Awards and Honors
- Academy Awards
- Best Picture (nominated)
- Best Sound – Nathan Levinson (nominated)
- American Film Institute recognition
- 2004 – AFI's 100 Years... 100 Songs:
- "42nd Street," # 97
- 2005 – AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes:
- "Sawyer, you're going out a youngster, but you've got to come back a star!," # 87
- 2006 – AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – # 13
AFI has also honored one of the film's supporting players, naming Ginger Rogers 14th of the 25 greatest American screen legends among females.
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