The idea for the film had been in discussion at MGM since 1939. Unfortunately, most available versions of the latter Jazz Age film are from surviving prints with all offensive material censored. As happens every year, Florenz Ziegfeld is seeking new talent for the latest edition of his lavish Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Trivia Showing all 29 items Jump to: Spoilers (2) This was James Stewart 's last performance before serving military service in World War II. William Powell was to play Ziegfeld, Burke was to play herself, and it would feature specialties by Fanny Brice, Judy Garland (and her sisters), Eddie Cantor, and Ray Bolger. The British discovered that giving sailors lime juice prevented the disease scurvy, caused by a lack of vitamin C. To provide enough juice for the navy, they built a large building on the northern bank of the River Thames in East London, England and staffed it with hundreds of imported Chinese laborers to extract the juice from shiploads of limes. Hedy Lamarr doesn't really do much except perhaps play a variation of herself but she's a gorgeous presence. -"(We're Having a) Heat Wave" with Ethel Waters reprising the number she introduced the Broadway musical "As Thousands Cheer" - "Pass That Peace Pipe" (music and lyrics by Martin, Blane and Roger Edens) with Garland, Rooney, Ball, Walker, George Murphy, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Gene Kelly, and Charles Walters (The song was later given to Joan McCracken by Walters when he directed Good News (1947).) 41 of 41 found this interesting | Share this They danced in complete synchronization, and were the only act that was uniform in the Ziegfeld Follies. The movie's Dance Director, Robert Alton, had choreographed the 1936 Broadway "Follies". A second test run began at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1945. This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics. The "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" set alone was reported to have cost US$220,000 (US$4,053,381 in 2019 dollars[5]),[6] featuring a towering rotating volute of 70 ft (21 m) diameter with 175 spiral steps, weighing 100 tons. Kathryn Grayson's final B-Flat on "There's Beauty Everywhere" had to be re-dubbed. Long Island was filled with duck farms. In 1897, Ziegfeld married Anna Held, one of his Ziegfeld girls, by common-law. Myrna Darby. According to the trade paper "Hollywood Box Office" dated for November 23, 1940: "Sue Garland, sister of Judy, signed as a member of the dance chorus in 'Ziegfeld Girl'.". Also, during the "Babbit and a Bromide" sequence, Fred Astaire references Rita Hayworth who was under contract to Columbia Pictures and had worked at MGM and starting in the late 1950s would be under contract to MGM, her final long-term contract, and Gene Kelly references Rogers. - James Melton suggested he should do a number with either Garland, Jeanette MacDonald, or Grayson. She was Doris Eaton Travis, and she was 106. Although Ziegfeld had several affairs, Burke claimed that Lorraine was the only one that made her jealous. Long Island Duckling was a popular dish in the Zigfield era, and was featured on the menu of the most fashionable eateries of the day. [7] Travis died on May 11, 2010 at the age of 106.[8]. As he was born into a very affluent family of bankers, his turn to photography was a bit curious to everyone. It features 180 performers and cost $220,000; 4,300 yards of rayon silk were used for the curtains in the scene. Effectively, tastefully, of course; but never as an excuse for lewdness nor for covering up a beautiful figure.. He asked: "How did she die? Nine months later, Judy would successfully audition for MGM. . Both films were produced by MGM. got an MGM contract. - A skit with Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. Ziegfeld Girl $2.99 $9.99 Product details Language : English Package Dimensions : 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 Ounces Director : Robert Z. Leonard Date First Available : February 4, 2007 Actors : James Stewart, Judy Garland,Hedy lamarr and Lana Turner Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish He came back to MGM from UA, knowing that they had just shot Lana Turner's death scene. One of two Best Picture Oscar winners with a 'Z' in the title. Original director George Sidney quit after one month of filming and was replaced by Vincente Minnelli. Despite his top billing, James Stewart is on screen for a total of roughly 26 minutes, accounting for only 19.7 percent of the film. All of the showgirls looked very similar, both in appearance and in stature. These stunning photos of Ziegfeld girls from the 1910s and 1920s that will transport you back to the period of the sexiest beauty of all time. Lana Turner's character was loosely modeled after real-life Ziegfeld Girl Lillian Lorraine, who once suffered a drunken fall into the orchestra pit during an extravagant number. But she was considered too old to cast by the studio. . While he is known for mostly photographing the Follies girls, he did photograph quite of number of actresses of the day, including Nita Naldi and Helen Ware in the 20s all the way to a nude of Julie Newmar (Catwoman in TVs Batman) in the 50s. It was published in 1937, and devoted to his nudes and glamour photography. Hedy Lamarr doesn't really do much except perhaps play a variation of herself but she's a gorgeous presence. At the beginning of the "Bring On The Beautiful Girls" number, several older women are shown; these are women who actually appeared in the original Ziegfeld Follies on stage. But after learning that Frank is married to a wife who loves him, Sandra reconciles with Franz and abandons her career to support him on a concert tour. This was James Stewart's last performance before serving military service in World War II. Set in the 1920s, the film tells the parallel stories of three women who become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies. Other Ziegfeld girls went onto societal and business successes such as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Helen Gallagher, Anastasia Reilly,[2] Sybil Carmen, and Irene Hayes. James Melton filmed with a wet handkerchief in his mouth to protect his voice. The gown designed by MGM resident designer Helen Rose, who privately designed Grace Kelly's wedding gown when she married His Royal Highness Prince Rainier of Monaco, worn by Lucille Bremer in "This Heart Of Mine" is owned by actress Arlene Fontaine. Cyd Charisse was borrowed from Warner Bros., where she was under contract for this movie, though she had danced at Metro before for MGM's Thousands Cheer (1943). Ada-May Weeks Adrienne Ames Agnes Franey Alberta Turner Albertina Vitak Alice Wilkie Alma Mamay Ann Pennington Annette Downs Barbara Stanwyck Bea Ackerman Billie Dove Caryl Bergman Catherine Moylan A revue with no connecting theme, which left him free to devise separate numbers according to his fancy and all, despite their diversity (except the three he didn't direct), held together by unity of style, an elegance, and sophistication that are his own. In an effort to promote pogo sticks, inventor George Hansburg arranged a number of publicity stunts, including a marriage performed on pogo sticks in the 1920 Ziegfeld Follies show. That said, only one book is known to have been published during his lifetime. More Dorothy Flood The primary contribution of the book is the significant addition it represents to what we know about the theatrical and cinematic history of stardom and the ways that stars carry social history." In the scene where Lana Turner reports to Ziegfeld's office when she enters and sees how many other girls are auditioning to her left, sitting, are two beautiful hopefuls. Miss Knowlden did not appear in the movie. . - Musical number: "There's Beauty Everywhere" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Arthur Freed), directed by Vincente Minnelli, sung by James Melton and the MGM Studio Chorus, danced by Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer and Cyd Charisse, Melton's audio available on Rhino's soundtrack CD and Warner Home Video's DVD. Nowadays, both original 1114-inch prints and more recent reprints from Johnstons original negatives have commanded significant prices in both on-line auctions and at photo galleries. Otto Rahn And The Nazi Crusade For The Holy Grail, 15 Vintage Photos That Show How a Good of a Time Was Had While Sitting Under the Hood of a Hair Dryer. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production number 875. Ultimately, the movie received its Manhattan opening at the Capitol Theatre on March 22, 1946, and its wide release on April 8. After the songwriters demonstrated this change-of-pace routine at the home of the actress, her mother opined, "Well, I don't think so." Due to censorship restrictions forced upon studios by the Hays Code, the Ziegfeld Follies could not be accurately depicted in this film by director Robert Z. Leonard due to their nudity and subject matter. Deleted from the film was the original closing number, "We Must Have Music" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Gus Kahn), featuring Judy Garland, Tony Martin and Six Hits and a Miss. Hal Leonard Corporation, A New Romance of Celluloid: We Must Have Music, Judy Garland - We Must Have Music (deleted from Ziegfeld Girl, 1941), We Must Have Music (documentary of movie music), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ziegfeld_Girl_(film)&oldid=1122037305, Rotten Tomatoes template using name parameter, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, "Overture" played by Orchestra and sung by Chorus, "Laugh? Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., byname Flo Ziegfeld, (born March 21, 1869, Chicagodied July 22, 1932, Hollywood), American theatrical producer who brought the revue to spectacular heights under the slogan "Glorifying the American Girl." During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Ziegfeld managed Sandow, the strong man. But he also extensively used a Century 1114 camera and glass plates, plus eventually the 6x6cm Zeiss Ikon, and 120 roll film. Most of the numbers are pretty good, especially Always Chasing Rainbows, sung marvelously by Garland, and You Stepped Out of a Dream, in which Lamarr looks particularly ethereal. They were a fun and popular toy in the 1950's - 1970's, and they are still around. Sandra, a European beauty, is spotted and recruited while accompanying her violin virtuoso husband Franz to his audition for the show's orchestra. Although, honestly, Ive seen absolutely phenomenal clone images out of a Canon 5D using those Lomography Achromat lenses. "Love" sung by Lena Horne was not a "ghetto". As a result, the audience is never certain of the fate of the character, because the film jumps to the Judy Garland finale. William Powell played the role of Florenz Ziegfeld again in the 1945 film Ziegfeld Follies. The story deals with three showbiz hopefuls - Susan . This rather than For Me And My Gal (1942) might be his first film. And almost exclusively Tungsten or natural lighting too. In a commentary following the film on Turner Classic Movies in 2008, Robert Osborne said that the original script had the Lana Turner character actually die at the end. She . The music to the film was provided by Walter Donaldson, Irving Berlin, and lyricist Harold Adamson, with choreographed scenes. Disappointed by the largely unenthusiastic audience reaction to the test screenings, studio executives decided against quickly showing the movie nationwide. Trivia:-Florenz Ziegfeld was a famous Broadway producer who died in 1932. She reports that he liked her ankles. $2.40 was the top ticket price for these engagements, and the film did great business according to the Boxoffice Magazine issue of September 1, 1945, with the advance sale for the Nixon Theatre "setting a new high". Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls and showgirls from Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical Broadway revue spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies (19071931), in New York City, which were based on the Folies Bergre of Paris. ), had been performed on NBC's radio series "Good News of 1940". Original running time prior to post-production was 273 minutes. A third test run was also done at the Loew's New Rochelle Theatre per The New York Times of September 2, 1945. She was saved when Maxine Cantway and Sheila Browning helped extinguish the flames. This movie just drags on and on, for 2 hours and 12 minutes. In the present, there is a large, duck-shaped ferrocement structure located in Flanders, NY that houses a gift and memorabilia shop dedicated to that industry. Garson's then-husband Richard Ney chimed in with "No, it's not for you, dear.". First, Ziegfeld moved her to the Follies of 1925, where she became the inseparable companion (and rumored lover) of the formidably intellectual Louise Brooks, a featured dancer in the Follies and on the brink of Hollywood stardom. The final shot of the "You Never Looked So Beautiful Before" number is recycled from "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" from The Great Ziegfeld (1936). While it would be a rare find, similar types of lenses are now available from Lomography in theirDaguerreotype Achromat series. - "I've Got Those Rooney/Pidgeon/Skelton Blues" with Garland, Ball, and Greer Garson (in a number they'd concocted on a war bond train) moaning about their frequent co-stars. He would return to the silver screen five years later in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Ziegfeld Follies (1945) Trivia Showing all 40 items At the beginning of the "Bring On The Beautiful Girls" number, several older women are shown; these are women who actually appeared in the original Ziegfeld Follies on stage. Leo then introduces Fred Astaire and the live action portion of the film begins. However, his endeavors into making a living as a portrait painter were unsuccessful. At the New Amsterdam Theater on 42nd Street, once home to the Ziegfeld Follies, the oldest living Ziegfeld girl recently took the stage for a charity event. Planning began in 1943. Report abuse. Produced by Mark Kroll and Charles Conaway. They starred in Ziegfeld Follies, directed by Florenz Ziegfeld, on Broadway. The Harlem Opera House was built in 1889 by Oscar Hammerstein. But it was this affiliation that elevated him to being able to start photographing everything from aspiring actresses and society matrons to a wide range of upscale retail commercial products for magazine ads. Ziegfeld Girl Trailer - YouTube Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr and Lana Turner in "Ziegfeld Girl"For full review of film, plus pictures, comments and links. After she turns down Gil's marriage proposal, he joins a bootlegging gang and ends up in prison. The fourth of 14 films pairing William Powell and Myrna Loy. Billie Burke, the former wife of Ziegfeld portrayed in this film by Myrna Loy, played Glenda the Good Witch. They were normally cast in bronze and then gold plated. He was married to film star Janet Gaynor for twenty years. Kiki Roberts, the lover of American gangster "Legs Diamond", was also a Ziegfeld girl. Drama Musical Romance In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy. While Minnelli struggled to stop his cameraman from falling, the bubbles continued to pour from the machine to such an extent that the soundstage was flooded with bubbles, and no one could get close enough to turn the machine off. He was known for his lavish sets and elaborate costumes that "glorified the American girl." Ziegfeld is a God-like figure in this film: he is discussed but never seen.-"Ziegfeld Girl" is one of three films MGM dedicated to Florenz Ziegfeld. Though the movie takes place in the 1920s the clothes are clearly from the early 1940s. Planned in 1938 to be made with Eleanor Powell, Joan Crawford, Virginia Bruce and Walter Pidgeon. Three women are plucked from obscurity to become Ziegfeld Girls. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. The only film in which Luise Rainer won an acting Oscar for her performance in a film which won Best Picture. Lena Horne hated the ghetto setting for Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane's "Love" so much that she refused to make a commercial single, although she would use the song in her nightclub act several years later. She was born in New York in 1891, and died in California in 1951. Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American film starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner, and co-starring Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Ard. Despite her precarious health, Sheila goes alone to the opening night of the latest Follies show, where she collapses in the theater. Marion Bell performs a song from the Giuseppe Verdi opera La Traviata. Points are made with brevity, yet thoroughly and convincingly put across. When producer Florenz Ziegfeld put together a small group of showgirls for a lighthearted summer show in 1907, nobody could have imagined the giant Broadway hit and lavish revue it would become. The Ziegfeld Follieswere a series of elaborate theatrical revueproductions on Broadwayin New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy. As parents, we share a desire to help our children look and feel their best. However, after negative reaction from preview audiences, MGM decided to cut the actual moment of death before the film's official release. Myrna Darby was one of the iconic Ziegfeld Girls of the 1920s. He asked: "How did she die? It was replaced by a high-rise office tower; just a few years later it would probably have been protected forever by the NYC Landmark Law. Long Island was filled with duck farms. When asked about her heels, Shiela makes a gesture with her cupped hand indicating he liked "round heels" a reference to women who fall easily into bed. It is said that she died at age 21 from a broken heart after her marriage engagement was called off. The Oscar statuette Judy Garland flings about like it weighs next-to- nothing in the "Great Lady Gives an Interview" sequence would have been a World War II version which, due to metal shortages and rationing during the war years, would have been made of plaster rather than 24 karat gold, and would thus have weighed less than the solid gold version handed out to winners during most of Academy history. Although they appear in different segments, this is the only feature film in common of I Love Lucy (1951) co-stars Lucille Ball and William Frawley. ZIEGFELD GIRL was one of Lana Turner's first major roles for MGM; and she definitely has the meatiest role as Sheila. During his career he ended up photographing several hundred actresses and showgirls, a few of who eventually became famous in the movies. Luise Rainer had never heard of Anna Held when she got the part. Gene Kelly is allegedly in the Judy Garland "Trinidad" sequence. Like her character, Judy came in with her father (Frank Gumm) as her accompanist and was flopping until Roger Edens, like Slayton (Paul Kelly) in the film, took over the audition, coached her to sing more softly and subtly, and got her the MGM contract. In 1913, Held divorced Ziegfeld because of his infidelities with Lillian Lorraine, another Ziegfeld girl; soon after that, Held died and Ziegfeld went on to marry yet another Ziegfeld girl, future film star Billie Burke. Sandra and Franz rush to her side as Susan, now a star, sings from the stage. In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy.In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy. Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 America's Greatest Music in the Movies for the song "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody. Fanny Brice's material in this picture had originated on stage and radio. Drop file here, Contact Submissions Legal, Anatomy Films may receive commissions on affiliate links. They included images of Fanny Brice, Billie Burke, Ruby Keeler, the Dolly Sisters, Ina Claire, Helen Morgan, Marilyn Miller, Grace Moore, Ann Pennington, Belle Baker and Ruth Etting, plus some well-known actors and actresses of the 1920s/1930s including Mary Pickford, Gloria Swanson, Tyrone Power, Barbara Stanwyck, John Barrymore, Pearl White, Barbara LaMarr, Orson Welles, Clara Bow, Ethel Barrymore, Claudette Colbert, Corinne Griffith, Clara Kimball Young, Theda Bara, Mabel Normand, Helen Hayes, Norma Shearer, Anita Stewart, Lillian Gish, Dorothy Gish, Marie Prevost, Tallulah Bankhead, Mary Miles Minter and Hope Hampton. Florenz Ziegfeld saw her and hired her to be in his 1926 Broadway show No Foolin. I am looking for a better plugin than the one I had and hope to have comments back soon. Purchase Ziegfeld Girl on digital and stream instantly or download offline. It was intended to be a 1938 sequel to the 1936 hit The Great Ziegfeld, and recycled some footage from the earlier film. Doris Eaton Travis is 101. Prologue: "That fabulous era--when Florenz Ziegfeld glorified the American Girl, and New York wore her over its heart like an orchid--while she lasted.". Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. - A duet between Lena Horne and Herb Jeffries. During filming, Venita Varden's costume caught fire while she was in the dressing room. Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020. She was also the last of the acclaimed Ziegfeld girls. Oscars were never made of "solid gold". Judy Garland, who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, auditioned for this film. In 1957, the then-current members were featured as mystery guests on the television panel show What's My Line? On the Ziegfeld girl page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. Mark S. Crawford. Susan worries about her father and eventually convinces the producers to give him a part in the show, where he proves to be a surprise hit. While Judy Garland rerecorded for Decca the wistful standard, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (music by Joseph McCarthy, lyrics by Harry Carroll), the star made no commercial version of the lively rumba written for her by Roger Edens, a ditty turned into a mammoth Busby Berkeley production number, "Minnie From Trinidad." Unfortunately, the town no longer exists per the Texas Historical Society--the Alcoa Aluminum factory near Rockdale is named after the town, as it sits where the town once was. The set for "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" took months to build and cost over $200,000. A huge treasure trove of extremely artistic full-nude and semi-nude full-figure studio photos with all the glass-plate negatives were found stored at a farm near Oxford, Connecticut, where he had lived since the 1940s. While Judy Garland rerecorded for Decca the wistful standard, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (music by Joseph McCarthy, lyrics by Harry Carroll), the star made no commercial version of the lively rumba written for her by Roger Edens, a ditty turned into a mammoth Busby Berkeley production number, "Minnie From Trinidad." Coincidently, Frawley's character in this film shares a striking similarity with his iconic character of Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. - A minstrel number with Garland, Rooney, Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lou Holtz, and Nancy Walker. 2015-2023 Anatomy Films, The 810 Intrepid Camera Large Format for the Masses. Hedda Hopper and The New York Times both reported that Busby Berkeley was going to direct a new finale for the picture, but this wasn't done. Among his friends were Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Thomas A. Edison (who filmed him at the Black Maria Studios), and even King Edward VII. In the film, Anna Held is said to be French, but she was actually a German Jew born in Warsaw, Poland in 1872. The scene in which Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland) auditions for the Ziegfeld Follies is strikingly similar to Judy's actual audition for MGM in 1935. Garland and Grable also both had been engaged, at different times, to bandleader Artie Shaw. Susan, a seventeen-year-old from a theatrical family, is discovered performing a vaudeville act with her aging father. However, he stubbornly continued to use his massive 1114-inch view camera well into the late 1940s and early 1950s. Sandra quickly becomes a star and attracts the attentions of her singing co-star, Frank Merton. Then in 1917 he met showman and producer Florenz Ziegfeld, and secured a contract to do all the images for the Ziegfeld Follies for the next fifteen years. Helpful. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later. The original opening sequence to the film featured stop-motion animation designed by Lou Bunin, in which Leo the Lion introduces himself and gives a brief history of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and his Ziegfeld Follies. Ziegfeld Girl Blu-ray delivers stunning video and audio in this fan-pleasing Blu-ray release An elevator operator, a wife of a struggling concert violinist, a born-in-a-trunk vaudevillian:. This rather than For Me And My Gal (1942) might be his first film. Sheila 'Red': Don't let it throw ya champ. The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Katharine Hepburn repeated the trick in 1967/68. He had gotten married, and although it was a struggle, he managed to keep afloat. - "Reading of the Play", a sketch with Garland and Frank Morgan. Synopsis : Portrait de trois jeunes danseuses de Broadway qui connaissent des fortunes diverses : Susan, qui connait la gloire en se produisant avec son pre, Sandra, pouse d'un violoniste, The Ziegfeld Ball in New York City continued as a social event of the season for years after the last production of the Follies. I Thought I'd Split My Sides" (music and lyrics by, "Caribbean Love Song" (music by Edens, lyrics by, "Minnie from Trinidad" (Edens) sung by Chorus and danced by, "Ziegfeld Girls/You Gotta Pull Strings" (Edens) sung by Judy Garland and Chorus, "You Never Looked So Beautiful" (music by, This page was last edited on 15 November 2022, at 14:20. The movies 'Funny Girl' and 'Funny Lady' dramatise her life story. Decca Records released a Judy Garland 78rpm record containing two songs from the score not performed by her in the movie: "Love" (music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane), a fervent air which Garland sang on radio the twice in 1945, then occasionally in her 1951-52 concerts as an encore, and two times on her CBS-TV series, The Judy Garland Show (1963): a duet with Lena Horne from the October 13, 1963 broadcast, and a solo version telecast on March 22, 1964. Doris Eaton Travis, Broadway's longest-running performer, is planning to waltz again at the New Amsterdam Theater for two nights in March. (This routine had to be dropped when Rooney entered the Army.) Like her character, Judy came in with her father (Frank Gumm) as her accompanist and was flopping until Roger Edens, like Slayton (Paul Kelly) in the film, took over the audition, coached her to sing more softly and subtly, and got her the MGM contract. Founding and history[edit] The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of theatrical productions on Broadway in New Yor . The music was written by Al Shean. Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. TRIVIA: The film recycles the "Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" spinning wedding-cake shot from THE GREAT ZIEGFELD for the "You Never Looked So Beautiful Before" finale, by cleverly costuming Judy Garland to look exactly like Virginia Bruce on top of the revolving "cake". They were never legally married, but they lived together long enough to be considered so legally. The most expensive sequence involved a several stories high rotating white staircase featuring more than 180 performers, required weeks of rehearsals and several takes to stage, and cost over $220,000. Susan (Judy Garland) is a vaudeville performer who desires nothing more than a shot at the big. James Stewart and Felix Bressart costarred in The Shop Around The Corner (1940). A segment with Miss Charisse and the "bubble girls" was retained in the revamped finale, which now featured Kathryn Grayson and the MGM Studio Chorus performing the vocal, Grayson's audio available on Rhino's soundtrack CD, and the revised scene available on Warner Home Video's DVD. He was married to film star Janet Gaynor for twenty years. [5], Although many future stars started out as Ziegfeld girls, many others were turned down by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his revue. Ziegfeld Girlswere the chorus girlsand showgirlsfrom Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical Broadway revuespectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies(1907-1931), in New York City, which were based on the Folies Bergreof Paris. Later in the title the Shop Around the Corner ( 1940 ) although it was in... 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