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    Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin...
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    The term "Ziegfeld Girl" (or "Ziegfeld Follies Girl") is used broadly to describe the "singers, showgirls, comediennes, [and] dancers" who appeared in...
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    appeared in the shows. The Ziegfeld Follies were known for displaying beautiful chorus girls, commonly called Ziegfeld Girls, who "paraded up and down...
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    the "glorifier of the American girl". Ziegfeld is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame. Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was born on March 21, 1867...
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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...
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  • Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed...
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  • Funny Girl is a 1968 American biographical musical film directed by William Wyler and written by Isobel Lennart, adapted from her book for the stage musical...
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  • " – Mrs. Brice and Eddie Ryan "His Love Makes Me Beautiful" – Ziegfeld Tenor, Ziegfeld Girls and Fanny Brice "I Want to Be Seen with You Tonight" – Nick...
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    Billie Burke (category American film actresses)
    She had appearances in the Topper film series. She was married to Broadway producer and impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. from 1914 until his death in 1932...
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  • The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo is a 2011 mystery thriller film directed by David Fincher from a screenplay by Steven Zaillian. It is based on the 2005...
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    "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the Ziegfeld Follies. The first verse...
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    singer who starred on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, notably in the Ziegfeld Follies and George White's Scandals. Pennington was born in Wilmington...
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    Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The...
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    screen Goldwyn Girls after the stage sensation Ziegfeld Follies around 1929 when Ziegfeld came west to Hollywood to assist in the film production of his...
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  • published his 1928 novel Show Girl (on which the musical was loosely based). The Broadway production was produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, directed by McGuire, and...
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    specialised in dressing trendsetting stage and film performers, ranging from the stars of the Ziegfeld Follies on Broadway to silent screen icons such...
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    Gladys Feldman (category Ziegfeld girls)
    long run as a Ziegfeld girl, appearing in Ziegfeld Follies of 1915, Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic 1915, Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and Ziegfeld Follies of 1918...
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  • Women, a 1978 television film Ziegfeld Theatre (disambiguation) Ziegfeld girl, a woman appearing in the eponymous follies Ziegfeld's, a bar in Washington...
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    Doris Eaton Travis (category Ziegfeld girls)
    film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of acclaimed chorus girls who...
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  • actual film. Dreamgirls premiered on December 4, 2006, at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City, where it received a standing ovation. The film's Los Angeles...
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    Caren Marsh Doll (category American film actresses)
    notable as one of Judy Garland's stand-ins in The Wizard of Oz (1939) and Ziegfeld Girl (1941). She is one of the last surviving actors from the Golden Age...
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  • when the studio was targeting young adult audiences. The film had its premiere at the Ziegfeld Theatre in New York City on April 17, 1980, but was pulled...
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    Fanny Brice (category Ziegfeld Follies)
    "The Girls from Happy Land Starring Sliding Billy Watson". Two years later, she began her association with Florenz Ziegfeld, headlining his Ziegfeld Follies...
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    Mary Eaton (category Ziegfeld girls)
    major feature film around her. Glorifying the American Girl (1929) was to be a spectacular, all-talking extravaganza worthy of Ziegfeld (who receives...
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    Consuelo Flowerton (category Ziegfeld Follies)
    to her gaining the nicknames "poster girl" and "war poster girl." In 1921, Flowerton performed with the Ziegfeld Follies. She went on to perform in several...
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    Annabelle Moore (category American film actresses)
    actress who appeared in numerous early silent films. She was the original Gibson Girl in the 1907 Ziegfeld Follies. Annabelle Whitford was born in Chicago...
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    Olive Thomas (category Ziegfeld girls)
    time as a Ziegfeld girl, she also appeared in the more risqué show The Midnight Frolic. In 1916, she began a successful career in silent films and would...
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    Gold digger (section Film)
    Gold Diggers in 1919. Hopwood first heard the term in a conversation with Ziegfeld performer Kay Laurell. As an indication on how new the slang term was,...
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  • the cab driver after Hannah leaves the Ziegfeld audition (uncredited) The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: 2004: AFI's 100...
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    Rebel Randall (category American film actresses)
    (1941) Ziegfeld Girl (film) (1941) Pacific Blackout (1941) Arabian Nights (1942 film) (1942) Fall In (1942) Sin Town (1942) Holiday Inn (film) (1942)...
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