The Great Ziegfeld (1936)

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6.9	IMDB rating

Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard

Starring (View all)

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Billie Burke

Anna Held

Jack Billings

Fannie Brice

Audrey Dane

Sampston

Written by

William Anthony McGuire

(screenplay)

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Description: Lavish biography of famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, from his beginnings as a carnival sideman, to world fame, featuring numerous musical numbers and cameos by dozens of Ziegfeld ... Full Descriptionnotables. This movie still sets the standard for what musicals should be. The larger-than-life career of stage genius Flor ... (more)

Release date : 8 April 1936
UPC: 012569512429

Musical (6), Drama (5), Biography (4), Romance (3), 1930s (3), 1936 (3), Best Picture Oscar (3), True Story (1), Dance (1), Essential Cinema (1), Recommended (1), Dramas (1), William Powell/Myrna Loy (1), Actors Playing Themselves (1), Love (1), Best Lead Actress Oscar (1)

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"It starts off pretty well and Ziegfeld remains a mostly fascinating character throughout. The only problem is that the film gets really sidetracked with pointless dance revue scenes and, by the end, feels really empty."