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Busby Berkeley
Director 1895 - 1976

Busby Berkeley

Los Angeles, California, USA

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Busby Berkeley (November 29, 1895 – March 14, 1976) was a highly influential Hollywood movie director and musical choreographer. Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric... Read full bio →

Directed Films

Every film this person directed

13 titles
Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Busby Berkeley 1949 1h 33m 6.0

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love.

Romance on the High Seas

Romance on the High Seas

Michael Curtiz, Busby Berkeley 1948 1h 39m 5.0

Elvira is supposed to go on a cruise, but decides to stay home when she suspects her husband is cheating on her. Her husband suspects the same of his wife, and sends an investigator to spy on her on the cruise - but he is really spying on Elvira's husband.

The Gang's All Here

The Gang's All Here

Busby Berkeley 1943 1h 43m 6.5

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then has trouble because he is posted to the Pacific.

Girl Crazy

Girl Crazy

Busby Berkeley, Norman Taurog 1943 1h 39m 5.0

A philandering young playboy is sent to college somewhere in the American West, and organizes a show, together with his sweetheart, to save the college from closure due to falling enrollments.

For Me and My Gal

For Me and My Gal

Busby Berkeley 1942 1h 44m 7.0

Set during WW I, Palmer and Hayden team up as vaudeville artists. Harry Palmer deliberately injures his hand to avoid being drafted to the army. Later, he makes up for this. WW I patriotism for a WW II audience, very sentimental, great musical episodes and songs.

Babes on Broadway

Babes on Broadway

Busby Berkeley 1941 1h 58m 5.0

Penny Morris and Tommy Williams are both starstruck young teens but nobody seems to give them any chance to perform. Instead they decide to put up their own show to collect money for a summer camp for the kids.

Strike Up the Band

Strike Up the Band

Busby Berkeley 1940 2h 6.0

Jimmy and Mary get a group of kids together to play in a school orchestra. A huge contest between schools is coming up and they have a hard time raising money to go to Chicago for the contest.

They Made Me a Criminal

They Made Me a Criminal

Busby Berkeley 1939 1h 32m

A boxer flees, believing he has committed a murder while he was drunk.

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms

Busby Berkeley 1939 1h 33m 6.0

Mickey Moran, son of two vaudeville veterans, decide to put up his own vaudeville show with his girlfriend Patsy Barton. But child actress Rosalie wants to make a comeback and replace Patsy both professionally and as Mickey's girl.

Gold Diggers in Paris

Gold Diggers in Paris

Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright 1938 1h 37m 6.0

Owners and show girls of the bankrupt Club Ballé are mistaken for the Academy Ballet of America and are off to Paris to compete in an International Dance Exposition.

Hollywood Hotel

Hollywood Hotel

Busby Berkeley 1937 1h 49m

After losing a coveted role in an upcoming film to another actress, screen queen Mona Marshall (Lola Lane) protests by refusing to appear at her current movie's premiere.

Gold Diggers of 1935

Gold Diggers of 1935

Busby Berkeley 1935 1h 35m 7.0

Romantic antics abound among the guests at a luxury hotel, including a stage director, an eccentric millionaire, and the daughter of a financial backer.

Dames

Dames

Busby Berkeley, Ray Enright 1934 1h 31m

A reformer's daughter wins the lead in a scandalous Broadway show.

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