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to retain control over his vision so no director could edit the film. As choreographer, Berkeley was allowed a certain degree of independence in his direction of musical numbers, and they were often markedly distinct from (and sometimes in contrast to) the narrative sections of the films. He often didn't even see the other sections of the picture. The numbers he choreographed were mostly upbeat and focused on decoration as opposed to substance, some costing around $ 10,000 per minute more than the picture they were in. One dramatic exception was "Remember My Forgotten Man" from
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musicals, where he began developing such techniques as a "parade of faces" (individualizing each chorus girl with a loving close-up), and moving his dancers all over the stage (and often beyond) in as many kaleidoscopic patterns as possible. Berkeley's top shot technique (the kaleidoscope again, this
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In 1910, leading vintner Secondo Guasti commissioned Hudson & Munsell Architects to design the mansion in the Beaux Arts and Italian styles. In 1937, the home was purchased by Busby Berkeley, who turned the basement wine cellar into a film editing studio. Then in 1944, the Los Angeles Physicians
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Berkeley's numbers were known for starting in the realm of the stage, but quickly exceeding this space by moving into a time and place that could only be cinematic, to return to shots of an applauding audience and the fall of a curtain. He used one camera to achieve this, instead of the usual four,
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After his mother died and his career began to slow, he attempted suicide, slitting his wrists and taking an overdose of sleeping pills in July 1946. He was admitted to a hospital for an extended stay, an experience which severely affected his mental state.
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In the late 1960s, the camp craze brought the Berkeley musicals back to the forefront, and he toured the college and lecture circuit giving talks about his career. The 75-year-old Berkeley returned to Broadway to direct a successful revival of
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In addition to her stage work, Gertrude played mother roles in silent films while Berkeley was still a child. Berkeley made his stage début at five, acting in the company of his performing family.
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In September 1935, Berkeley was responsible for an automobile crash in which two people were killed and five seriously injured. Badly cut and bruised, he was brought to court on a stretcher, where
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includes mainly correspondence between Busby Berkeley and Gen Genovese, held by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute, The Ohio State University Libraries.
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The property meets the criteria for HCM designation because it is identified with 'a historic personage,' as the home of well-known film director-choreographer Busby Berkeley.
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choreographer. Berkeley devised elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of
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in Los Angeles County one night, changed lanes, crashing headlong into one car, sideswiped another. Some witnesses said they smelled liquor on him'.
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Berkeley's popularity with an entertainment-hungry Depression audience was secured when he choreographed five musicals back-to-back for
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district of Los Angeles. Built in 1910, Berkley owned the home until 1944. Because of the association with Berkley, the home is now
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As the outsized musicals in which Berkeley specialized became passé, he turned to straight directing. The result was 1939's
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Berkeley died from natural causes on March 14, 1976, in Palm Springs, California at the age of 80. He is buried in the
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Berkeley was born in Los Angeles, California, to Francis Enos (who died when Busby was eight) and stage actress
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During the 1920s, Berkeley was a dance director for nearly two dozen Broadway musicals, including hits such as
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Choreographer and film director Busby Berkeley being carried into his manslaughter trial on a stretcher
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The first two trials for second degree murder ended with hung juries; he was acquitted in a third.
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In 1937, Berkley purchased the Guasti Villa, located at 3500 W. Adams Boulevard, in the
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National Museum of Dance's Mr. & Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame
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time shot from overhead) appeared seminally in the Cantor films, and also the 1932
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Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert".
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U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917–1918 for Busby Berkeley Enos
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Hanley, Robert (1976). "Busby Berkeley, the Dance Director, Dies", in the
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because of disagreements with Garland, but the lavish musical number "
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from whom Berkeley gained the appellation "Buzz" or "Busby" and actor
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Berkeley being carried into his trial on a stretcher, September 1935
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Showstoppers : Busby Berkeley and the tradition of spectacle
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Berkeley drank heavily, often having martinis in his daily bath.
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Busby Berkeley using alternate takes to circumvent censorship
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Berkeley was married six times. His wives included actresses
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lieutenant, drilling 1,200 soldiers in complex choreography.
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American film director and musical choreographer (1895-1976)
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magazine reported he heard testimony that made him wince:
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films. Berkeley's final film as choreographer was MGM's
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Tribute site: galleries, bio, filmography and more.
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Desert Memorial Park
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Gertrude Berkeley
Amy Busby
William Gillette
Sherlock Holmes
Athol, Massachusetts
World War I
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Samuel Goldwyn
Eddie Cantor
Universal
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