Busby berkeley

Busby Berekely on set.

JF Ptak Science Books Post 1133 There's a certain amount of Leggy Geometry going on in the many films of the great and often-troubled Busby Berkeley. Berkeley was about 38 when he came into great prominence as a choreographer for...

closeup detail of a still from the Busby Berkeley-directed "human flower" segment of the '33 WB movie 'Gold Diggers of 1933'.

Footlight Parade - Busby Berkeley

Singing and dancing have gone hand-in-hand since prehistoric times, but at no time was the marriage more harmonious than during the heyday of the Hollywood Musical. The stories may have been cheesy but the dancing was spectacular! Check these out from the Educational Resources Counter: The Busby Berkeley Collection Busby Berkeley's choreography was some of the most elaborate ever seen. From kaleidoscopic transformations filmed from overhead to gigantic sets and synchronized swimming, his…

“Ziegfeld Girl” (MGM, 1941) Set Design Pandro S. Berman, on his first effort for MGM since shepherding RKO's musical unit through the '30s, culled the foremost talent working to develop the look of Ziegfeld Girl. Cedric Gibbons designed the remarkable spiral staircase sets on which the ladies paraded, each bedecked in costumes by Adrian that seemed to try to top one another for outrageousness.