the tune of "Shuffle Off To Buffalo," from 42nd Street.
"The Honeymooners: The $99,000 Answer (#1.18)" (1956)
 -  One of the songs that Norton plays on the piano to help Ralph brush up on popular songs from movies is "Shuffle Off To Buffalo"
"What's My Line?: (1962-09-09)" (1962)
 -  Ms. Kilgallen mentions this early credit of Dick Powell's.
"The Waltons: The Deed (#1.20)" (1973)
 -  As the two are walking towards the theatre in the town of Wheeling where he has gone to look for work, John Boy Walton tells new friend Cissy Brubaker that he is looking forward to watching actors Warner Baxter and Bebe Daniels in this movie.
New York, New York (1977)
 -  in the 'Happy Endings' number
Movie Movie (1978)
 -  The opening shot of the street signs in both halves of the "Movie Movie" double feature mimic the opening shots of street signs in "42nd Street"; in addition, the plot of "Baxter's Beauties of 1933" (dying producer wants one last hit, chorus girl takes over for star who has broken her ankle) is largely based on that of "42nd Street"
In the Gloaming (1997) (TV)
 -  Robert Sean Leonard replaces Dick Powell and sings the Young and healthy song, and begins to cough up blood in technicolor
The Big Lebowski (1998)
Center Stage (2000)
 -  naive girl (also named Sawyer) comes to New York; gets the dancing lead in a big show; falls in love with her costar
"Broadway: The American Musical: Putting It Together: 1980-Present (#1.6)" (2004)
 -  Julie Andrews mentions the movie as the basis for the stage musical.
"House M.D.: Hunting (#2.7)" (2005)
 -  House tells a patient's father that he bets the patient knows all the words to this movie

Featured in

That's Dancing! (1985)
The Freshman (1990)
Here's Looking at You, Warner Bros. (1991) (TV)
"The Great Depression" (1993)
 -  Clip featured in the We've got a plan segment
100 Years at the Movies (1994) (TV)
A Personal Journey with Martin Scorsese Through American Movies (1995) (TV)
The First 100 Years: A Celebration of American Movies (1995) (TV)
Two Bits (1995)
"Great Performances: Musicals Great Musicals: The Arthur Freed Unit at MGM" (1996)
Dancer in the Dark (2000)
New York at the Movies (2002) (TV)
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs: America's Greatest Music in the Movies (2004) (TV)
 -  The song "42nd Street" is #97 on the list.
"Broadway: The American Musical: Syncopated City: 1919-1933 (#1.2)" (2004)
 -  Clips from the movie are shown.
"Broadway: The American Musical" (2004)
 -  Featured in Episode Two
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes: America's Greatest Quips, Comebacks and Catchphrases (2005) (TV)
 -  The quote "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!" is #87 on the list.
Footlight Parade: Music for the Decades (2006) (V)
 -  Some clips are shown.
Thou Shalt Not: Sex, Sin and Censorship in Pre-Code Hollywood (2008) (TV)
 -  clip
You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story (2008) (V)
 -  clips
Warner at War (2008) (TV)
 -  clip

Spoofed in

The Boy Friend (1971)
Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG)

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