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The Great Ziegfeld

Cast

William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan View All


Crew

Robert Z. Leonard (Director), William Anthony McGuire (Screenplay) View All

Release: Apr. 8th, 1936
Runtime: 3 hours, 5 minutes
Lavish biography of Flo Ziegfeld, the producer who became Broadway's biggest starmaker.
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mark f
Billings always seems to keep a step ahead of Ziegfeld, but Flo gets the jump on him when he snags French actress Anna Held (Best Actress winner Luise Rainer, who lived to be 104) away from Billings.
Citizen Rules
Luise Rainer as the French stage actress and his 1st wife, Anna Held whom he brought to America and made a big star out of...Myrna Loy as Billie Burke the actress, best known for playing Glinda the good witch in The Wizard of Oz.
Thief
The Great Ziegfeld follows the life of theatrical producer Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) from his humble beginnings as a "carny" and his subsequent succesful rise in Broadway, anchored by the notable Ziegfeld Follies, to his fall from grace due to financial problems and The Great Depression.


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