BUSBY BERKELEY - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 1947 - HFSID 251010
Sale Price $995.00
Reg. $1,200.00
BUSBY BERKELEY
Black and white publicity photograph of Busby Berkley on the set of the 1933's Roman
Scandals with star Eddie Cantor in black face and costume.
Photograph inscribed and signed: "To: Richard Lamparski - to me a most/charming man -
with a very fine mind/ - one whom it was a genuine pleasure/to meet - to talk with and to
know/Very - but very sincerely/Busby Berkeley." B/w, 7¾x9¾. The film director and
choreographer is pictured on the set of 1933's Roman Scandals with star Eddie Cantor (not
signing) in black face and costume. Berkeley choreographed the movie's dance sequences
of the Goldwyn Girls including a 22-year-old dancer named Lucille Ball. Lamparski, to
whom this photograph is inscribed, is the author of the "Whatever Became of ?" books.
Director and choreographer Busby Berkeley (1895-1976) is famed for his spectacular
musical production numbers, featuring scores of chorus girls. Beginning with hit Broadway
musicals in the 1920s, Berkeley moved to films with the advent of sound, producing hit musical
films like 42nd Street (1933). When not choreographing and directing musical extravaganzas, he
proved a skilled director of serious dramas like They Made Me a Criminal (1939). At age 75,
he came out of retirement to direct a Broadway revival of No No Nanette. Mounted on a
board. Ink notes on verso (unknown hand) Fine condition.
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