Busby Berkeley

Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895–March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos in Los Angeles, California, was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer famous for his complex musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns

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November 29 - 1895 - March 14 - 1976 - Los Angeles, California - Hollywood - Musical - Choreographer - Production number

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Berkeley's quintessential works used legions of chorus girls as geometric elements in elaborate production numbers. He started up as a theatrical director, just as many other movie directors. Unlike many of them at that time, he felt that a camera was something mobile and that its mobility should be used to allow movie audiences to see things and people by perspectives that the theatrical stage never could provide. This is why he played an enormous role in establishing movie musicals as a category in its own right.

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Died in Palm Springs, California at the age of 80 from natural causes on March 14, 1976.

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Palm Springs, California - March 14 - 1976

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Recommended works:

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42nd Street (1933)

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Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)

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Footlight Parade (1933)

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Dames (1934)

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Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

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