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    Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927 at the New Amsterdam Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 at the Ziegfeld Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of...
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    Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced...
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    Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed...
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    appeared in Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s theatrical Broadway revue spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies. When Ziegfeld's Follies began in 1907, advertisements...
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    fictionalized and sanitized tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and a cinematic adaptation of Broadway's Ziegfeld Follies, with highly elaborate costumes, dances...
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    that film and the later Ziegfeld Follies, Ziegfeld himself does not appear as a character. As happens every year, Florenz Ziegfeld is seeking new talent...
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    Truth Game – 1930 Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 – 1934 (producer) Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 – 1936 (producer) This Rock – 1943 Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 – 1943...
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  • scheduled for demolition, previously home to a musical revue (based on the Ziegfeld Follies). The evening follows a reunion of the Weismann Girls who performed...
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    Lillian Lorraine (category Ziegfeld girls)
    actress of the 1910s and 1920s, and a prominent Ziegfeld Girl in the Broadway revues Ziegfeld Follies during the 1910s. Lorraine was born in Utah, most...
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  • career of humorist and performer Will Rogers, using as a backdrop the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined, and describes episodes in his life in the...
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    of the roof theater's renovation, Ziegfeld began displaying Danse de Follies, a racier sister show of the Follies, in 1915. Subsequently, known as the...
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  • The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 is a musical revue with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Vernon Duke and sketches by Gershwin and David Freedman. The Ziegfeld...
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    born in 1946. He subsequently directed Garland in The Clock (1945), Ziegfeld Follies (1945) and The Pirate (1948). He divorced Garland in 1951. Throughout...
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    Doris Eaton Travis (category Ziegfeld girls)
    had become a dancer and assistant to the director with the Ziegfeld Follies. The Follies were a series of elaborate musical revues on Broadway in New...
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    hosted the Ziegfeld Follies once again in 1943, with Milton Berle, Jack Cole, Ilona Massey, and Arthur Treacher. This edition of the Follies ran longer...
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    The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air was a program broadcast on CBS Radio during the 1930s which attempted to bring the success of Florenz Ziegfeld's stage...
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    written by Irving Berlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the Ziegfeld Follies. The first verse and refrain are considered part of the Great American...
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    Eddie Cantor (category Ziegfeld Follies)
    year later, Cantor made his Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1917. He continued in the Follies until 1927, a period considered[by whom?] the best...
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  • The Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 was a revue produced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Billed as the thirteenth edition of the Ziegfeld Follies series, it had a tryout...
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    Fanny Brice (category Ziegfeld Follies)
    association with Florenz Ziegfeld, headlining his Ziegfeld Follies in 1910 and 1911. She was hired again in 1921 and performed in the Follies into the 1930s. In...
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    Bert Williams (category Ziegfeld Follies)
    Bandanna Land (1908) Ziegfeld Follies of 1910 Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 Ziegfeld Follies of 1919 Lime Kiln...
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    behest of Flo Ziegfeld for the showman's personal enjoyment. Showgirls (c. 1920) Virginia Biddle, by Alfred Cheney Johnston Ziegfeld Follies showgirl Dorothy...
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    (2020). American Gold Digger: Marriage, Money, and the Law from the Ziegfeld Follies to Anna Nicole Smith. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: University of North...
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    Kay Laurell (category Ziegfeld girls)
    artists' model. After catching the eye of Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., she was cast in the Ziegfeld Follies where she debuted in 1914. A popular performer who...
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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, Delaware...
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    introduced to Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. by Will Marion Cook, Roberts composed numbers for Bert Williams, then the star of the Ziegfeld Follies. Roberts created...
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    numerous early silent films. She was the original Gibson Girl in the 1907 Ziegfeld Follies. Annabelle Whitford was born in Chicago. She made her debut at age...
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  • major star with the Ziegfeld Follies ("Rat-Tat-Tat-Tat"). Nick asks Ziegfeld to invest in a gambling casino, but although Ziegfeld passes, Fanny insists...
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    devastating U.S.O. plane crash (see below). In 1933, Froman joined the Ziegfeld Follies, where she was befriended by Fannie Brice. In 1934, at age 27, she...
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    television series Batman (1966–1967). Her other stage credits include Ziegfeld Follies in 1956, Lola in Damn Yankees! in 1961 and, in 1965, as Irma in regional...
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