The glorious and fascinating water fall routine created by Busby Berkeley with a kaleidoscope of showgirls in "Footlight Parade" (1933)

The logistics of that shoot! Still blows my mind.

I can't imagine the inside of his mind to see all this...

Busby was a military man. I wonder if this inspired him:

Back when The Great Movie Ride was open at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, Footlight Parade was one of the movies represented. It used to spin and spray water, but due to problems with the kaleidoscope cake mechanism, it was shut off.

the shocking "INTESTINE" scene from Busby Berkeley's surrealistic triumph "GUTS"

We used to have art. This is beautiful:)

Fabulous

Certainly is!

Busby Berkeley was an artist, Spencer Tunick is the modern art version of bodies art.

Busby Berkeley thought BIG, but he always brought it off in spectacular fashion. Amazing!

Love these sequences; they were like a fever dream.

I shouldn't have had that second peyote smoothie.

Humans are such beautiful but bizarre creatures. I’m starting to understand why the aliens are holding off on making contact with us.

Look up the song “Busby Berkeley Dreams” then listen to the whole album ‘69 Love Songs’ by the Magnetic Fields from 1999. It might change your life, really! Try it!

When I was an undergraduate one of the sororities sponsored an Aquafest at the UW swimming facility, lots of standard racing but they also threw in a synchronized swimming event. A frat came in white suits and caps and did a routine to Monty Python’s Ever Sperm is Sacred 😹😹😹

I can't watch this without hearing "Kids" by MGMT

They all look so happy but they’re actually miserable because they can’t have a sandwich…..or anything.

Swimming in heels... because of course they are. 😅 The overhead formation routine reminds me of time-lapse video of an embryo growing...

Busby was the greatest. The film budget wouldn’t allow it now.

@olhosesotericos

❤️

@grok Can you recreate this waterfall routine in North Korean militaristic jingoistic style?

Where DO you find this stuff?

@the_60s_at_60 He had to have had one of the most messed up heads in hollywood, to come up with that. And make it work. I'll bet half those women left the business after this movie.

So cool!

Wow! 👌

Berkeley's creations were amazing.

I feel like I'm watching a microscope

We had to study this in film school

"By a waterfall, I'm calling yooooo..." 🎶

Beautiful sequence

Imagine the freezing cold, pre-unionisation horror of being a performer in this: ah, to be in The Movies....and still no one knows your name...

Busby Berkeley!! We NEED mad geniuses in the world, and he was definitely one of them. 🎶By a waterfall I'm calling you-oo-oo-oooo🎶

As an aside: In the 60's many high schools that had pools had synchronized swim teams?

Love that movie!