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Human harps, massive bananas and dogging: the 20 best Busby Berkeley dance routines – ranked!

To mark 50 years since the director and choreographer’s death, we count down his best fantastical, kaleidoscopic numbers, from erotic silhouettes to sinister tap dancers So you thought Cats (2019) was tacky? Wait until y…

RelxNews Staff17 September 2026 at 11:48 UTC1 min read
Human harps, massive bananas and dogging: the 20 best Busby Berkeley dance routines – ranked!

To mark 50 years since the director and choreographer’s death, we count down his best fantastical, kaleidoscopic numbers, from erotic silhouettes to sinister tap dancers So you thought Cats (2019) was tacky? Wait until you see Ruby Keeler (AKA Mrs Al Jolson) gambolling around as a fluffy white feline, being wooed by an ogling tomcat, or chasing Billy Barty, a child actor with dwarfism, costumed as a mouse.

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