Kicking off the Summer, 2013 semester of Hutton House Lectures, at LIU:C.W. Post, I will be focusing on three musicals, produced 80 years ago in 1933. Busby Berkeley was instrumental in saving the Hollywood musical genre from obliviaon, partially due to his choreographed dream fantasy sequences in three films produced at Warner Brothers in 1933: 42nd Street (Dir. Lloyd Bacon), Golddiggers of 1933 (Dir. Mervyn Leroy), and Footlight Parade (Dir. Lloyd Bacon). All three films starred Dick Powell and Ruby Keeler, and musical scores by Harry Warren and Al Dubin. All three films advanced the genre of dance on film, and helped filmgoers escape the horrors of the Great Depression. I will be discussing each film, and then present a screening of each film: 42nd Street (June 7th), Golddiggers of 1933 (June 14th), and Footlight Parade (June 21st). This course, as with all Hutton House lectures, are offered at Lorber Hall, on the LIU:C.W. Post campus. For more information, and to register, please call 516-299-2580.