| Release Date: | Apr 1936 |
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| Genres: | Biography / Drama / Musical / Romance |
| Awards: | Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 5 nominations |
| Runtime: | 185 min |
| Cast: | William Powell (Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.), Myrna Loy (Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (Anna Held), Frank Morgan (Jack Billings) Fanny Brice (Herself (as Fannie Brice)) Virginia Bruce (Audrey Dane) Reginald Owen (Sampston) Ray Bolger (Himself) Ernest Cossart (Sidney) Joseph Cawthorn (Dr. Ziegfeld (as Joseph Cawthorne)) Nat Pendleton (Sandow) Harriet Hoctor (Herself) Jean Chatburn (Mary Lou) Paul Irving (Erlanger) Herman Bing (Costumer) Charles Judels (Pierre) Marcelle Corday (Marie) Raymond Walburn (Sage) A.A. Trimble (Will Rogers) Buddy Doyle (Eddie Cantor) Wanda Allen (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Bernice Alstock (Soloist in 'Shine On, Harvest...) Franklyn Ardell (Allen (uncredited)) Earl Askam (Audience Member (uncredited)) Gertrude Astor (Sassy Blonde Anna Held Audience...) Lynn Bailey (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Monica Bannister (Ziegfield Girl (uncredited)) Bonnie Bannon (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Lynn Bari (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Jack Baxley (Detective (uncredited)) Robert Bradford (Soloist in 'Look for the Silver...) Raymond Brown (Inspector Doyle (uncredited)) Sheila Browning (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Charles Bruins (Singer (uncredited)) David Burns (Clarence (uncredited)) James P. Burtis (Bill (uncredited)) Edna Callaghan (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Buddy Clark (Singer (uncredited)) Wallis Clark (Stock Broker (uncredited)) Thomas Clarke (Ol' Man River' soloist in...) Clay Clement (Jack - Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)) Charles Coleman (Carriage Starter (uncredited)) Helen Collins (Miss Drake (uncredited)) James Conaty (Hotel Guest (uncredited)) Diane Cook (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Earl Covert (Soloist in 'Rio Rita'...) Pauline Craig (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Adrienne D'Ambricourt (Wife of French Ambassador (uncredited)) Mickey Daniels (Telegraph Boy (uncredited)) Bill Days (Soloist in 'Shine On, Harvest...) Hester Dean (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) William Demarest (Gene Buck (uncredited)) Dick Dennis (Singer (uncredited)) Evelyn Dockson (Fat Woman (uncredited)) Jay Eaton (Theatregoer (uncredited)) Sarah Edwards (Wardrobe Woman (uncredited)) Zari Elmassian (Soloist in 'Look for the Silver...) Charles Fallon (French Ambassador (uncredited)) Susan Fleming (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Ruth Gillette (Lillian Russell) Ann Gillis (Mary Lou as a Child (uncredited)) Peter Gowland (Dancer (uncredited)) Robert Greig (Joe) Virginia Grey (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Billy Griffith (Husband at Chicago World's Fair...) Mary Halsey (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Bert Hanlon (Jim (uncredited)) Jeanne Hart (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Patricia Havens-Monteagle (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Grace Hayle (Wife at Chicago World's Fair...) Joan Holland (Patricia Ziegfeld (uncredited)) Shep Houghton (Dancer (uncredited)) Boothe Howard (Willie Zimmerman (uncredited)) Mary Howard (Miss Carlisle (uncredited)) John Hyams (Dave Stamper (uncredited)) Selmer Jackson (Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)) Alfred P. James (Stage Door Man (uncredited)) Suzanne Kaaren (Ruth Blair (uncredited)) Alice Keating (Alice (uncredited)) Mary Lange (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Toni Lanier (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) John Larkin (Sam (uncredited)) Rosina Lawrence (Sally Manners (uncredited)) Margaret Lyman (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Frances MacInerney (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Tandy MacKenzie (Singer (uncredited)) Edwin Maxwell (Charles Frohman) Julie Mooney (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Dennis Morgan (Stage Singer in 'Pretty...) Miss Morocco (Little Egypt (uncredited)) Esther Muir (Burlesque Prima Donna (uncredited)) Pat Nixon (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Barry Norton (Nightclub Patron (uncredited)) Pearlie Norton (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Dennis O'Keefe (Dancer (uncredited)) Carlita Orr (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Claire Owen (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Wanda Perry (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Lee Phelps (Theatre Doorman (uncredited)) Bob Priester (Singer (uncredited)) Mae Questel (Rosie (uncredited)) Evelyn Randolph (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Cyril Ring (Reporter (uncredited)) Byron Russell (Audience Member (uncredited)) Barlow Simpson (Trooper on Parade (uncredited)) Georgia Spence (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Larry Steers (Audience Spectator (uncredited)) Libby Taylor (Flossie - Audrey's Maid...) Paul Taylor (Soloist in 'After the Ball'...) Phil Tead (Press Agent (uncredited)) Charles Trowbridge (Julian Mitchell (uncredited)) Richard Tucker (Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)) Ellinor Vanderveer (Audience Member (uncredited)) Venita Varden (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Dolly Verner (Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)) Allan Watson (Singer (uncredited)) Eric Wilton (Desk Clerk (uncredited)) |
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows (sections of which appear in the film). French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but it's not easy being married to the man who "glorified the American girl." Late in life, now married to Billie Burke, he seems to be all washed up, but...
