Busby Berkeley (English Wikipedia)

"Guasti Villa, West Adams". Calisphere.org. University of California. Retrieved July 8, 2024. In 1910, leading vintner Secondo Guasti commissioned Hudson & Munsell Architects to design the mansion in the Beaux Arts and Italian styles. In 1937, the home was purchased by Busby Berkeley, who turned the basement wine cellar into a film editing studio. Then in 1944, the Los Angeles Physicians Aid Association acquired the property as a retirement home.

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"Guasti Villa - Busby Berkley Estate". LACity.org. Historic Places Los Angeles. Retrieved July 8, 2024. The property meets the criteria for HCM designation because it is identified with 'a historic personage,' as the home of well-known film director-choreographer Busby Berkeley.

Turan, Kenneth (August 1, 2008). "Busby Berkeley's dance numbers are still eye-popping". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

"1583 Alvito Way 18Jul1946 Busby Berkeley Suicide Attempt p1". Los Angeles Times. July 18, 1946. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2020.

Mackrell, Judith (March 23, 2017). "A kaleidoscope of legs: Busby Berkeley's flamboyant dance fantasies". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 10, 2018.

Spivak, Jeffrey (2011). Buzz : the life and art of Busby Berkeley. Lexington: University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813126449. OCLC 703155214.
Rubin, Martin (1993). Showstoppers : Busby Berkeley and the tradition of spectacle. New York: Columbia University Press. ISBN 0231080549. OCLC 26930276.
Mackrell, Judith (March 23, 2017). "A kaleidoscope of legs: Busby Berkeley's flamboyant dance fantasies". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
Turan, Kenneth (August 1, 2008). "Busby Berkeley's dance numbers are still eye-popping". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
Brooks, Patricia; Brooks, Jonathan (2006). "Chapter 8: East L.A. and the Desert". Laid to Rest in California: a guide to the cemeteries and grave sites of the rich and famous. Guilford, CT: Globe Pequot Press. pp. 240–2. ISBN 978-0-7627-4101-4. OCLC 70284362.