Buzz: The Life and Art of Busby Berkeley

Contents

Contents Acknowledgments ix Prologue 1 1. Actress and Son 4 2. In Formation 20 3. The Show Fixer 27 4. A Cyclopean Vision 48 5. The Cinematerpsichorean 66 6. The Cancerous Tire 123 7. Post-Traumatic Inspiration 143 8. Buzz’s Babes 164 9. Art and Audacity 198 10. The Stage Debacle 211 11. Inconsolable 218 12. One Last at Bat 225 13. Jumping, Tapping, Diving 235 14. Out of Sight 257 15. The Ringmaster 262 16. Remember My Forgotten Director 266 17. The Figurehead 272 18. The Palmy Days 292 Epilogue 296 On Busby Berkeley’s Memoirs 300 Appendix: The Works of Busby Berkeley 303 Notes 327 Index 353 Illustrations follow page 150 ...