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Busby Berkeley-Land
How three films revolutionised musicals and brought sex and spectacle to the big screen.
Robin Baker, Head Curator BFI National Archive & BFI Musicals Programmer, explores how three films from 1933 revolutionised the movie musical and brought sex and spectacle to the big screen: 42nd Street, Footlight Parade and Gold Diggers of 1933, all choreographed by the pioneering and highly influential filmmaker Busby Berkeley.
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