Daily Archives: March 9, 2013

’42nd Street’ premieres in New York City 80 years ago tonight (1933)

1930s, movies 1930s


Video: '42nd Street Trailer (1933)'

(Thursday, March 9, 1933) — 42nd Street, a musical film about a producer who puts on what may be his last Broadway show, and at the last moment a chorus girl has to replace the star, premiered today in New York City.

Directed by Lloyd Bacon and Busby Berkeley, the film starred Warner Baxter, Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell and Ginger Rogers.

Congress called into special session by FDR 80 years ago today (1933)

1930s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'HD Stock Footage Franklin D. Roosevelt - Bank Holiday - Repeals Prohibition (Mar. 9, 1933, at 1:13)

(Thursday, March 9, 1933; during the Great Depression) — Congress, called into special session by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, today began its “hundred days” of enacting New Deal legislation.