Busby Berkeley

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A Connecticut Yankee
Good Boy

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In the literature8 passages

• The chorus had already run through the big Busby Berkeley number a couple of times, and for me the sound of dozens of taps snapping against the floor and the occasional loud exhales from my fellow dancers was inspiring. Suddenly, Jack Tygett, the show’s director and someone from whom I learned a lifetime’s worth of stuff, yelled, ‘Stop th…ebooks/Barrowman, John & Barrowman, Carole E_/Anything Goes - John Barrowman & Carole E. Barrowman.txt
• The ham-fisted nature of Ginger’s two films with Busby Berkeley was essentially the antithesis of her later films with Fred Astaire, and one of the great ironies of her career is that it was her performances in the Berkeley films that revealed that she possessed the skills needed to appear alongside Fred Astaire.ebooks/Editors, Charles River/Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers_ The Story of Hollywood's Most Famous Dancers - Charles River Editors.txt
• One similarity between films such as Top Hat and those of Busby Berkeley is that both provided a morale boost to an American public that was in the throes of the Great Depression. Viewers could revel in the spectacular camera feats of films such as Gold Diggers of 1933 , or they could delight in the physicality displayed by Rogers and Ast…ebooks/Editors, Charles River/Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers_ The Story of Hollywood's Most Famous Dancers - Charles River Editors.txt
• Ann died several years ago, but I love to imagine her legs in a Busby Berkeley–ish heaven—still kicking. I find it hard to believe that they ever stopped. She certainly displayed them (and they looked good) long after the rest of her had aged.ebooks/Moreno, Rita/B008RD31SU EBOK - Rita Moreno.txt
• Busby Berkeley did the choreography for this film. Dear Busby liked to drink. He was famous for his brilliant overhead shots that featured dozens of dancers in elaborate settings and patterns. Because he was usually tipsy during the afternoons, the crew used to strap him to the boom camera, where he sat high above the action. Whenever the…ebooks/Reynolds, Debbie/B0089LOHFG EBOK - Debbie Reynolds & Dorian Hannaway.txt
• "The mirror we use for the overhead Busby Berkeley effect in `Springtime for Hitler' is, of course, my little nod to A Chorus Line," added Wagner, "which I designed. I figure any time you line up 24 dancers in front of a mirror, you've got A Chorus Line."ebooks/Singer, Barry/Ever After_ The Last Years of Musical Theater and Beyond - Barry Singer.txt

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