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

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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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- Length
- 70 words · 1 min read
- Published
- September 17, 2026
- Byline
- Anne Billson
- Source
- The Guardian