Busby Berkeley

Cornelius Vanderbilt Whitney Hall of Fame in 1988. Later career
In the late 1960s the camp craze brought the Berkeley musicals back to the forefront. Watching soldiers drill may have inspired his later complex choreography.

Berkeley was famous for his elaborate musical production numbers that often involved complex geometric patterns. Berkeley's works used large numbers of showgirls and props as fantasy elements in kaleidoscopic on-screen performances.