Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

1945 | 1h 49m | Comedy, Drama | TV-G

Brief Synopsis

Legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld imagines the kind of Follies he could produce with MGM's musical stars.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Vincente Minnelli

George Sidney

Lemuel Ayers

CAST

Fred Astaire

Lucille Ball

William Powell

Judy Garland

Fanny Brice

Kathryn Grayson

Lena Horne

Gene Kelly

Red Skelton

Esther Williams

Cyd Charisse

Hume Cronyn

Virginia O'Brien

Keenan Wynn

Peter Lawford

Lucille Bremer

James Melton

Victor Moore

Edward Arnold

PRODUCERS

Arthur Freed

WRITERS

Information not available.

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04:43
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Love (Lena Horne)
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A relatively modest production number, in MGMs three million dollar musical, based on the premise of deceased impresario Florenz Ziegfeld imagining the show he could stage with MGM talent, Lena Horne with an original tune by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, in Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
04:43
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Love (Lena Horne)
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A relatively modest production number, in MGMs three million dollar musical, based on the premise of deceased impresario Florenz Ziegfeld imagining the show he could stage with MGM talent, Lena Horne with an original tune by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, in Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
03:45
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Another Heavenly Day
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About as tight as the narrative gets, William Powell is introduced as the deceased Florenz Ziegfeld, upstairs, remembering his own beginnings with the aid of Lou Bunin's puppets, in the MGM musical comedy variety showcase Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
02:48
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Black Cats
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Second part of the first big production number, Vincente Minnelli directing and indications that producer Arthur Freed gave his creatives (Helen Rose costumes, design by Cedric Gibbons et al) a pretty free hand, Lucille Ball silent but, what would she say? In Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
03:58
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) My Next Picture
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Just the closing minutes of this segment called "A Great Lady Gives An Interview," song by Roger Edens and Kay Thompson, Judy Garland as a Hollywood diva, Charles Walters directing, a piece Greer Garson is said to have declined, in the MGM variety musical Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
04:02
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Glorifying Girls
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William Powell as the late Florenz Ziegfeld, imagining the show he would stage, throwing to pal Fred Astaire, into "Here's To The Girls" by Roger Edens and producer Arthur Freed, mostly featuring ballet and the thin, young Cyd Charisse, in MGM's Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
03:21
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) A Water Ballet
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There had only been one full-blown Esther Williams swimming feature (Bathing Beauty, 1944) when this came out so it was pretty extravagant at the time, Merrill Pye the uncredited director, an early number in MGM's variety showcase Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) The Babbitt And The Bromide
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Joining a couple of minutes into the big Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly number, the song by George and Ira Gershwin, their only performance together until That's Entertainment nearly 30 years later, working toward the climax in MGM's enormous Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.
Ziegfeld Follies - (Original Trailer)
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Legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld imagines the kind of Follies he could produce with MGM's musical stars in Ziegfeld Follies (1946) starring Judy Garland.

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