"The Sweepstakes Ticket" sketch, written by David Freedman, highlighted Miss Brice's final Broadway appearance in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936". The set for "A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" took months to build and cost over $200,000. From a December 13, 1944 recording session, Decca Records issued a disc of Fred Astaire singing and tapping to a spirited song which he had written for the picture, a number which wound up on the cutting-room floor - "If Swing Goes, I Go Too". The pair would repeat their roles in the cut film sequence, which also featured B.S. After she turns down Gil's marriage proposal, he joins a bootlegging gang and ends up in prison. $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". This movie just drags on and on, for 2 hours and 12 minutes. She was discovered by Ziegfeld at age 17. It features 180 performers and cost $220,000; 4,300 yards of rayon silk were used for the curtains in the scene. Examples of this shade would now sell for around $4000. 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. Other Ziegfeld girls went onto societal and business successes such as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Helen Gallagher, Anastasia Reilly,[2] Sybil Carmen, and Irene Hayes. The film was announced as a Universal production in January, 1934 with Lowell Sherman directing. 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. The one nearest the door is actress Audrey Young, future wife of Billy Wilder, and to Young's left is Patricia "Patsy" Mace. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. A.A. Trimble, who portrays Will Rogers in the film, was actually a Cleveland map salesman who frequently impersonated Rogers at Rotarian lunches. Ultimately, the movie received its Manhattan opening at the Capitol Theatre on March 22, 1946, and its wide release on April 8. It is said that she died at age 21 from a broken heart after her marriage engagement was called off. Unfortunately she struggled with her weight and began obsessively exercising . - A tap dance number for Eleanor Powell. 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. Cast Characters Crew View More Desktop | Mobile In the 1930s, Vincente Minnelli had directed a Broadway production of Ziegfeld Follies which was acknowledged as a success for his experimental techniques and the first popular presentation of surrealist ballet. More Dorothy Flood It tries to be dramatic, but winds up silly. It had a long run as a mixed use venue, hosting everything from Vaudeville to film showings, before finally being demolished in 1959. 45 of 45 found this interesting | Share this - Comedy sketch: "Baby Snooks and the Burglar," directed by Roy Del Ruth, performed by Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford and B.S. Pat Nixon (then Patricia Ryan), the future wife of Richard Nixon and the First Lady of the United States from 1969 to 1974, makes an uncredited appearance as a Ziegfeld girl. Doris Eaton Travis became the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl after the death of Dorothy Raphaelson in 2005. got an MGM contract. As he was born into a very affluent family of bankers, his turn to photography was a bit curious to everyone. - "Sand", a sketch with Garland and Astaire in blackface. There is now a Ziegfeld Theater cinema right next to where it stood beside the NYC Hilton (often used for movie premieres). Jimmy Walters: Ah, one of them refrigerated dames, huh? 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. However, the earlier Pre-Code film Glorifying the American Girl (1929) contains an accurate depiction of Ziegfeld's productions and was partly filmed in 2-strip Technicolor. I'm 20 degrees cooler than you think. A man is in court to pay a $2 fine for spitting on the subway, but his lawyer insists on fighting the case. The film was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and featured musical numbers by Busby Berkeley. Drop file here, Contact Submissions Legal, Anatomy Films may receive commissions on affiliate links. 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. -"(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).) These showgirls followed on the heels of the "Florodora girls", who had started to "loosen the corset" of the Gibson Girl in the early years of the twentieth century. When the property was sold to MGM in the spring, the sisters were dropped from the project. - "I Love You More In Technicolor Than I Do In Black and White" (music and lyrics by Martin and Blane) with Garland turning down dates from John Hodiak, Van Johnson, and James Craig to rekindle with Rooney. The beautiful brunette appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1925. "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" is one of the most famous songs to come from vaudeville, first presented by the duo in a skit set in Egypt. Broadway's "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" had employed two members of its creative team who later would collaborate on the MGM film. Sexual innuendo occurs several times. 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. 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. Ed Gallagher died is 1929 and is played here by Charles Winninger, but Al Shean portrays himself. Sheila, a former elevator operator from Flatbush, Brooklyn, is torn between her love for truck driver Gil Young and her suddenly wealthy life as a showgirl, including a Park Avenue apartment, press coverage, and expensive gifts from rich male fans. - An "Album of Familiar Songs" medley with Garland, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, and Kathryn Grayson. Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. The following year, in a short subject named We Must Have Music (1941), which chronicled MGM musicals from 1929 through 1941, a portion of Judy's song and dance was included. Vincente Minnelli received credit as Scenic Designer of the stage show, plus additional credit as Costume Designer for two numbers written by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics): "Island in the West Indies", sung by Gertrude Niesen and danced by Josephine Baker; and "Sentimental Weather", sung and danced by June Preisser, her sister Cherry Preisser, and Duke McHale. Alfred Cheney Johnston died in a car crash near his home in Connecticut in 1971. Did I have anything to do with it? Nine months later, Judy would successfully audition for MGM. In real life, however, Sandow was highly intelligent and a superb businessman. A "Chinatown" built up around the limehouse (as it was called) to provide housing for the workers. Doris Eaton Travis, Broadway's longest-running performer, is planning to waltz again at the New Amsterdam Theater for two nights in March. 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. Years later, a considerable number of original Johnston printed and autographed photographic prints and many original negatives were purchased at several auctions by at least four different American collectors. 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. They were both around at the same time, and Hollywoods greatest stars of the Golden Age were taken by the most revered photographers in Hollywood, which included Ernest A. Bachrach and Alfred Cheney Johnston. They starred in Ziegfeld Follies, directed by Florenz Ziegfeld, on Broadway. Gallagher & Shean was one of the most famous vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies comedy teams. All of the showgirls looked very similar, both in appearance and in stature. Judy, Hedy, and Lana are gorgeous, but even their legendary beauty can't save this. Her only other movie, A Night at the Opera (1935) also features an extended sequence set at one of Verdi's operas (Il Trovatore). Lucille Bremer, who appears in two dance routines with Fred Astaire here ("This Heart of Mine" and "Limehouse Blues") was a favorite of M-G-M studio boss Louis B. Mayer, who cast her in a prominent role in Meet Me in St. Louis (as Judy Garland's older sister) and became convinced she was a future star. At around the 1:40 mark Kelly or his double makes an appearance for just a second or two. It was intended to be a 1938 sequel to the 1936 hit The Great Ziegfeld, and recycled some footage from the earlier film. Over the years, the Ziegfeld girls included many future stars such as Marion Davies, Paulette Goddard, Joan Blondell, Olive Thomas, Jeanne Eagels, Barbara Stanwyck, Billie Dove, Lilian Bond, Louise Brooks, Nita Naldi, Julanne Johnston, Mae Murray, Dorothy Mackaill, Odette Myrtil, Lilyan Tashman, Claire Dodd, Cecile Arnold, Dolores Costello, Dorothy Sebastian, Juliette Compton, Mary Nolan, Iris Adrian, Annette Bade. 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.". He came back to MGM from UA, knowing that they had just shot Lana Turner's death scene. . During his career he ended up photographing several hundred actresses and showgirls, a few of who eventually became famous in the movies. Ziegfeld ended up losing the bulk of his money in the stock market crash of 1929, and he died in 1932. O'Shea all attended the Boston opening. The theater that Ziegfeld built in 1927 on 6th Avenue and 54th (with financial help from Hearst) was used as a cinema from the 1930s and demolished in 1966 after a brief reopening. 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. 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. 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. It was a nightclub scene set in the Caribbean. For the stunt, Hansburg himself taught all the Ziegfeld Follies girls how to pogo. Directors Busby Berkeley (musical numbers directed by) Robert Z. Leonard Writers Marguerite Roberts (screen play by) Sonya Levien (screen play by) William Anthony McGuire (original story by) The machine producing the bubbles for the finale was responsible for one of the greatest filming fiascoes in movie history. The two books I like, and printed after his death, are Women of Talent and Beauty and Jazz Age Beauties. 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. . . Lorraine starred in several The Ziegfeld Follies' annual productions, starting in 1909, until her fame waned in the 1920s. But he also extensively used a Century 1114 camera and glass plates, plus eventually the 6x6cm Zeiss Ikon, and 120 roll film. ), had been performed on NBC's radio series "Good News of 1940". Attachment The maximum upload file size: 1 MB. He asked: "How did she die? As happens every year, Florenz Ziegfeld is seeking new talent for the latest edition of his lavish Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies. Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer's dance was removed completely, since in every take of them, the bubbles obscured part of their face. - Musical number: "We Will Meet Again in Honolulu" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed), directed by Merrill Pye, sung by James Melton, audio available on Rhino's CD and Warner Home Video's DVD. Gene Kelly is allegedly in the Judy Garland "Trinidad" sequence. Other Ziegfeld girls included Leone Sousa, Monica Van Munster,[3] Mildred Chris Kennedy,[4] Irene Amelia Melfi and Dorothy Hale. It had a long run as a mixed use venue, hosting everything from Vaudeville to film showings, before finally being demolished in 1959. 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. Although he was quite well known for his nudes, he had stated, Ive never been interested in making lewd photographs. Movies. Doris Eaton Travis (1904-2010) was a versatile and multifaceted American artist. It did,however, go on to earn over $40 million. 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. Included among the American Film Institute's 1998 list of the 400 movies nominated for the Top 100 Greatest American Movies. Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020. visit my website at www.michaelmape. 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'.". He was married to film star Janet Gaynor for twenty years. (1968), 10)Amadeus (1984), 11)Chicago (2002). Ed Gallagher died is 1929 and is played here by Charles Winninger, but Al Shean portrays himself. He began by painting and illustration at the National Academy of Design in New York. Sheila 'Red': That's right. Although, honestly, Ive seen absolutely phenomenal clone images out of a Canon 5D using those Lomography Achromat lenses. However, after negative reaction from preview audiences, MGM decided to cut the actual moment of death before the film's official release. was born in 1885 in New York. Billie Burke never really rated the film much despite taking a personal interest in the writing of the script. Hedy Lamarr doesn't really do much except perhaps play a variation of herself but she's a gorgeous presence. Thats why Ive always used the simplest of drapes. Viewers were not offered the opportunity to see these films in their original Technicolor until several years later. . ". Fears also lived out a show business myth: the chorus girl going on for the star. The film would go on to become one of MGM's biggest hits, earning several Oscars including Best Picture and Best Actress for the marvelous Louise Rainer. The exquisitely and whimsically costumed Ziegfeld girls have inspired many a fashion runway show over the years, most especially the Victoria's Secret angelsand pop singer Bjork. - Musical/comedy number: "Start Off Each Day with a Song" (music and lyrics by Jimmy Durante), directed by Charles Walters, performed by Jimmy Durante. Adrian is credited with designing the gowns in this film. But I dont think Ive ever seen an image of Pola Negri that was attributed to him. - James Melton suggested he should do a number with either Garland, Jeanette MacDonald, or Grayson. For more information on Funny Girl, visit the Concord Theatricals website. - A "Fairy Tale" sketch with Katharine Hepburn, Margaret O'Brien, Elizabeth Taylor, and Jackie 'Butch' Jenkins. 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. The first Best Picture Oscar winner to have the name of a person in the title. According to Samuel Marx, an M-G-M executive at the time, this film cost $2.2 million and went on to gross $2.9 million, making it profitable but less so than it might have been with a more constrained budget. But she was considered too old to cast by the studio. The music was written by Al Shean. Gallagher & Shean was one of the most famous vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies comedy teams. 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. Original running time prior to post-production was 273 minutes. She reports that he liked her ankles. There is a mountain in Alaska, a railroad, and a small town in Texas (near Austin) named after him. Remember pogo sticks? 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. Coincidently, Frawley's character in this film shares a striking similarity with his iconic character of Fred Mertz on I Love Lucy. Norma Shearer (in 1919 and 1920), Alice Faye (in 1927), Joan Crawford (in 1924), Gypsy Rose Lee (in 1927), Lucille Ball (in 1927 and 1931), Phyllis Haver (in 1915), Eleanor Powell (in 1927), Ruby Keeler (in 1924), Hedda Hopper (in 1913), and June Havoc (in 1927 and 1931) were among the many hopefuls that the master showman discarded after auditions. One of two Best Picture Oscar winners with a 'Z' in the title. 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." Jimmy Walters: Soon as I saw you, I said to myself, that's a hot lookin' little number. However, his endeavors into making a living as a portrait painter were unsuccessful. 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. 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. These showgirls followed on the heels of the Florodora girls, who had started to "loosen the corset" of the Gibson Girl in the early years of the 20th century. They were normally cast in bronze and then gold plated. The "Here To Interview A Lady" sequence with Judy Garland, she references two actresses who were not under contract to MGM, Ginger Rogers and Betty Grable, although Rogers and Grable had worked at Metro at times in their careers. More Alice Wilkie Alice Wilkie, Ziegfeld Girl, 1925 The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of theatrical productions on Broadway in New York City, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1907 to 1931 known for their elaborate costum . TV Shows. The beautiful costume sketches shown in the opening scenes are uncredited, but may have been done by the talented Adrian or his staff. In the opening scenes with Shiela Regan (Lana Turner) as the elevator operator, she is describing to a friend her meeting Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. on her elevator. Maybe I'm being a little too hard on this, maybe not, but in my humble opinion this movie is strictly for fans of Judy, Lana, Hedy, Jimmy and M-G-M. By what name was Ziegfeld Girl (1941) officially released in India in English? The Ziegfeld Follieswere a series of elaborate theatrical revueproductions on Broadwayin New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfelds theatrical Broadway revue spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies (19071931), in New York City, which were based on the Folies Bergre of Paris. 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 Universal Pictures bought the film rights to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s life story from his widow Billie Burke in late 1933. Among others,known and unknown. 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. Planned in 1938 to be made with Eleanor Powell, Joan Crawford, Virginia Bruce and Walter Pidgeon. Embed. 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. Read more. 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. At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. Susan (Judy Garland) is a vaudeville performer who desires nothing more than a shot at the big. Produced by Mark Kroll and Charles Conaway. Although Kathryn Grayson would replace James Melton in the closing song, Victor Records issued, in early 1945, a commercial disc of Mr. Melton singing "There's Beauty Everywhere" with Al Goodman and His Orchestra (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Arthur Freed). The film, which features musical numbers by Busby Berkeley, was produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer . Answer: Fanny Brice Fanny Brice really existed, and as well as starring in the 'Ziegfeld Follies' on Broadway, made a few movies between 1928 and 1946. Nat Pendleton was a former champion weightlifter and easily duplicated some of Eugen Sandow's feats in this film. 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'.". 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). He became very wealthy and famous because of his mail-order businesses, gyms, souvenir photographs, books, and personal appearances. Brice's other comedy scene filmed for the picture, "Baby Snooks and the Burglar" (The footage was deleted and now is considered lost. Myrna Loy, who received second billing for this film, does not actually appear on screen until 2 hours and 15 minutes into the movie. They were a fun and popular toy in the 1950's - 1970's, and they are still around. He was married to film star Janet Gaynor for twenty years. On the other hand, Ive always believed that if a woman had a beautiful body, it should be shown. 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." The last of the Ziegfeld Girls is still dancing. Chorus girls and showgirls in the Ziegfeld Follies, This article is about the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway showgirls. - Ziegfeld Girls; Walter Brennan; Adolph Menjou, Greer Garson (panel) (May 12, 1957), Dorothy W. Raphaelson, A Ziegfeld Girl, Dies at 100, Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ziegfeld_girl&oldid=1130124832, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 December 2022, at 18:22. "Ziegfeld Girl" is a 1941 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musical film starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. Al Shean as Al. 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:. Over the course of her career, she worked as a dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, writer, and rancher. 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