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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.
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.
Feb 29, 2024 · In this terrific new book Maya reclaims the life and work of vaudeville, nightclub and Broadway dancer turned novelist and screenwriter Bradford Ropes, with a central focus on his three long-forgotten backstage novels: 42nd Street on which the classic film and stage adaptation were based, Go Into Your Dance, a thinly disguised fictional version ...
Apr 7, 2021 · Bradford Ropes’ scandalous original novel is back after decades out of print! Here’s the original adult potboiler about the needy, seedy, slangy side of that grimy gulch called Broadway, once upon a time, a twisted comic valentine to musical comedy and to every one of the human vices.
