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The Great Ziegfeld: Directed by Robert Z. Leonard. With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan. The ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., famed producer of extravagant stage revues, are portrayed.
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- Drama, Musical
- Robert Z. Leonard
- 1936-09-23
Feb 8, 2013 · “The Great Ziegfeld” is a fictionalized biography of Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, played by William Powell. Rainer plays Anna Held, who the film says is Ziegfeld’s first wife. In reality, Held and Ziegfeld lived together for a year while she was getting divorced.
The following year she was given a supporting part in the musical biography The Great Ziegfeld, where, despite limited appearances, her emotion-filled performance so impressed audiences that she was awarded the Academy Award for Best Actress. She was later dubbed the "Viennese teardrop" for her dramatic telephone scene in the film. [4] .
Jun 23, 2021 · In both The Great Ziegfeld and The Good Earth, Rainer played long-suffering, indefatigable, and loyal wives, first to celebrated impresario Florenz Ziegfeld and then to a Chinese peasant. Both performances had far more depth and nuance to them than the studio seemed to recognize.
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The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr., Luise Rainer as Anna Held, and Myrna Loy as Billie Burke .
Dec 31, 2014 · Her next film, “The Great Ziegfeld” (1936), a hugely entertaining biography of flamboyant impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (1867-1932), was an ode to showmanship with Miss Rainer impersonating Ziegfeld’s first wife, Anna Held (1872-1918), a former famous actress-singer.
Dec 30, 2014 · Luise Rainer as Anna Held with William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. in the 1936 film “The Great Ziegfeld.”. MGM, via Photofest. By Robert D. McFadden. Dec. 30, 2014. Luise Rainer,...
