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Ziegfeld Follies

Ziegfeld Follies

Music · Comedy · 1945

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

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Ziegfeld Follies

“Greatest Production Since the Birth of Motion Pictures!”

1945 Music · Comedy 1h 50m

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6.0 / 10

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The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

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The people responsible.

Directed by

Vincente Minnelli · Lemuel Ayers · Roy Del Ruth

Written by

David Freedman · Hugh Martin · Ralph Blane

William Powell

William Powell

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")

Lucille Bremer

Lucille Bremer

Princess ("This Heart of Mine") / Moy Ling ("Limehouse Blues")

Fanny Brice

Fanny Brice

Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")

Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")

Court is in session

Put Ziegfeld Follies on trial.

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The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.