Editing Musical film (section)

====Busby Berkeley====
The taste in musicals revived again in 1933 when director [[Busby Berkeley]] began to enhance the traditional dance number with ideas drawn from the [[Parade (military)|drill]] precision he had experienced as a soldier during [[World War I]]. In films such as ''[[42nd Street (film)|42nd Street]]'' and ''[[Gold Diggers of 1933]]'' (1933), Berkeley choreographed a number of films in his unique style. Berkeley's numbers typically begin on a stage but gradually transcend the limitations of theatrical space: his ingenious routines, involving human bodies forming patterns like a kaleidoscope, could never fit onto a real stage and the intended perspective is viewing from straight above.<ref>Kenrick, John. [http://www.musicals101.com/1930film2.htm "History of Musical Film, 1930s Part II"]. Musicals101.com, 2004, accessed May 17, 2010</ref>