By a waterfall 1933
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so sweet
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Speaking as a lifeguard & Aquatics Instructor... I'd hate to rescue one of those girls if she cracks her neck and gets a spinal... the amount of training it took to prevent mishaps like that from happening alone... wow...
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I wish I could have seen the faces of the people seeing it in the theatre at the time. Its still jaw dropping today, but imagine back then !!!
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@murraymae hahaha... I sometimes like to scan his scenes for the one ugly girl... Guess I'm not alone!
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RubyKeeler, Esther Williams and many others have said that Busby Berkeley would literally KILL you to get the scene. To this day, seeing those women diving from those heights and landing 2 inches from each other gives me the chills. Almost 80 years later still awe inspiring and riviting to watch!!
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I cannot think of a finer Berkeley number than this gem, even "Shadow Waltz"
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@phaneoptera Thanks for the info !
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There is a much better Version on youtube but without the soundtrack. Take the soundtrack of this video slow it down by 0.96 and it matches the other video. When I post the combination on youtube it gets blocked because of copyright.
I have loved these old Busby Berkeley musicals ever since I discovered them in the '60s on a local old movie channel in LA. Of course, they were not that old then; like watching Star Wars, Indiana Jones or E.T. today. The Busby Berkeley production numbers are probably the longest (time wise) and creative production numbers in the history of film. (And all this was supposed to be happening on a theatre stage!) No one makes any thing this good in this day of quick, cheap and vulgar.
chanteamoi 11 months ago 4
...sigh...
Televersity 3 months ago 3