Some spectacular & extraordinary waterborne choreography courtesy of the great BUSBY BERKELEY.
Just take a look at this.
FOOTLIGHT PARADE (1933)
(The movie was a huge success, taking $1.3m — $325m in today’s money).
Hedy Lamarr, Judy Garland and Lana Turner ― Ziegfeld Girl (1941) ― “You Stepped Out of a Dream” (sung by Tony Martin and Chorus).
Director | Busby Berkeley (musical numbers)
Costume Designer | Adrian (gowns and costumes)
Choreography | Daniel Dare (ensembles)
Vera-Ellen and Gene Kelly perform the “Slaughter on Tenth Avenue” ballet in the 1948 Technicolor film biography of Rodgers and Hart, Words and Music.
“Slaughter” is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend. The hoofer then shoots the boyfriend.
In Words and Music, the “Slaughter” ballet is somewhat revised with a more tragic storyline and new choreography by Gene Kelly (in Kelly's version, the boyfriend, in addition to killing the dance hall girl, also kills the hoofer).