The actual filming lasted six days and required 20,000 gallons (75,708 liters) of water a minute to be pumped across the set. Footlight Parade is a gem of a film, containing slapdash and dizzying bursts of comedy and music. Well spend a heavenly day, Here where the whispering waters play. Dont Say Goodnight (10:23) Wonder Bar (1934) Disc/Cassette 2: 1. By a waterfall, Im calling you-oo-oo-oo, We can share it all beneath a ceiling of blue. Its walls and floor were glass, and before shooting started 100 chorus girls took two weeks to practice their routines in it. Home Explore Movies Explore Composers Resource Directory Forums Contact Us About Us. Berkeley used a 40 x 80 foot (12.2 x 24.4 meter) swimming pool that filled an entire soundstage. Instead of filming numbers from fixed angles, he set his cameras into motion on custom built booms and monorails and if necessary, cut through the studio roof to get the right shot. Dick Powell - By a Waterfall (1933) CatsPjamas1 62.3K subscribers Subscribe 18K views 6 years ago Dick Powell sang this song to Ruby Keeler in the movie, 'Footlight Parade'. Berkeley realized that screen choreography involved the placement and movement of the camera as well as the dancers. The lyrics of the song use the phrase "I'm calling you - oo-oo-oo" in much the same way as the Indian Love Call from the operetta Rose-Marie. It features a water ballet of chorus girls diving and swimming into the water in elaborate geometric and floral patterns. It was featured in an extravagant choreographic arrangement in the film Footlight Parade by Busby Berkeley that features his trademark human waterfall, with vocal performances by Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler. It was featured in an extravagant choreographic arrangement in the film Footlight Parade by Busby Berkeley that features his trademark human waterfall.
"By a Waterfall" is a 1933 song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Irving Kahal.
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