Follow TV Tropes

Following

History Creator / BusbyBerkeley

Go To

OR

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (choreographer) (Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams films; this is one of them.)

to:

* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (choreographer) (Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams Creator/EstherWilliams films; this is one of them.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:


Not to be confused with ''VideoGame/{{Bubsy}}'', though the bobcat's name may have been a homage to Busby.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/SheHadToSayYes'' (director)

Added: 111

Changed: 94

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' (director) -- No singing! No dancing! No scantily-clad chorus girls!

to:

* ''Film/{{Stage Struck|1936}}'' (director)
* ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' (director) -- A FilmNoir! No singing! No dancing! No scantily-clad chorus girls!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Whoopee!'', Berkeley's first film (choreographer)

to:

* ''Whoopee!'', ''Film/{{Whoopee}}!'', Berkeley's first film (choreographer)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/{{Fashions of 1934}}'' (creator/director of musical numbers)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/ForMeAndMyGal'' (director)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (choregrapher)(Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams films; this is one of them.)

to:

* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (choregrapher)(Berkeley (choreographer) (Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams films; this is one of them.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''The Gangs All Here'' (director)

to:

* ''The Gangs All Here'' ''Film/TheGangsAllHere'' (director)

Added: 151

Changed: 487

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Whoopee!'' (1930), Berkeley's first film
* ''Film/FortySecondStreet''
* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1937''
* ''Film/FootlightParade''
* ''Film/{{Dames}}''
* ''The Gangs All Here''
* ''Film/BabesInArms''
* ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' -- No singing! No dancing! No scantily-clad chorus girls!
* ''Film/ZiegfeldGirl''
* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams films; this is one of them.)

to:

* ''Whoopee!'' (1930), ''Whoopee!'', Berkeley's first film
film (choreographer)
* ''Film/FortySecondStreet''
''Film/FortySecondStreet'' (choreographer)
* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1937''
''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'' (choreographer)
** ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'' (choreographer/director of musical numbers)
** ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1937'' (choreographer/director of musical numbers)
* ''Film/FootlightParade''
''Film/FootlightParade'' (choreographer)
* ''Film/{{Dames}}''
* ''The Gangs All Here''
* ''Film/BabesInArms''
''Film/{{Dames}}'' (choreographer/director of musical numbers)
* ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' (director) -- No singing! No dancing! No scantily-clad chorus girls!
* ''Film/ZiegfeldGirl''
''Film/BabesInArms'' (director)
* ''Film/ZiegfeldGirl'' (director of musical numbers)
* ''The Gangs All Here'' (director)
* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (Berkeley (choregrapher)(Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams films; this is one of them.)
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/BabesInArms''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None

Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/ZiegfeldGirl''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Gold Diggers of 1937''

to:

* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Gold Diggers of 1937''''Film/GoldDiggersOf1937''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
typo


He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''They Made Me aCriminal'' with John Garfield.

to:

He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''They Made Me aCriminal'' a Criminal'' with John Garfield.

Added: 90

Changed: 10

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' with John Garfield.

to:

He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' ''They Made Me aCriminal'' with John Garfield.


Added DiffLines:

* ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' -- No singing! No dancing! No scantily-clad chorus girls!
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''They Made Me a Criminal'' with John Garfield.

to:

He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''They Made Me a Criminal'' ''Film/TheyMadeMeACriminal'' with John Garfield.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead]].

to:

Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Gold Diggers of 1935'', ''Gold Diggers of 1937''

to:

* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Gold Diggers of 1935'', ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1935'', ''Gold Diggers of 1937''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''Film/{{Dames}''

to:

* ''Film/{{Dames}''''Film/{{Dames}}''

Added: 319

Changed: 76

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead]]. He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression.

to:

Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead]].

He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression.
Depression. Berkeley was choreographer or "director of musical numbers" on many of the most famous musicals made in the 1930s. Later in his career he got occasional non-musical directing gigs, like the 1939 drama ''They Made Me a Criminal'' with John Garfield.



* ''Dames''

to:

* ''Dames''''Film/{{Dames}''
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


* ''FootlightParade''

to:

* ''FootlightParade''''Film/FootlightParade''

Added: 341

Changed: 23

Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None


<<|{{Directors}}|>>

to:

<<|{{Directors}}|>>----
!!Films featuring his work:

* ''Whoopee!'' (1930), Berkeley's first film
* ''Film/FortySecondStreet''
* ''Film/GoldDiggersOf1933'', ''Gold Diggers of 1935'', ''Gold Diggers of 1937''
* ''FootlightParade''
* ''Dames''
* ''The Gangs All Here''
* ''Million Dollar Mermaid'' (Berkeley only worked on two Esther Williams films; this is one of them.)
----
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
moved to Creator

Added DiffLines:

[[quoteright:247:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/MAPC_Busby_Berkeley-755131_1198.jpg]]

Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 - March 14, 1976), born William Berkeley Enos, was a film director and choreographer best known for his trademark of [[BusbyBerkeleyNumber forming large groups of dancers into intricate geometric patterns, usually filmed from overhead]]. He is best known for his films produced during the Great Depression.

Today any scene depicting large groups of people choreographed into intricate, highly disciplined routines and patterns is an homage to Busby Berkeley.
<<|{{Directors}}|>>

Top