Ruby Keeler in Color! 1932 42nd St

Ruby Keeler in Color from the early thirties
Dedicated to my friend, aldiboronti
This feature was filmed in 1932 but held back by Warners for a spring 1933 release.

[shirleybalinski]

1st saw this movie on TCM. I was enthralled by the spectacle of it all. Those memorable songs!! Those Hollywood sets!! The chorus & all those dancers!! The goofy story line!! Keeler & the young Dick Powell!! The whole dang movie is sheer delight!! It is a must see!! You'll be smiling, dancing & singing long after it is over..I promise!!

[greginnyc]

Absolutely MAGNIFICENT. It brought new life to the film.

[benzo]

What a Hollywood classic! Doesn't look so bad in color, does it?! I think it's great! Ruby is so adorable! This legendary tap dance of hers has probably been the inspiration for more aspiring tap dancers over the years than any other! If an ordinary girl like Ruby could do it and become a star, so can you! Long live 42nd Street! Thanks for this clip. One of the greatest things on youtube!

[CookingWithCarmelo]

She was such a talent and I remember her at the Academy Awards when I was a kid in the 70's - she had wonderful stage presence! How could anyone forget her!

[jasondavis]

I just started watching a lot of classic movies for the 1st time and I came across Ruby Keeler. She's just so damn likable and charming. I'll be watching all of her movies.

[RichardWheeler-kwmk]

I'm in love! Unfortunately I missed this cutie by a few generations. Ruby Keeler was adorable.

[rachelramey]

She was my Grampy's cousin. Proud! :)

[guytemam]

I’ve seen this movie so many times !!
Busby Berkeley was THE KING !!
Nobody else like him !!

[martinturner]

Ruby you saved the show! Hollywood at its greatest! Absolutely timeless!

[robertgsmith]

My Grandfather 👴 knew her, James Cagney and George Raft from dance halls in Manhattan. He was born and raised in Greenwich Village. This is GREAT !

[PlayItMeAgainSam]

She was a terrific entertainer, putting her heart into every performance.

[dck]

This is 1932 and Ruby Keeler's dance technique was designed for Broadway. In those days without amplification the dancers really had to slam their shoes into the floor in order for the taps to heard at the back of the second balcony.

The rapid change in tap dancing technique for film can be seen in the difference between Keeler and Rogers/Powell/Miller.

[bwayland]

I loved RUBY KEELER. Whether she looked at her feet while she danced or not, she was one of the best tap dancers of all time. Still she had something quite special. She was able to show her real self through all of her roles. She wasn't a vamp, or a sex symbol, or overly glamorous; but she had a sweet vulnerability that the audience fell in love with. She defined the quintessential 'girl next door. '

[tylerjackson]

One of the greatest movie tap performances ever!

[Grammophonics]

Fantastic! What a great show! I love the step dance also! Great tune by the unforgotten Harry Warren! Thank You Biff for presenting such pleasure!

[jamesdimasi]

Ruby will always epitomise the promising youth desperately thrust onto the stage at the last minute. That minor tear in her costume at 1.53 seems to add to the challenges she faced as she was in the spotlight. She triumphs sensationally. Bravo Ruby.

[shirleyandrews]

Love it ! My mother used to talk about her with great admiration

[francorios]

I like it! The colorized versions give the old movies a breath of fresh air. Art can be black and white but life happens in color.

[peterkarargiris]

Anyone interested in seeing the whole movie should get the DVD. This piece is about twice as long. It's been cut here to remove, amongst other things, a murder. For more see the movie, it's brilliant even after 83 years.

[JudgeJulieLit]

Fayard, the elder of the Nicholas Brothers tap dancer pair, would applaud Ruby's excellent, graceful, sophisticated, refined and inventively expressive upper body gestures, especially of her velvet longgloved swanlike arms and hands.