Busby Berkeley
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Berkeley William Enos, known professionally as Busby Berkeley, was an American film director and musical choreographer, best known for his collaboration with Warner Brothers in the early to mid-1930s.
Berkeley c. 1935
The "By a Waterfall" production number from Footlight Parade (1933) made use of one of the largest soundstages ever built, specially constructed by Warner Bros. to film Berkeley's creations.
Carmen Miranda in The Gang's All Here (1943)
Berkeley being carried into his trial on a stretcher, September 1935
Gold Diggers of 1933
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Gold Diggers of 1933 is an American pre-Code musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, with songs by Harry Warren and Al Dubin. The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It star
Busby Berkeley
…to substance, some costing around $10,000 per minute more than the picture they were in. One dramatic exception was "Remember My Forgotten Man" from Gold Diggers of 1933, which dealt with the mistreatment of World War I veterans during the Great Depression. Berkeley's popularity with an entertainment-hungry Depression…
Theatrical release poster
Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell
Busby Berkeley's "Waltz of the Shadows" production number, from the trailer for the film
The "We're in the Money" production number