I always felt that the part when the girls/dancers retreat into the corner and are waving in the now-darkened massive studio is especially beautiful. Berkeley was a genius.
Watching this film - Golddiggers of 1935 - now. What a breathtaking scene. Brilliant Busby! Fun fact: the young female lead is Gloria Stuart - you know her as the old lady from Titanic!
Just like swans - The elegant gliding above, and the frantic activity of the men under the pianos. Astounding to have thought of it, combined with the amazing execution.
Busby Berkely and his kaleidoscopic symmetry. Still wow-ing nearly 80 years later! A work that is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Great stuff! Totally magical and stunning.
They used to rehearse for days to perfect numbers like this and then did fantastic editing., Today it's a few hours practice, film it, then we can fix it up in post production.
This sounds JUST like my Grandmother's piano playing style. Growing up in the 30s, this was her time. She would play Glad Rag Doll and Rhapsody in Blue. Gosh it was great to listen to her.
This number actually goes for 8.09 minutes. What's very impressive are the male dancers who are under the pianos, moving them around, on those stairs. Not a lot of room to move the pianos in a circle in what opens this clip. with the girls on the piano benches that are attached to the pianos on a black frame on the floor, there is no room for error. Like SO many Berkeley numbers... incredibly dangerous really. A remarkable number on so many levels.
For the women who were far back in line, it must have been disappointing in a way, to be basically invisible....'yes I was in that movie, I'm 19th from the front, left side'
I wasn't born yet until 1947 so you have to be quite a senior from me because I'm in my early 70s now and my mother was only 9 when that movie was made
@John Ashtone You 2 misunderstood, I am not saying I myself was in the movie, but what one of the dancers may have said to someone at the time about being in the movie, notice the quote marks
The director would explain that this effect doesn't work or even exist without all the pianos and dancers wherever they are placed in the formation. Every participant is just as important as the others because it's about the totality, the sum of the parts. And if you told them it would still be viewed in the 2020s they'd be thrilled just to be included.
Some of the major studios of the '30s had specific genre departments. Busby Berkeley worked for several, but contributed to this and his other classics at Warner-First National in Burbank before moving to Fox, then MGM, then back to Fox where he figured in some of the Esther Williams films.
Un real . I’m thinking of the king of jazz from 1929 I think also had some incredible numbers . When you consider no special effects like today it’s really something.
Interesting to see if they could make anything like this today. Berkeley was a genius. Love to see something like this in color, wide screen and surround sound. Probably wouldn't be able to find enough young women willing to do this kind of thing!
Part of its charm and character is the fact it is in black-and-white, and filmed with the latest in technology from 1933. Please enjoy it exactly as it is, for what it is. Thank goodness art like this has been preserved on film.
Escaping in buckets here. David Greenhill on YT JUST OOZES THIS VERY FREQUENCY. Love it love it love it. Just what our world needs now ...love, love and more love. So very glad I searched for BUSBY on YT. K x
The craziest most surreal number in Hollywood History ! I just love it ! Dick Powell crooning the waltz number is also very good and the girls are so cute too !
Way cool! I pity the with pianos 'on their backs'- lol. Back when only the MOST talented people made it to the top. Now... well, Busby is probably spinning in his grave.
Look closely and you'll see the legs of a man underneath and moving each piano. Latticework on each side of the piano allows for visual orientation , also.
These pianos are just lightweight stage props, possibly made of dense foam or balsa wood. In many shots you can see that they have no actions or strings, and the cavity where these components would be is just a flat surface with some humps fashioned to represent the cast iron frame. Further, there's no music desk-- just a rack attached to the back of a non-existent fallboard. At 2:30 in the clip, you can see a piano jump off the ground when hit by the piano on the right just as the two lines come back together. Those "pianos" must have weighed very little. That was a lot of work to create all of those, if indeed no camera trickery or special overlap effects were used to duplicate them in the scene.
Yes. They are prop pianos. I think everyone would know that. They're hollow so the male dancers' bodies can be inside the body of the pianos while their legs move them about. A massive undertaking, from both the dancers and also Warners' props department.
It does look like it but actually it's just the video compression. I've seen the original and you can not really see feet there. Possibly they were there and the video artifates reveal it? Don't know.
Correct. They were the Busby Berkeley boys from Warners. To get those pianos ALL turning at the same speed in perfect alignment must have taken some rehearsing. Particularly as I doubt they could have seen where they were going or have seen the other pianos. Quite incredible.
There was one man below each of these "pianos" bending over in a studio that was about 120 degrees. Busbie Berkeley was often known to take 25 + takes on these films. The men were known for just passing out one by one as the day went on from exhaustion.
I'm not into musicals at all, but for some resaon YT keeps suggesting me to watch these clips, which are very impressive and technically amazing but, sorry, I can't help thinking every time "wow! they had to be really high on something to concieve these scenes!"
@@alantaylor6691 thank you, I actually wanted to change it, because it contains some gross language, but yt won't allow this, one has to create a new account
@@canalsoloparaverunvideodem8451 lol. If I start watching too many of these Busby Berkeley numbers I'll probably end up around the twist like you now are, right? To heck, I'm going for it.
While I do appreciate movies made from every decade, it's sad to say that Hollywood had Soooo much money, during the Depression years and spent lavish amounts of money on their productions, while people from this country, called America, were starving, or trying to make ends meet! How many people in Hollywood, answered the call?! Just My Opinion... I do love these movies, but behind the scenes, is something else!
I always felt that the part when the girls/dancers retreat into the corner and are waving in the now-darkened massive studio is especially beautiful. Berkeley was a genius.
Watching this film - Golddiggers of 1935 - now. What a breathtaking scene. Brilliant Busby! Fun fact: the young female lead is Gloria Stuart - you know her as the old lady from Titanic!
Just like swans - The elegant gliding above, and the frantic activity of the men under the pianos. Astounding to have thought of it, combined with the amazing execution.
I've come here for some absolute escapism during lockdown. Not disappointed!
This was escapism from the Great Depression.
Busby Berkely and his kaleidoscopic symmetry. Still wow-ing nearly 80 years later! A work that is "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant". Great stuff! Totally magical and stunning.
Studio went nuts when he cut a hole in the ceiling for an overhead shot..!
1930s movie making: Prime rib. Today's long list of CGI superhero movies: Hot dog cart.
They used to rehearse for days to perfect numbers like this and then did fantastic editing., Today it's a few hours practice, film it, then we can fix it up in post production.
This sounds JUST like my Grandmother's piano playing style. Growing up in the 30s, this was her time. She would play Glad Rag Doll and Rhapsody in Blue. Gosh it was great to listen to her.
This feels sureal, like a fever dream.
My mom is in this somewhere!
Wish it would zoom in more!!
Bless your Mom, they were all such beautiful girls. I am sure she was lovely !
This number actually goes for 8.09 minutes. What's very impressive are the male dancers who are under the pianos, moving them around, on those stairs. Not a lot of room to move the pianos in a circle in what opens this clip. with the girls on the piano benches that are attached to the pianos on a black frame on the floor, there is no room for error. Like SO many Berkeley numbers... incredibly dangerous really. A remarkable number on so many levels.
Everything back then was more impressive for that reason; so much more work than one can imagine
CLASS... not a word I would use to describe most of the 'entertainment' served up on UK television nowadays.
For the women who were far back in line, it must have been disappointing in a way, to be basically invisible....'yes I was in that movie, I'm 19th from the front, left side'
I wasn't born yet until 1947 so you have to be quite a senior from me because I'm in my early 70s now and my mother was only 9 when that movie was made
@John Ashtone You 2 misunderstood, I am not saying I myself was in the movie, but what one of the dancers may have said to someone at the time about being in the movie, notice the quote marks
@@katiezee2 Your comment was amusing but the two replies were hilarious !
@@patsmith6867 pretty good for a 104 yr old lady, eh? hahaha
The director would explain that this effect doesn't work or even exist without all the pianos and dancers wherever they are placed in the formation. Every participant is just as important as the others because it's about the totality, the sum of the parts. And if you told them it would still be viewed in the 2020s they'd be thrilled just to be included.
This visually impressive and terrifying at the same time.
Some of the major studios of the '30s had specific genre departments. Busby Berkeley worked for several, but contributed to this and his other classics at Warner-First National in Burbank before moving to Fox, then MGM, then back to Fox where he figured in some of the Esther Williams films.
So simple a number yet brilliant why can't the film makers of today have such imagination
Heartwarmingly delightful.
Un real . I’m thinking of the king of jazz from 1929 I think also had some incredible numbers . When you consider no special effects like today it’s really something.
The most incredible thing I've ever, ever seen
Then you should see the "Lady in the Tutti-Fruity Hat" scene from The Gang's All Here (1942, Warner Bros.)
Pure class entertainment.
Not much more can be said.
100% quality everywhere.
ピアノと女性達と螺旋状になった階段のコントラストがあまりに美しくて、最高の気分です。
Just an astonishing production for the mid-1930s.
Interesting to see if they could make anything like this today. Berkeley was a genius. Love to see something like this in color, wide screen and surround sound. Probably wouldn't be able to find enough young women willing to do this kind of thing!
Part of its charm and character is the fact it is in black-and-white, and filmed with the latest in technology from 1933. Please enjoy it exactly as it is, for what it is. Thank goodness art like this has been preserved on film.
Escaping in buckets here. David Greenhill on YT
JUST OOZES THIS VERY FREQUENCY.
Love it love it love it.
Just what our world needs now
...love, love and more love.
So very glad I searched for
BUSBY
on YT.
K x
Pure busby Berkley Hollywood magic
I can not imagine the time it took to block and shoot this. The Gold Diggers remains Busby's untouchable masterpiece.
Ces mises en scènes grandioses et ce sens inouï de l'esthétique
Classic Berkeley number. And yes, I'm going into piano moving when I retire.
How do these bent over in half men stay so perfectly in place and then move so perfectly in sync even if they were looking through the latticework?
The craziest most surreal number in Hollywood History ! I just love it ! Dick Powell crooning the waltz number is also very good and the girls are so cute too !
Joyful music with spectacular pianos.
I can't help but wonder whether the piano movers were paid extra because of their situation, or volunteered because of it.
clever made: over 80 years ago. THATS ENTERTAINMENT.
This CGI is amazing! It looks like there are SO many pianos! =D
That's because there are that many pianos... this movie is from the 30s so there wasn't any CGI back then
ONE OF BUZZS GREATEST ACHIEVEMENTS. YOU COULDNT DO IT TODAY AT ANY PRICE.
2:09 If your intestines were lined with pianos instead of villi
Discipline and class are the words l would use to describe the beautiful presentation.
una maravilla busby berkeley en musicales,clase aparte
Awesome. How we use to love the piano! Much much better than any organ sound!
Really amazing for that time.
Way cool! I pity the with pianos 'on their backs'- lol. Back when only the MOST talented people made it to the top. Now... well, Busby is probably spinning in his grave.
Aesthetically amazing!
I wonder how this footage was shot. It`s just like a miracle of motion pictures.
I wonder how many takes this took. The coordination alone is mind boggling!
Elegance please come back
Wonder how long it took to find beautiful women that could play piano and dance
Somerhing tells me they are pretending to play while professionals are playing.. This must have cost a fortune though
Lol. The ladies are NOT playing. Barely faking it. However, a most spectacular & innovative production number!!! Enjoy!
Wow, how did they do that in 1933? However they did it, it's spectacularly impressive.
Look closely and you'll see the legs of a man underneath and moving each piano. Latticework on each side of the piano allows for visual orientation , also.
No words ! ...
These pianos are just lightweight stage props, possibly made of dense foam or balsa wood. In many shots you can see that they have no actions or strings, and the cavity where these components would be is just a flat surface with some humps fashioned to represent the cast iron frame. Further, there's no music desk-- just a rack attached to the back of a non-existent fallboard. At 2:30 in the clip, you can see a piano jump off the ground when hit by the piano on the right just as the two lines come back together. Those "pianos" must have weighed very little. That was a lot of work to create all of those, if indeed no camera trickery or special overlap effects were used to duplicate them in the scene.
I didn't analyse, just enjoyed it.
SeeburgMusic more about the dance and artistry than technicalities. The pianos are being moved by dancers wearing black under the pianos.
you can also see the men in black turning the pianos. what a trick
Yes. They are prop pianos. I think everyone would know that. They're hollow so the male dancers' bodies can be inside the body of the pianos while their legs move them about. A massive undertaking, from both the dancers and also Warners' props department.
At 3:15 if you look underneath the pianos you can see people underneath them moving them . Look closely 🤔🎹
You can see the legs of men under the pianos in one scene
It does look like it but actually it's just the video compression. I've seen the original and you can not really see feet there. Possibly they were there and the video artifates reveal it? Don't know.
Steve Little no they are dancers under the pianos. Berkeley said that’s how it was done.
Correct. They were the Busby Berkeley boys from Warners. To get those pianos ALL turning at the same speed in perfect alignment must have taken some rehearsing. Particularly as I doubt they could have seen where they were going or have seen the other pianos. Quite incredible.
@@SteveLittleLivesHere You can see one guy at 0:31 for sure
There was one man below each of these "pianos" bending over in a studio that was about 120 degrees. Busbie Berkeley was often known to take 25 + takes on these films. The men were known for just passing out one by one as the day went on from exhaustion.
Very nice!
beautiful, thanks mate
Love it!!!
THAT WAS EXSPENSiVE
Must be Busby Berkeley........
Gold Diggers of 1935
Man was always tripping.
I wonder how they filmed this scene on an era without CG.
Movies back then had no substance. Just spent huge sums of money on props and pretty girls.
Quiz Whats the connection between this Jimmy Page and Allistar Crowley
ARTHOUSE film??
As CAMP as a row of PINK TENTS!!!
Song: "The Words Get in the Way"...
I LOVE 30S HILARIOUS MOVİES
Such a wonderful video, does anyone know where it is from ? What movie ? Please ❤️
Gold Diggers of 1935 - this film also includes the fantastic Lullaby of Broadway.
You can see the boy’s feet. How many takes bent over like that?
How many pianos are actually in this?
54
The pianos have human legs!
How was this done, technically?
I'm not into musicals at all, but for some resaon YT keeps suggesting me to watch these clips, which are very impressive and technically amazing but, sorry, I can't help thinking every time "wow! they had to be really high on something to concieve these scenes!"
They're hight on creativity, just like your username. What a name!
*high
@@alantaylor6691 thank you, I actually wanted to change it, because it contains some gross language, but yt won't allow this, one has to create a new account
@@canalsoloparaverunvideodem8451
lol. If I start watching too many of these Busby Berkeley numbers I'll probably end up around the twist like you now are, right? To heck, I'm going for it.
is this from Dames by any chance?
Gold Diggers of 1935
While I do appreciate movies made from every decade, it's sad to say that Hollywood had Soooo much money, during the Depression years and spent lavish amounts of money on their productions, while people from this country, called America,
were starving, or trying to make ends meet! How many people in Hollywood, answered the call?! Just My Opinion...
I do love these movies, but behind the scenes, is something else!
Hundreds of people were making salaries because of this. Not to mention all the movie theaters throughout the world and their staffs.
what technology did they use
Precise coordination of the guys and gals, look carefully and you will see the men's legs under the pianos. Most of all gorgeous smiling faces.
@@et1249 I did notice the men's legs under the pianos .🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Cosa hanno usato per far ballare i pianoforti!
Oumini in gamba!
Unfortunately it´s cut before the end
filmed backwards, i mean played backwards.
No está completo
All dead now
It's so sad to realise this but they certainly left a lovely legacy.
God bless them.
Buzz kill lol
وجوه متفاوت دارد !
هر چه هست به جوجه فاشیست باج نمی داد