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 November 29 is the 333rd (in leap years the 334th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1895 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... The City of Los Angeles (from Spanish; Los Ángeles, ) also known simply as L.A., is the second-largest city in the United States in terms of population, as well as one of the worlds most important economic, cultural, and entertainment centers. ... The cinema of the United States, sometimes simply referred to as Hollywood, can perhaps be summed up by the title American film critic Pauline Kael gave a 1968 collection of her reviews: Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. ... Musical theater (or theatre) is a form of theatre combining music, songs, dance, and spoken dialogue. ... Choreography (also known as dance composition) is the art of making structures in which movement occurs, the term composition may also refer to the navigation or connection of these movement structures. ...

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 the movie musical as a category in its own right. A camera is a device used to take pictures (usually photographs), either singly or in sequence, with or without sound recording, such as with video cameras. ...

Died in Palm Springs, California at the age of 80 from natural causes on March 14, 1976. View of Canyon Country Club, Palm Springs, from the air Palm Springs is a city located in Riverside County, California, USA. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 42,807. ... March 14 is the 73rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (74th in Leap years) with 292 days remaining in the year. ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Selected works

• 42nd Street (1933)
• Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
• Footlight Parade (1933)
• Dames (1934)
• Gold Diggers of 1935 (1935)

42nd Street is a 1933 musical movie, set on the famous Manhattan street of that name, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ... Footlight Parade is a 1933 musical film which tells the story of a man struggling to replace his earlier career as a Broadway musical producer with a new career as a creator of short musical films in the era of talkies. ...

External links

• Busby Berkeley at the Internet Movie Database
• Hooray for Hollywood: Busby Berkeley
• Lynn's Tribute to Busby Berkeley