The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

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The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.  Director: Robert Z. Leonard  Writer: William Anthony McGuire  Stars: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer

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00:00From this humble beginning, at the Chicago World's Fair, developed Flo Ziegfeld,

00:28World's Foremost Star Maker.

00:32Oh, la, la!

00:33He took this unknown French girl and built her up into one of the best-known stage stars of all time.

00:39True on the arm, mister. The house is sold out for a month.

00:42It was here, at the New Amsterdam Theater, that he created a brand-new vogue of stage entertainment,

00:48the famous Ziegfeld Follies.

00:51What a charming, adorable creature she is.

00:54And here is another of his famous star family, his widow, perennially popular Billy Burke.

01:01And here we have one of his last enterprises, the beautiful Ziegfeld Theater.

01:06Now comes The Great Ziegfeld, a picture production detailing the glamorous career of this most amazing man.

01:14It took two years to make and cost a fortune to produce.

01:17With a cast of stars that reads like the Hollywood Social Register,

01:22William Powell, Myrna Loy, Louise Rayner, Frank Morgan, Virginia Bruce,

01:28Fanny Bryce, Ray Bolger, Harriet Hocter, Ernest Cossar, and 300 glorified girls.

01:35The Great Zients

01:44The Great Zients

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