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Bradford Ropes (January 1, 1905 – November 21, 1966) was a novelist and screenwriter whose work includes the novel 42nd Street that was adapted into the 1933 film of the same name, which then became a Tony Award-winning stage musical.
Bradford Ropes. Writer: 42nd Street. Bradford Ropes worked as a dancer on Broadway and also wrote novels and screenplays in Hollywood, where he was in the early 40s a contract player for Republic.
- January 1, 1905
- November 21, 1966
Bradford Ropes. Writer: 42nd Street. Bradford Ropes worked as a dancer on Broadway and also wrote novels and screenplays in Hollywood, where he was in the early 40s a contract player for Republic.
- January 1, 1905
- November 21, 1966
Feb 28, 2024 · Bradford Ropes' 1932 novel '42nd Street'. This was the source novel for the 1933 film and 1980 Broadway musical.
Greasepaint Puritan details the life and work of Bradford Ropes, author of the bawdy 1932 novel 42nd Street, on which the classic film and its stage adaptation are based.
May 6, 2020 · The 1933 film “42nd Street” is based on the Bradford Ropes novel of the same name, which reads less like fiction than like a documentary about New York’s theatre people. Photograph by Ronald...
Jan 5, 2023 · In the novel, Ropes draws a sharp parallel between Pat's hidden life as a gigolo and that "shameless, shameful lady" Iris, who strays from her patrician background to shock London high society with her multiple lovers.
