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    Busby Berkeley

    American film director and musical choreographer

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  1. Berkeley William Enos, (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) [1] 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. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in ...

  2. Jul 11, 2018 · Three films, each leaning on show-stopping Berkeley numbers, shook things up, bringing the movie musical back from the dead, and giving it some genre-defining legs to stand on: 42nd Street, Gold ...

  3. Jan 29, 2013 · The mere mention of a “Busby Berkeley number,” conjures images of row upon row of impeccable dancers, lavishly dressed and impressively arranged, creating something larger than themselves. Berkeley not only perfected but invented many of the dance hallmarks of big musical sequences, like the top shot, dancers making geometric shapes, and ...

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  5. Special Theme: Busby Berkeley. Busby Berkeley has become synonymous with lavish musical numbers choreographed to precision. As the creator of human kaleidoscopes, he singlehandedly developed his signature style in which movement, props, costumes, an elaborate set, a rotating stage and a single camera would come together to create a visual ...

  6. Apr 17, 2024 · Busby Berkeley (born November 29, 1895, Los Angeles, California, U.S.—died March 14, 1976, Palm Springs, California) was an American motion-picture director and choreographer who was noted for the elaborate dancing-girl extravaganzas that he created on film. Using innovative camera techniques, he revolutionized the genre of the musical in the ...

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  7. Dec 1, 2016 · With his spectacular production numbers in “42nd Street,” from 1933, Busby Berkeley resuscitated the musical genre. Lesser directors had been filming song-and-dance scenes with a dull, stage ...

  8. Mar 23, 2017 · Berkeley helped make the 1930s a golden age for the Hollywood musical and the above compilation of clips illustrates just how brilliantly his imagination was suited to the silver screen.

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