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The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air .
Ziegfeld Follies. Between 1907 and the early 1930s, the Ziegfeld Follies was the most spectacular and famous American revue (a theatrical production consisting of songs, skits, and dance numbers). The Follies was conceived by theatrical impresario (the promoter and manager of a theater company) Florenz Ziegfeld (1869–1932) and his first wife ...
Ziegfeld Follies: Directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters. With Fred Astaire, Lucille ...
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- Comedy, Musical
- Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis
- 1946-04-08
Ziegfeld Follies was a legendary series of theatrical revues produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. Spanning several decades from 1907 to 1957, each edition of the Follies featured a lavish spectacle of skits, musical numbers, and show-stopping performances by renowned stars and emerging talent.
Ziegfeld Follies. (film) Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over. [3] Other directors that are claimed to have ...
The Ziegfeld Follies was a theatrical juggernaut that did far more than launch the career of Marilyn Miller. It forever transformed the Broadway musical. When the show was first mounted in 1907 ...
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Running only 123 performances, the Ziegfeld Follies finally faded from the American scene. Ziegfeld's bold moves and vision in the early 20th century changed the American stage. It also changed America's music as well, but inadvertently. Ziegfeld was a promoter, a producer and many other things but he was not a musician.
