Busby Berkeley


  • Date of Birth: 29 November, 1895
  • Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California U.S.
  • Biography: 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.

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Diane Werts writes about television for Newsday. Werts previously was MOVIE SCHOOL MUST-SEES. They really mean it when they say "Break a leg" in 1933's Busby Berkeley backstage musical "42nd Street" (Saturday at 9 and 12:05 a.m., WNET/13). ... Full Article

One grain of good news can be gleaned from today's mountain of ghastly economic tidings. If the slide continues, we're almost sure to see double-digit unemployment, epic human misery, rampant homelessness and ... some of the best films in decades. ... Full Article

It wasn't your overdue mortgage. There wasn't a dry thigh in the house at Drip, Lee Chappell, and Shequida 's new Monday-night pool party at the Grace Hotel, with DJ JonJon Battles spinning from a land zone. ... Full Article

At Film Forum by J. Hoberman As the 1932 election neared, with nearly half the nation's labor force out of work or marginally employed, the call resounded for "strong" leadership. ... Full Article

The economic news is managing to be both gloomy and insanely optimistic. The International Labour Organization says that 51 million jobs could be lost worldwide in 2009. ... Full Article

He was known as Buzz and used to boast that he had never had a dance lesson in his life. He wasn't the type to gas on about his choreographic ideas, the best of which, he often said, came to... ... Full Article

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