Busby Berkeley

ActorCrewDirectingDirectorSound Nov 29 (died age 80) Los Angeles, California, USA 1930–2008 (78 year career)

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances. Description above from the Wikipedia article Busby Berkeley, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list o…

Known For

Film

Gold Diggers of 1933

Call Boy (uncredited)

Film

42nd Street

Choreographer

Film

Footlight Parade

Choreographer

Film

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Director

Film

Gold Diggers of 1935

Choreographer

Film

For Me and My Gal

Director

Film

Babes in Arms

Director

Film

Romance on the High Seas

Choreographer

Filmography

Acting (15)

Movies (14)

You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story

2008

as Self (archive footage)

8.5

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star

2007

as Self (archive footage)

42nd Street: From Book to Screen to Stage

2006

as Self (archive footage)

6.0

Busby Berkeley: Going Through the Roof

2003

as Self (archive footage)

That's Dancing!

1985

as Self (archive footage)

7.0

Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?

1975

as Self (archive footage)

The Phynx

as Busby Berkeley

We Must Have Music

as Himself

A Trip Thru a Hollywood Studio

1935

as Himself (uncredited)

5.2

Things You Never See on the Screen

as Self

Hollywood Newsreel

as Self

And She Learned About Dames

1934

as Himself

6.0

Gold Diggers of 1933

1933

as Call Boy (uncredited)

7.2

Palmy Days

1931

as Fortune Teller (uncredited)

7.0

Television (1)

Omnibus

1967

as Self

7.2

Crew (59)

Movies (59)

Rose Marie

Choreographer

Easy to Love

Choreographer

Million Dollar Mermaid

Choreographer

The Blue Veil

Choreographer

The Blue Veil

Co-Director

Two Weeks with Love

Choreographer

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

1949

Director

6.6

Romance on the High Seas

1948

Choreographer

6.6

Romance on the High Seas

Director

Cinderella Jones

Director

Girl Crazy

Director

The Gang's All Here

Choreographer

The Gang's All Here

Director

Three Cheers for the Girls

Choreographer

We Must Have Music

Director

For Me and My Gal

Director

Calling All Girls

Choreographer

Blonde Inspiration

Director

Ziegfeld Girl

Director

Babes on Broadway

Director

Lady Be Good

Director

Forty Little Mothers

Director

Strike Up the Band

Director

Fast and Furious

Director

They Made Me a Criminal

Director

Babes in Arms

Director

Gold Diggers in Paris

1938

Choreographer

5.7

Gold Diggers in Paris

Director

Comet Over Broadway

Director

Hollywood Hotel

Director

Men Are Such Fools

Director

Garden of the Moon

Director

The Go-Getter

Director

Stage Struck

Director

Gold Diggers of 1937

Choreographer

In Caliente

Choreographer

I Live for Love

Choreographer

I Live for Love

Director

Gold Diggers of 1935

Choreographer

Gold Diggers of 1935

Director

Bright Lights

Director

Wonder Bar

Choreographer

Dames

Director

Fashions of 1934

Music

Fashions of 1934

Music Director

Fashions of 1934

Songs

Roman Scandals

Choreographer

Footlight Parade

Choreographer

42nd Street

Choreographer

Gold Diggers of 1933

Choreographer

She Had to Say Yes

Director

The Kid from Spain

Choreographer

Sky Devils

Choreographer

Bird of Paradise

Choreographer

Palmy Days

Choreographer

Flying High

Choreographer

Kiki

Choreographer

Whoopee!

Choreographer

Buzz

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