42nd Street

(1933; screens Monday at 4 p.m.)

The quintessential let's-put-on-a-show musical stars Warner Baxter as the ailing director who gives his all for the love of the biz and Ginger Rogers as the tough but soft-hearted Anytime Annie, who steps aside to let kid hoofer Ruby Keeler make it big after star Bebe Daniels breaks her ankle. When the dazzling Busby Berkeley tap routines aren't commanding center stage, the catty chorines steal the show with their snide one-liners and wink-wink double entendres.