This number actually goes for 8.09 minutes. What's very impressive are the male dancers who are under the pianos, moving them around, on those stairs. Not a lot of room to move the pianos in a circle in what opens this clip. with the girls on the piano benches that are attached to the pianos on a black frame on the floor, there is no room for error. Like SO many Berkeley numbers... incredibly dangerous really. A remarkable number on so many levels.
I always felt that the part when the girls/dancers retreat into the corner and are waving in the now-darkened massive studio is especially beautiful. Berkeley was a genius.
For the women who were far back in line, it must have been disappointing in a way, to be basically invisible....'yes I was in that movie, I'm 19th from the front, left side'
Way cool! I pity the with pianos 'on their backs'- lol. Back when only the MOST talented people made it to the top. Now... well, Busby is probably spinning in his grave.
Busby Berkely and his kaleidoscopic symmetry. Still wow-ing nearly 80 years later! A work that is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Great stuff! Totally magical and stunning.
This sounds JUST like my Grandmother's piano playing style. Growing up in the 30s, this was her time. She would play Glad Rag Doll and Rhapsody in Blue. Gosh it was great to listen to her.
Watching this film - Golddiggers of 1935 - now. What a breathtaking scene. Brilliant Busby! Fun fact: the young female lead is Gloria Stuart - you know her as the old lady from Titanic!
Just like swans - The elegant gliding above, and the frantic activity of the men under the pianos. Astounding to have thought of it, combined with the amazing execution.
Some of the major studios of the '30s had specific genre departments. Busby Berkeley worked for several, but contributed to this and his other classics at Warner-First National in Burbank before moving to Fox, then MGM, then back to Fox where he figured in some of the Esther Williams films.
This number actually goes for 8.09 minutes. What's very impressive are the male dancers who are under the pianos, moving them around, on those stairs. Not a lot of room to move the pianos in a circle in what opens this clip. with the girls on the piano benches that are attached to the pianos on a black frame on the floor, there is no room for error. Like SO many Berkeley numbers... incredibly dangerous really. A remarkable number on so many levels.
I always felt that the part when the girls/dancers retreat into the corner and are waving in the now-darkened massive studio is especially beautiful. Berkeley was a genius.
1930s movie making: Prime rib. Today's long list of CGI superhero movies: Hot dog cart.
For the women who were far back in line, it must have been disappointing in a way, to be basically invisible....'yes I was in that movie, I'm 19th from the front, left side'
I've come here for some absolute escapism during lockdown. Not disappointed!
Way cool! I pity the with pianos 'on their backs'- lol. Back when only the MOST talented people made it to the top. Now... well, Busby is probably spinning in his grave.
Busby Berkely and his kaleidoscopic symmetry. Still wow-ing nearly 80 years later! A work that is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Great stuff! Totally magical and stunning.
This feels sureal, like a fever dream.
This sounds JUST like my Grandmother's piano playing style. Growing up in the 30s, this was her time. She would play Glad Rag Doll and Rhapsody in Blue. Gosh it was great to listen to her.
Watching this film - Golddiggers of 1935 - now. What a breathtaking scene. Brilliant Busby! Fun fact: the young female lead is Gloria Stuart - you know her as the old lady from Titanic!
My mom is in this somewhere!
Just like swans - The elegant gliding above, and the frantic activity of the men under the pianos. Astounding to have thought of it, combined with the amazing execution.
CLASS... not a word I would use to describe most of the 'entertainment' served up on UK television nowadays.
This visually impressive and terrifying at the same time.
Heartwarmingly delightful.
ピアノと女性達と螺旋状になった階段のコントラストがあまりに美しくて、最高の気分です。
Some of the major studios of the '30s had specific genre departments. Busby Berkeley worked for several, but contributed to this and his other classics at Warner-First National in Burbank before moving to Fox, then MGM, then back to Fox where he figured in some of the Esther Williams films.
The most incredible thing I've ever, ever seen
Pure class entertainment.
So simple a number yet brilliant why can't the film makers of today have such imagination