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	Today in History: March 21
		Ziegfeld met Anna Held, a well-known European actress in London in 1896.
		Ziegfeld and Held worked together as partners in life and business and produced a string of popular shows such as Mam'selle Napoleon (1903) and Miss Innocence (1908), which showcased Held's talents.
		Ziegfeld married actress Billie Burke in 1914; their daughter, Patricia, was born in 1916.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar21.html (440 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Florenz Ziegfeld (March 21, 1869–July 22, 1932) was a Jewish-American Broadway impresario who achieved fame by perfecting the United States revue.
		Ziegfeld never married Anna, but they maintained a common-law relationship, outrageously scandalous in that day and age, which ended in 1913, allegedly solely because he moved his mistress into an apartment one floor up from theirs.
		Ziegfeld married the eminently respectable stage and screen actress Billie Burke in 1914, and they had a daughter, Patricia.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Florenz_Ziegfeld (366 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld - Showman and Eugen Sandow's Agent
		Florenz Ziegfeld was born in 1867 (the same year as Sandow) in Chicago.
		His father, Florenz, Sr., was head of the Chicago Musical College and a significant figure in the cultural life of the city.
		During Ziegfeld's peak period of 1915-19, Eddie Cantor, Marion Davies, and Van and Schenck appeared with the Follies, and Joseph Urban's lavish sets garnered praise.
	www.sandowmuseum.com /ziegfeld.html (631 words)

	Ziegfeld Theatre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre formerly located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City.
		The theatre was named for Florenz Ziegfeld, who built the theatre with financial backing from William Randolph Hearst.
		NBC used the Ziegfeld as a television studio from 1955 to 1963.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ziegfeld_Theatre (208 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld Collection, Biographical Sketch
		Florenz Ziegfeld was born in 1867 in Chicago.
		His father, Florenz, Sr., was head of the Chicago Musical College and a significant figure in the cultural life of the city.
		Many of the photographs in the Florenz Ziegfeld Collection were culled from the Albert Davis Collection; others are thought to have been in the possession of the Ziegfeld family at one time.
	www.hrc.utexas.edu /research/fa/ziegfeld2.bio.html (594 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld and The Ziegfeld Follies
		Ziegfeld defended Williams against the racism of others and even once threatened to move out of his apartment building when the doorman refused entry to Williams who was coming to Ziegfeld's home for dinner.
		Though completely broke as a result of his daring move, Ziegfeld's contract with Held was as good as gold and he managed to finance himself based on that contract until she arrived and could generate revenues from performance.
		Also in 1910, Ziegfeld added a fabulous stunt where the star Lillian Lorraine rode onto the stage on a pony and the stage elevator lifted them onto a swing and she and the pony swung high over the audience as the swing rode around a track in the ceiling.
	www.parlorsongs.com /issues/2004-1/thismonth/feature.asp (6403 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936 b 176') (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Ziegfeld decides to leave his father's musical conservatory and explains to little Mary Lou, who wants to marry him, that he loves all the girls.
		Ziegfeld presents her at Harold Square and is sued for his milk bill, because he provides her twenty gallons a day for bathing.
		Ziegfeld took men's natural desire to see shows with pretty women more respectable beginning in 1907 and prepared the way for the glamorous musicals of the 1930s, this film being one of the finest examples.
	www.san.beck.org /MM/1936/GreatZiegfeld.html (597 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) was struggling in the early-1890s as his circus stage shows were becoming stale and down-right dull.
		Ziegfeld was not good with money (many times having to borrow from people like Jack Billings, played by the memorable Frank Morgan) and was simply terrible when dealing with women.
		Ziegfeld did create the image of the "American girl", but in reality he knew little of the opposite sex and treated women as little more than play-things or property than actual human beings.
	us.imdb.com /title/tt0027698 (582 words)

	THE ZIEGFELD GIRL: WHO WAS SHE?
		As conceived by Florenz Ziegfeld, the "glorifier of the American girl," they were displayed to their audiences in scanty costumes, sometimes nude.
		With the exception of Baker, the Ziegfeld girls were white, described by Nadine Wells in her book, "Ziegfeld Girl: Image and Icon in Culture," as "living monuments to new ideals of white heterosexual identity," 1900-1932.
		It was in 1918 that she became a Ziegfeld girl, appearing the the Follies and Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic of 1918.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/live_and_on_stage/91362 (533 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld
		Ziegfeld organized a huge publicity campaign to broadcast his star, and the show was a spectacular success.
		Ziegfeld toured the United States with his star and it was then that he decided to turn his attention to Broadway.
		Ziegfeld was the producer of these shows which ran from 1907 through 1931.
	ezinearticles.com /?Florenz-Ziegfeld&id=576125 (770 words)

	The Broadway of Florenz Ziegfeld
		From the 1914 "Ziegfeld Follies" WandM Hobart, Hubbell and Stamper.
		Ziegfeld is quoted as saying that Lucky Strike cigarettes "most assuredly protect the voice." Note the portrait, from Ziegfeld's brief moustache period.
		It is not easy to pass the test that qualifies a girl for membership in a Ziegfeld production, but I am frank to say that once she has done so, much of the element of doubt is removed so far as the future success of her career before the footlights is concerned.
	www.americancollectiblesmuseum.org /ziegfeldcoll.htm (1100 words)

	The Flick Filosopher \| The Great Ziegfeld (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The film opens with Ziegfeld's (William Powell) strongman attraction on the midway at the 1893 Chicago World Fair -- a show that is failing until Ziegfeld turns it around with the discovery that will send him to the top: Sex appeal sells.
		But Ziegfeld also lives extravagantly, sending telegrams to people within shouting distance (the contemporary equivalent might be using a cell phone to call the next room) and gambling away his profits.
		Ziegfeld, while not the first to make money off the display of beautiful women, surely was the first to make so much of it.
	www.flickfilosopher.com /oscars/bestpix/greatziegfeld.shtml (520 words)

	Showman Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. Was Born
		Ziegfeld married Anna Held in 1897, and she inspired him to create a musical revue like the ones she had seen in Paris, featuring pretty chorus girls, chic costumes, and comedy.
		American girls were "the most beautiful girls in the world," she said.
		In New York, Ziegfeld produced the first of the spectacular Follies, the Follies of 1907, starring--who other than?--Anna Held.
	www.americaslibrary.gov /cgi-bin/page.cgi/jb/recon/ziegfeld_3 (173 words)

	Ziegfeld, Florenz on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		ZIEGFELD, FLORENZ [Ziegfeld, Florenz], 1869-1932, American theatrical producer, b.
		He was married to Anna Held from 1897 to 1913 and in 1914 married Billie Burke.
		ZiegfeldAmerican theatrical producer Florenz (Flo) Ziegfeld is one of the most revered namesmagnate.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/Ziegfeld.asp (279 words)

	The Ziegfeld Club, Inc.
		Through the portals of the Ziegfeld Club, you are welcomed to the long lost, golden era of the Broadway musical theater - the magnificent show world of Florenz Ziegfeld.
		Florenz Ziegfeld) and Bernard Sobel, one of Mr.
		Billie Burke and Bernard Sobel then chartered the Ziegfeld Club, and incorporated it as a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in compliance with federal and New York State laws.
	www.thenationalziegfeldclubinc.com (306 words)

	wetcircuit : florenz-ziegfeld
		Eaton discovers her beau has moved on just before she goes out for the finale in the Follies, and you see the emotions hit her as she struggles under the weight of an enormous headpiece that cascades around her like a fountain.
		The good thing about a follies is that they showcase a variety of talent, each to their best, and then move along before a singer has to dance or a dancer has to act….
		Ziegfeld’s elaborate staging was left intact and he got producer credit, making everyone happy and turning a profit.
	www.wetcircuit.com /tag/florenz-ziegfeld (1847 words)

	Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . Florenz Ziegfeld \| PBS
		It is said that Ziegfeld was involved in his first real-life, but accidental, "spectacular" at the age of four, when he and his family were forced to seek shelter under a bridge in Lake Park during the great Chicago fire of 1871.
		In 1929, with the depression beginning to bite, he was not so fortunate with "Show Girl," which only managed 111 performances, and to compound the failure, he suffered massive losses in the Wall Street crash of the same year.
		Ironically, Ziegfeld, whose health had been failing for some time, died of pleurisy in July, two months into the run.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/ziegfeld_f.html (480 words)

	Ziegfeld 101 - The Life and Legacy of Florenz Ziegfeld
		Ziegfeld 101 - The Life and Legacy of Florenz Ziegfeld
		His Follies remain legendary, and his Show Boat is still one of the most beloved musicals of all time.
		With his gift for publicity and his devotion to "glorifying the American Girl," he royally earned his reputation as one of the greatest showmen the theater will ever know.
	www.musicals101.com /ziegfeld.htm (83 words)

	A Girl Scout - Florenz Ziegfeld
		His father was Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld, founder of the Chicago Musical College.
		He hates to be re-minded that the letters "Ziegfeld Theatre" over the marquee are removable.
		He uses one perfume, an especially mixed scent called "Parfum Ziegfeld." Uses it to scent his theater just because his nostrils are used to it.
	www.oldandsold.com /articles10/times-square-tintypes-1.shtml (661 words)

	Judy Garland Database film review: "Ziegfeld Follies"
		In Hollywood where novelty is the spice of life, MGM's Ziegfeld Follies is the most novel of all - it's a musical WITHOUT a story!
		Flo Ziegfeld, the showman who made an American institution out of beautiful girls and gave the world its most magnificent reviews now has his immortal "follies" brought to the screen as they were originally conceived by him.
		In addition to the Ziegfeld Girls, America's most glamorous beauties, the show has the greatest constellation of star names ever to reach the screen.
	www.jgdb.com /follies.htm (626 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust!
		In 1907 in New York City he produced the first of his Ziegfeld Follies, revues that combined seminudity, pageantry, and comedy in a formula that he repeated successfully for 23 years.
		She started in show business as a chorus girl, appearing in Florenz Ziegfeld's Broadway musical Whoopee in 1930...
		Famed U.S. theatrical producer Florenz Ziegfeld is remembered for his Ziegfeld Follies, first presented in New York City in 1907.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9383344 (518 words)

	The Ziegfeld Follies of 1927
		Ziegfeld hired Ruth only after he had checked her ankles...
		Her good friend Irving Berlin was writing the music for Florenz Ziegfeld's 1927 Follies, and he introduced her to the Broadway impresario.
		The Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 opened on Forty-Second Street in the New Amsterdam Theatre.
	www.ruthetting.com /broadway/ziegfeld-follies-1927.asp (473 words)

	American Musical Theatre Links
		Here is an account of the motion picture biography of Ziegfeld, starring William Powell; Luise Ranier, whose portrayal of Anna Held won her an Oscar; and Myrna Loy as Ziegfeld's last wife, Billie Burke.
		This is the obituary of Florenz Ziegfeld, which also contains a concise overview of his life as an impressario and producer of the Ziegfeld Follies, musical revues, and musical comedies.
		Here are reviews of several biographies of Florenz Ziegfeld and his stars, including Fanny Brice.
	www.suite101.com /links.cfm/live_and_on_stage (678 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld -- Britannica Concise Encyclopedia - The online encyclopedia you can trust! (Site not responding. Last check: )
		During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, Ziegfeld managed Sandow, the strong man. In 1896 he turned to theatrical management.
		His promotion of a French beauty, Anna Held, with press releases about her milk baths brought her fame and set a pattern of star making through publicity.
		Ziegfeld married Anna Held in 1897 and, after their divorce in 1913, the actress Billie Burke.
	www.britannica.com /ebc/article-9078364 (596 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld - Rotten Tomatoes
		The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.
		Unless you were in an air conditioned movie house in Topeka, Kansas in 1936, I can’t see why anyone would want to sit through all three hours of this.
		Mildly entertaining when in biopic mode, The Great Ziegfeld fails to realize that its musical numbers are more a distraction than a beauty.
	www.rottentomatoes.com /m/great_ziegfeld (656 words)

	Dancer History Archives by StreetSwing.com - Ziegfeld Girls - Main Page (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It was her figure or beauty that when in costume would lend glamour to the production or dress up the stage.
		Florence Ziegfeld's Girls were the main exponents of this usage.
		Most of the women however ended up with nothing in the form of stardom or riches by the use of these tactics (the men were not - very stupid), however many of these ladies did became well respected over all.
	www.streetswing.com /histmai2/d2zgrls1.htm (339 words)

	Amazon.com: Ziegfeld Follies: Deluxe Collector's Set (1946) : Video (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Ziegfeld Follies were legendary stage shows that consisted entirely of musical numbers and comedy routines performed by some of the greatest stars of the day.
		The result was an outrageous budget that would have made Ziegfeld himself blanch, a wave of imaginative visuals that could have never been crammed onto even the biggest Broadway stage, a host of legendary performers, and the occasional comedy routine for relief from the sheer spectacle of it all.
		In spite of its array of stars and remarkable visuals, ZIEGFELD FOLLIES was not among MGM's box-office knockouts of the 1940s and it was rarely seen after its original theatrical release.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/6303224679?v=glance (3197 words)

	The Ziegfeld Club, Inc.
		Forgotten for over 80 years, the lost collection of Alfred Cheney Johnston's photographs is now brought to light again in the 2006 release by Rizzoli International Publications, Inc.
		In 1917, Florenz Ziegfeld hired an unknown "camera artist" named Alfred Cheney Johnston to be his official photographer.
		In 2007, The Ziegfeld Club, Inc. celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the Ziegfeld Follies in America.
	www.thenationalziegfeldclubinc.com /events.html (237 words)

	Arts - People
		An article of what made a Ziegfeld Girl, as conceived by Florenz Ziegfeld, and includes short biographies of some of the more famous girls in his stage follies.
		Profile of Ziegfeld, as well as the club's history and related information.
		Official Broadway credits for Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., biographical information and other related facts.
	www.puncat.com /Arts/People (1037 words)

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