42nd Street Special, The (1932)
** (out of 4)
This co-production between Warner and GE was meant to highlight the movie 42ND STREET as the stars of the film (and studio) would jump on a train and take it from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. with a hundred stops along the way. Leo Carillo, Claire Dodd, Bette Davis, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Darryl Zanuck and Jack Warner are just a few of the famous faces that appear here. This promotional short runs a brief six-minutes and the quality of the film really hasn't stood up well over time. Not only is the promotional stuff quite boring but so is the actual sound quality as quite often it's hard to understand what the speakers are saying. The film, I guess, does a good job at its goal, which is to make people interested in the film but only die hard fans will really need to watch this.
** (out of 4)
This co-production between Warner and GE was meant to highlight the movie 42ND STREET as the stars of the film (and studio) would jump on a train and take it from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C. with a hundred stops along the way. Leo Carillo, Claire Dodd, Bette Davis, Preston Foster, Lyle Talbot, Darryl Zanuck and Jack Warner are just a few of the famous faces that appear here. This promotional short runs a brief six-minutes and the quality of the film really hasn't stood up well over time. Not only is the promotional stuff quite boring but so is the actual sound quality as quite often it's hard to understand what the speakers are saying. The film, I guess, does a good job at its goal, which is to make people interested in the film but only die hard fans will really need to watch this.