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Oct 28, 2019 · But it was with blisteringly camp wartime romp The Gang’s All Here (also 1943) that Berkeley truly rediscovered his mojo. Beloved of Berkeley devotees, the film is best known for the Carmen Miranda-fronted ‘Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat’, with its rows of gleaming, priapic bananas.
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- Defining The Movie Musical
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Mention Busby Berkeley and your mind will rightfully conjure images of infinitely parading blondes morphing in unison into glitzy mandalas as the camera swoops overhead, underwater, and under hoop-skirts. And while Berkeley’s numbers have certainly stood the test of time, when it comes to movie musicals, we tend to take agile, oversized cinematogra...
It should come as no surprise that public interest in the Hollywood Musical hit a home run during the Great Depression. These were uncertain times, people craved entertainment, and a trip to the cinema offered a relatively inexpensive, albeit temporary means of escape. This was the crux of Berkeley’s contribution to musicals, always, fundamentally:...
By the time Berkeley had established his Hollywood career, the Motion Picture Production Code, also known as the Hays Code, had been established to regulate morality in Hollywood films. The Code suggested that certain aspects of the liberated social lifestyle popular in the 20s and 30s be cut out of films in order to avoid being censored. This natu...
After Busby Berkeley got arrested for drunk driving and killing three people in a car accident in 1935, his career understandably went into slow decline. He began getting fewer and fewer jobs, eventually giving in to mental anguish when his mother died. A failed suicide attempt led him to a psychiatric ward and a hiatus from filmmaking and choreogr...
Busby Berkeley was one of the greatest choreographers of the US movie musical. He started his career in the US Army in 1918, as a lieutenant in the artillery conducting and directing parades. After the World War I cease-fire he was ordered to stage camp shows for the soldiers. Back in the US he became a stage actor and assistant director in...
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Berkeley William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns.
- 1927–1971
- March 14, 1976 (aged 80), Palm Desert, California, U.S.
- Berkeley William Enos, November 29, 1895, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- Desert Memorial Park, Cathedral City, California
1. Cabin in the Sky (1943) Passed | 98 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy. 7.1. Rate. A compulsive gambler dies during a shooting, but he'll receive a second chance to reform himself and to make up with his worried wife. Directors: Vincente Minnelli, Busby Berkeley | Stars: Ethel Waters, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, Louis Armstrong.
1. Take Me Out to the Ball Game. 1949, 93 min. Busby Berkeley • Starring: Frank Sinatra , Esther Williams , Gene Kelly. Comedy • Musical • Musical Comedy. 3. find this movie on . Buy or Rent on iTunes. Find on Netflix. 2. For Me and My Gal. 1942, 104 min. Busby Berkeley • Starring: Judy Garland , Gene Kelly , George Murphy.
