Release Dates Expedited shipping available on this item. The film suggests they married, which is not true. [44] At just over three hours, The Great Ziegfeld was also the longest talking film of the time. I think I am polite and see this Monsieur Junior Ziegfeld. [2], It was the 5th most popular film at the British box office in 193536. [112][113] It was MGM's most expensive production since Ben-Hur (1925), and it made back twice its cost. [50], Although the film is still viewed as a symbol of glamour and excess during the Golden Age of Hollywood, the film's contemporary reception is mixed. Pat Ryan, the future Pat Nixon, wife of Richard Nixon and First Lady of the United States, was an extra in the film. By what name was The Great Ziegfeld (1936) officially released in India in English? Ironically, three of Ziegfeld's stage shows were made into movies during his lifetime - Sally in 1929, Rio Rita in 1929, and Whoopee! Flo discovers that Billings is on his way to sign a contract with beautiful French star Anna Held. If you agree, well also use cookies to complement your shopping experience across the Amazon stores as described in our Cookie Notice. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s business was good (with Broadway's legendary Follies and more), bad (including times the showman could scarcely rub two nickels together) and rarely lacking optimistic excess. for the Silver Lining" on the piano, but he is not mentioned on any cast It is a Biopic about Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (Powell), Broadway's most famous producer of his day. Your AMC Ticket Confirmation# can be found in your order confirmation email. Surely this man must have been an exciting adventurer, instead we have a mild man always asking for money. William Powell is fine as Florenz Ziegfeld, but it is Best Actress Oscar winner Louise Rainer who shines as Anna Held. The music and dance numbers are amazing, especially considering the fact that special effects was . [111]:228229[114]:201 A 1978 NBC-television film, Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women, stars Paul Shenar as Ziegfeld. How are ratings calculated?Toggle ExpandToggle Expand. As his business grows, audiences start to see his morals slip away with the shows he is willing to put on, as he starts to put profit and ego above all else He was known as the "glorifier of the American girl". AMERICAN GROOVES RADIO HOUR hosted by JOE LAURO 00:54:34 From 1908-1931 THE ZIEGFELD FOLLIES were perhaps the most well known and beloved of the Broadway reviews. But the reality is that both men are broke and Ziegfeld realizes this. 1936 Conditions Governing Access. Flo sends Anna flowers and jewelry and a note saying "you were magnificent my wife", and she agrees to marry him, flaunting her new diamonds to her fellow performers. The theater was showing a triple Ziegfeld feature: The Great Ziegfeld, Ziegfeld Follies and Ziegfeld Girl. He and Burke are interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, New York. Luise Rainer, First to Win Back-to-Back Acting Oscars, Dies at 104. The Great Ziegfeld, 1936, Box: 4, Folder: 2. srt. https://findingaids.lib.msu.edu//repositories/4/archival_objects/517395 Accessed April 18, 2023. However, Flo manages to generate publicity by sending 20 gallons of milk to Anna every day for a fictitious milk bath beauty treatment, then refusing to pay the bill. Cinemark From 1907 onwards his name became synonymous with a spectacular annual musical review on Broadway and he also found time to develop the careers of other stars such as Fanny Brice (who plays herself) and Eddie Cantor. a rival taunts. Ziegfeld took men's natural desire to see shows with pretty women more respectable beginning in 1907 and prepared the way for the glamorous musicals of the 1930s, this film being one of the finest examples. We work hard to protect your security and privacy. Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections. Boxes 4-5: 26 x 13 x 39 cm, Part of the Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections Repository. Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head: Season 2, Link to The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel: Season 5, Link to Marvel Movies Ranked Worst to Best by Tomatometer, Link to RT25: Celebrating 25 Years of Rotten Tomatoes, Link to Betty Gilpin & Co. on Deciphering. She is best remembered from The Wizard of Oz as Glinda and Ms Loy is not really much like her, but she is always worth watching. This is one of those biopics that the studios used to churn out and is a superior example of the genre with good performances all round, and a better than good one from Louise Rainer as an actress called Anna Held, one of the great man's lovers. This lively biopic depicts the rise of Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell), a theater producer who became renowned during the 1920s for his lavish stage productions. The Follies featured many performers who, though well known from previous work in other theatrical genres, achieved unique financial success and publicity with Ziegfeld. She is best remembered from The Wizard of Oz as Glinda and Ms Loy is not really much like her, but she is always worth watching. Coming Soon. [43], The film, which premiered in Los Angeles at the Carthay Circle Theatre, was the first musical film in history for which one of its cast members won an Academy Award. - And why is it junior? Ziegfeld Follies. Watch online Download Subtitles Searcher. This could & should have been a great script had it not been supervised by the great man's wife. Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was born on March 21, 1867,[3]:8 in Chicago, Illinois. [19] Further, the screenplay also gives the impression that the successful original production of Show Boat, which Ziegfeld produced, closed because of the Great Depression. Please use a different way to share. Ray Bolger and Fanny Brice play themselves and its a great shame that the latter is cut off just as she begins her famous rendition of 'My Man' but 'The Pretty Girl is Like a Melody' number featuring Dennis Morgan has to be seen to be believed. Not long after his divorce from Held, Ziegfeld married actress Billie Burke on April 11, 1914. Robert Z. Leonard, Producer: [38] In the film she believes that womanhood is defined by the "young, white, blond and slender" female, which in the sequence are "delineated as the fluffy, artificial tiers of costuming and staging". At a cost of $2.5million, Ziegfeld built the 1600-seat Ziegfeld Theatre on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. [16] The earlier scenes with Sandow, the milk bath advertising scenario, and many other sequences including several of the dramatic ups and downs of the film were fictional. I also liked seeing the tap dance routine from Ray Bolger (the scarecrow from 'The Wizard of Oz'), featuring a few splits that would undoubtedly be quite painful to the average man. [105][106], Technicolor screen versions of three of Ziegfeld's stage musicals were produced in the early sound film era. The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. Your item will be previously owned but still in great condition. The Great Ziegfeld (1936) Full Cast & Crew See agents for this cast & crew on IMDbPro Directed by Robert Z. Leonard Writing Credits William Anthony McGuire . [46] Time qualified it as "Pretentious, packed with hokum and as richly sentimental as an Irving Berlin lyric, it is, as such, top-notch entertainment. [28] In 1922, Miller had given an interview in which she accused him of "making love to chorus girls" and sending her a diamond ring as "big as her hand";[28] this essence of Ziegfeld's character is captured in the film. Despite countless contradictions between fact and fantasy, The Great Ziegfeld is an epic story of good, old-fashioned, American ingenuity. There are two versions of Robert Z. Leonard's The Great Ziegfeld in the world. The film suggests they married, which is not true. Reviews Sadly, there isnt much there though. This biopic is undeniably stylish, but loses points for excessive length, an overreliance on clichs, and historical inaccuracies. In fact Show Boat ended its original 1927 run in the spring of 1929 and the stock market crash did not occur until October of that year. For other uses, see. Despite losing all his money gambling at Monte Carlo, Flo charms Anna into signing with him instead, pretending that he doesn't know Billings. I actually watched it with her and thoroughly enjoyed it even though I am of a different generation, Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 31 May 2015. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates, Life With Father - A Restored Color Classic with William Powell & Elizabeth Taylor, A Stranger in Town: Classic Hollywood Crime Movie, Thriller - Hosted By Boris Karloff, "Return Of Andrew Bentley". 3.3 Linear Feet (5 boxes) ; Boxes 1-3: 26 x 13 x 32 cm [41] It was performed in Boston and Philadelphia until the production was postponed after Brice collapsed on stage with exhaustion. The screenplay by William Anthony McGuire was a "novelty" to many audiences who were familiar with the theatrical Broadway shows of the follies. Tap "Sign me up" below to receive our weekly newsletter Official Sites Ziegfeld was elected to the American Theatre Hall of Fame. [38], The Harriet Hoctor ballet music was scored by Con Conrad to lyrics written by Herb Magidson. The Great Ziegfeld boasts one of the most audaciously gaudy sights ever committed to celluloid. The film is occasionally cited as a "prime example of the Academy's fallibility" in a year when other critically acclaimed pictures such as Mr. 2h 54m, Distributor: [16], The extravagant "Wedding Cake" sequence featured a towering rotating volute of 70 ft diameter with 175 spiral steps, weighing 100 tons. [114]:120121, Released by MGM ten years later, Ziegfeld Follies (1946) was an all-star revue that includes Powell in a cameo role as Ziegfeld. As it is the film is bland and even Powell cannot rescue this tepid telling of the tale. I hadn't heard of some of these movies, some I love and have seen. Ziegfeld's stage spectaculars, known as the Ziegfeld Follies, began with Follies of 1907, which opened on July 7, 1907,[13] and were produced annually until 1931. Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Ray Bolger, Robert Z. Leonard, Hunt Stromberg, Reginald Owen, William Anthony McGuire, Myrna Loy, William Powell, Virginia Bruce, Luise Rainer. Florenz Ziegfeld rises from anonymity to become one of the most successful theater producers of all time. Dated and overlong at nearly three hours but still fascinating biopic of the famous showbiz impresario from his humble start as a sideshow barker for strongman Sandow to his famed Follies on Broadway. If you enjoy the movies of the 1930s, it would be wrong for you not to see The Great Ziegfeld at some point. There was no insight into him as a person or into the influence he or his shows had on the industry. The collection consists primarily of home movies.[125]. Cerebral Available to rent or buy Rent HD $2.99 Buy HD $9.99 More purchase options --David Horiuchi. Turner Classic Movies. Designed by Joseph Urban and Thomas W. Lamb, the auditorium was egg-shaped, with the stage at the narrow end. "[54] Emanuel Levy gave it a C grade and stated that it was "overlong and overblown but ultimately mediocre as a musical movie and as a biopic of the legendary showman. Badly hit by the Depression, Ziegfeld died before he could stage his comeback show. A young Flo Ziegfeld. Earth Day Projects. Stephen O. Murray and Keelung Hong Special Collections. A few book reviews may show up here as well, depending on my mood. The new show, the Ziegfeld Follies, an opulent production filled with beautiful women and highly extravagant costumes and sets, is a smash hit, and is followed by more versions of the Follies. Overall, the characters aren't fully explored, but there's still fun to be had. She faces front as the tower continues to turn. The Follies was conceived by theatrical impresario (the promoter and manager of a theater company) Florenz Ziegfeld (1869-1932) and his first wife . Audrey walks out on Flo and the show after an angry confrontation. Motion picture, Theatre, and Ballet souvenir book collection, MSS 327 large. Their father was a pen and their mother was a bottle of ink. The Great Ziegfeld won three Academy Awards: Best Picture; Best Actress in a Leading Role for Luise Rainer, and Best Dance Direction. [1][24] They had one child, Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (19162008). I thought that Luise Rainer was great but Myrna Loy was miscast and seemed to disappear as far as her character was concerned William Powell, always a joy, played a great part - which he reprised as Ziegfield in Heaven in the film The Ziegfield Perhaps too long. Starting out by promoting. Media in category "The Great Ziegfeld (film)" The following 11 files are in this category, out of 11 total. ","fractionalValue":"97","symbolPosition":"left","hasSpace":false,"showFractionalPartIfEmpty":true,"offerListingId":null,"locale":"en-GB","buyingOptionType":"PICKUP"}], You will be eligible for a full refund on items returned in original condition within 30 days of receipt. [4] Otis Ferguson, writing for New Republic magazine, remarked that the "musical numbers seem as irresistible as Ziegfeld himself". The Great Ziegfeld, 1936 Scope and Contents. Emotions in general are all muted and glossed over, making us aware of the movie being a theatrical production of its own. William Powell and Myrna Loy (The Thin Man films) star as Flo Ziegfeld and his second wife, Billie Burke, who played Glinda the good witch in The Wizard of Oz. Just confirm how you got your ticket. 20, 1936", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=The_Great_Ziegfeld&oldid=1145602718, "You Never Looked So Beautiful" by Walter Donaldson-Harold Adamson, "Queen of the Jungle" by Walter Donaldson-Harold Adamson, "Harriet Hoctor Ballet" (also known as "A Circus Must Be Different in a Ziegfeld Show") by, "Ol Man River" from "Showboat" (Jerome Kern), This page was last edited on 20 March 2023, at 01:01. Luise Rainer plays his first wife, the performer Anna Held, and turns in a mediocre performance, so it's harder to understand her Oscar. "[53], Dave Kehr of the Chicago Reader called it "amazingly dull, even with William Powell in the lead and guest appearances by the likes of Ray Bolger and Fanny Brice. "[48] Frank S. Nugent of The New York Times was also highly praising of the film, noting that it had "more stars than there are in the heavens" and remarking that "the picture achieves its best moments in the larger sequences devoted to the Girls ballet, chorus and show. [45] The New York American said that the film is "pretty nearly everything such an extravaganza should be", with "romance and reality, song and dance, gaiety and beauty, pathos and bathos". This film undoubtedly takes liberties with how the actual story went down, but I kinda expected that. English, Director: Cinemark The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. isaptly celebrated in this marvellous musical biography. The Circus is gobsmackingly awful by todays expectations. There is no insight into WHY he was so ambitious or WHY women threw themselves at him. When she showed up in his office as an adult, I thought their relationship would be explored more, but it was just dropped. 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