Bring up Golden Age Hollywood filmmaker Busby Berkeley, and most people conjure his staging of elaborate, kaleidoscopic dance numbers in such films as “Dames” and “Footlight Parade,” Ginger Rogers ...
During the Depression Era, Hollywood’s grandiose productions brought infinite comfort to the American public. One of the greats of this era was Busby Berkely, the visionary choreographer, famous for ...
Busby Berkeley is a Hollywood legend. Chris Jeffries is a Seattle legend. Put them together and what do you have? "Kaleidoscope Eyes: Songs for Busby Berkeley," a unique revue that opens Thursday at ...
Introduction: Berkeley and the Berkeleyesque -- pt. 1. Berkeleyesque Traditions. 1. Roots: From Barnum to Ziegfeld. 2. The Backstage Format -- pt. 2. Berkeleyesque ...
Busby Berkeley’s name was synonymous with choreography, and yet he had no formal dance training. He learned his trade in the army during World War I by teaching battalions of soldiers their maneuvers, ...
Busby Berkeley is Celebrated in a Second Collection KEENE, N.H. Busby Berkeley 2 -- It is sad to report that while the Warner Bros. DVD "The Busby Berkeley Collection, Volume 1" was pure gold, Volume ...
“Gold Diggers of 1933,” a 1933 musical directed by Mervyn LeRoy with choreography by Busby Berkeley, will open the 16th edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars, the semester-long series of screenings and ...