The other great strength the studios had was a willingness to take a chance on an individual, and to give them the opportunity to chase their vision, and in doing so to transform film. One such person, Busby Berkeley, totally changed the way we viewed the Musical.
Musicals had a very uncertain start in film. The breakthrough was the talking picture The J…
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