In the thick of the Great Depression, Broadway has grinded to a halt. New York City’s overrun with young, pretty dancers who don’t have a show, and are struggling to pay their rent. This includes a ...

Busby Berkeley’s name was synonymous with choreography, and yet he had no formal dance training. He learned his trade in the army during World War I by teaching battalions of soldiers their maneuvers, ...

The 1933 music and dance classic “Gold Diggers of 1933” will open the fall 2011 edition of the Buffalo Film Seminars, the popular, semester-long series of film screenings and discussions hosted by UB ...

Frequent Pasatiempo contributor Mark Tiarks is a freelancer, and it’s a good thing, too. Otherwise, we’d have to bust him for sneaking out during the day to work on other projects. But his newest one ...

Blackout gags and music, including the title song originated in the movie musical Gold Diggers of 1933. Hollywood figures caricatured include Tallulah Bankhead, Joan Blondell, James Cagney, Bing ...

The true auteur of this fascinating backstage Depression musical is not able craftsman Leroy who handles the corny plot adroitly, but the great dance director Busby Berkeley whose absurdly surreal ...