Busby Berkeley: Going Through The Roof
Summary:
This documentary captures rhythms in the life and career of famed cinema choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976). In the late '20s, Berkeley's work on Broadway led Eddie Cantor to recommend him to producer Sam Goldwyn for the film version of the 1930 Whoopee! (remade in 1944 as Up in Arms). After 42nd Street (1933), Berkeley's reputation in Hollywood was established. R... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Larry Robinson - (Busby Berkeley)
Kenneth Anger
Richard Barrios
Dorothy Coonan Wellman
Jerome Delamater
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Review:
This documentary on the cinema's most inventive choreographer may seem scant at a running time of just under one hour, but it manages to pack in a lot of information, including many marvelous clips of Busby Berkeley's staggeringly complex numbers. Critic J. Hoberman correctly points out that those numbers were less about dancing than about... Continue >>
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