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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...
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    Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starred Warren William, Joan Blondell, Aline MacMahon, Ruby Keeler...
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    gained popularity with the public and are exemplified by the films of Busby Berkeley, a choreographer known for his distinctive and elaborate set pieces...
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  • American filmmaker and choreographer Busby Berkeley has had on "Be Our Guest", deeming its lively "Busby Berkeley-style choreography" both "joyous and...
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    Kahal (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starred James Cagney, Joan Blondell, Ruby Keeler and Dick Powell...
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    Dubin (lyrics). The film's numbers were staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley. It starred an ensemble cast of Warner Baxter, Bebe Daniels, George...
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    the same name directed by Lloyd Bacon with musical numbers created by Busby Berkeley. It stars Al Jolson, Kay Francis, Dolores del Río, Ricardo Cortez, Dick...
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  • musical comedy film directed by Ray Enright with dance numbers created by Busby Berkeley. The film stars Ruby Keeler, Dick Powell, Joan Blondell, Guy Kibbee...
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    film 1934 Wonder Bar Tommy Busby Berkeley Twenty Million Sweethearts Buddy Clayton Ray Enright Dames Jimmy Higgens Busby Berkeley Happiness Ahead Bob Lane...
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    Century Fox Technicolor musical film The Gang's All Here, directed by Busby Berkeley, featured a large production number "The Polka-Dot Polka". The song...
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  • Look up busby in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Busby may refer to: Busby (military headdress), a kind of military headdress, made of fur, derived from...
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  • Annie Get Your Gun (film) (category Films directed by Busby Berkeley)
    and worked for two months under the direction of Busby Berkeley and dance director Robert Alton. Berkeley and Garland had worked together previously in the...
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    Arden, and Philip Dorn. The film, which features musical numbers by Busby Berkeley, was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Set in the 1920s, the film tells...
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    in their entirety. This style differed strikingly from those in the Busby Berkeley musicals. Those musicals' sequences were filled with extravagant aerial...
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    geometric, often erotically charged" dance stagings by choreographer Busby Berkeley dominate the picture, Warner's musicals were distinguished enough, according...
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    director Busby Berkeley. Berkeley was severe with Garland's lack of effort, attitude and enthusiasm. She complained to Mayer, trying to have Berkeley fired...
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    films, but retired in 1934 when she married choreographer/director Busby Berkeley on February 10, 1934 at Hollywood United Methodist Church. Their marriage...
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    said was "doing Busby Berkeley here, only we're making fun of him.": 161  Charness stated that Singin' in the Rain's references to Berkeley "marks the first...
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    Diggers in Paris Golddigger Busby Berkeley 1939 First Offenders Ann Blakeley 1940 Forty Little Mothers Marcia Busby Berkeley Andy Hardy Meets Debutante...
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    Arms Patsy Barton Busby Berkeley Andy Hardy Meets Debutante 1940 Betsy Booth George B. Seitz Strike Up the Band Mary Holden Busby Berkeley Little Nellie Kelly...
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    and musical choreographer Busby Berkeley. Born Nellie Gertrude Berkeley on June 24, 1864, in Plattsburgh, New York, Berkeley was the eighth of twelve children...
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  • VanDerWerff, Emily (March 8, 2014). "Hannibal's Bryan Fuller on blending Busby Berkeley with murder". The A.V. Club. Retrieved October 6, 2019. Kade Prurnell...
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    Babes in Arms (film) (category Films directed by Busby Berkeley)
    1937 coming-of-age Broadway musical of the same title. Directed by Busby Berkeley, it stars Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland, and features Charles Winninger...
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  • Patsy Kelly and Susan Watson. A young Ed Dixon was in the ensemble. Busby Berkeley, nearing the end of his career, was credited as supervising the production...
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  • choreographed by Busby Berkeley Gold Diggers of 1933, 1933 musical film directed by Mervyn LeRoy, staged and choreographed by Busby Berkeley 42nd Street,...
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  • For Me and My Gal (film) (category Films directed by Busby Berkeley)
    For Me and My Gal is a 1942 American musical film directed by Busby Berkeley, and starring Judy Garland, George Murphy, Martha Eggerth, Ben Blue and Gene...
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    1933 Secrets a Child Frank Borzage uncredited 1934 Dames Chorus Girl Busby Berkeley uncredited 1934 The St. Louis Kid Second Girl Ray Enright scenes deleted...
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    for the first blockbuster film musical, 42nd Street, choreographed by Busby Berkeley, with whom he would collaborate on many musical films. Over a career...
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    Darrow, Charles Chaplin, Alexander Pantages (three times), Errol Flynn, Busby Berkeley, Bugsy Siegel, and Marilyn Monroe, among many others. His reputation...
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    The Gang's All Here (1943 film) (category Films directed by Busby Berkeley)
    Miranda and James Ellison. The film, directed and choreographed by Busby Berkeley, is known for its use of musical numbers with fruit hats. Included among...
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