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Showing posts with label Busby Berkeley. Show all posts
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Monday, July 21, 2008

A Tribute to Busby Berkeley?

Besides all the other amazing accomplishments and talents that my buddy Johanna has to her credit (dancer, author, director, wise woman, kitty helper, etc.), you may want to know that she is an incredible photographer and has finally started uploading her photos to flickr. (Yay.)

I've been cracking up all morning about these piggies. I don't know exactly why these photos are making me crazy, but true to form, I have been inspired to make yet another movie comparison: the fantastical extravaganzas of the Busby Berkeley musicals.

Perhaps it is the quarter that reminds me of this crazy (and crazy famous) number with Ginger Rogers in the blessed pre-Code days of Hollywood:



Ah! And the clip has PIG LATIN in it! Damn, I'm good.

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ps. If you haven't seen The Gold Diggers of 1933, you should.

pps. If you want to see more piggies, go here.

Sunday, July 6, 2008

Shuffle Off to Buffalo



A super fun scene that I never get tired of watching. The little part with Una Merkel and Ginger Rogers and their fruit eating is a pre-Code gem.

Now, I'm off to shuffle off to the Fillmore Street Fair. Enjoy the rest of your weekend!