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The Great Ziegfeld
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows
1936 · Directed by Robert Z. Leonard · 185 min · Music · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
The Sensation of the Century!
Crew
- Screenplay: William Anthony McGuire
- Cinematography: Oliver T. Marsh, Merritt B. Gerstad, Karl Freund, George J. Folsey
- Edited by: William S. Gray
- Music: Arthur Lange
- Produced by: Hunt Stromberg
Cast
- William Powell as Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.
- Myrna Loy as Billie Burke
- Luise Rainer as Anna Held
- Frank Morgan as Billings
- Fanny Brice as Fannie Brice
- Virginia Bruce as Audrey Dane
- Reginald Owen as Sampston
- Ray Bolger as Ray Bolger
- Ernest Cossart as Sidney
- Joseph Cawthorn as Dr. Ziegfeld
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget: $2,183,000
- Box office: $4,673,000
- Themes: biography, based on true story, producer, broadway, musical revue, 19th century, 20th century, based on real person, impresario
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