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	The Great Ziegfeld - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Although Florenz Ziegfeld's life provides a plot thread for this movie, it's really meant to showcase a series of spectacular musical productions.
		In its cast were William Powell (as Ziegfeld), Myrna Loy (as Ziegfeld's wife Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (as the actress Anna Held), Nat Pendleton (as strongman Eugen Sandow), Frank Morgan and Virginia Bruce.
		Ziegfeld performers Fanny Brice and Ray Bolger played themselves.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/The_Great_Ziegfeld (202 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936 b 176') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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: 2007-11-06)
		Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s busness was good (with Broadway's legendary "Follies" and more), bad (including times the showman could scarcely rub two nickels together) and rarely lacking optimistic excess.
		Her show initially flops, but Ziegfeld plants some silly stories about milk baths in the press to attract attention, and it works.
		The Great Ziegfeld appears in an aspect ratio of 1.33:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; due to those dimensions, the image has not been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.
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	Great Ziegfeld, The (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Great Ziegfeld, Robert Z. Leonard, William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest Cossart, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat Pendleton...
		The Great Ziegfeld" is a biographic film on Broadway impressario, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., the man who "glorified the...
		The Great Ziegfeld casts William Powell at the head of a lustrous cast including real-life Ziegfeldians and Hollywood...
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	The Flick Filosopher \| The Great Ziegfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 (635 words)

	THE GREAT ZIEGFELD
		Powell's consummate charm and boundless energy make Ziegfeld's journey from carnival barker to world-famous producer amusing and exciting, despite some plodding pitstops along the way.
		As visually breathtaking as the stage pieces are, they slow down the story, sometime going on for over 10 minutes at a time.
		We need to see them in their entirety to enable us to understand why Ziegfeld was so important in the theater world, but I did find myself slightly bored on a few occasions.
	www.crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsG/f_great_ziegfeld.html (437 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > The Great Ziegfeld
		In place of a character, the writer hangs several traits on Ziegfeld (incessant telegrams, extravagance, a superstition about elephants) and establishes his rapport with women through a 7 year-old girl (!) and his annoying habit of criticizing their clothing.
		As grotesque as it is, The Great Ziegfeld is no more banal than any modern Best Picture Oscar winner, and is certainly a key film to understand MGM's colossal ego trip in the midst of the depression.
		Warners' DVD of The Great Ziegfeld is a fine presentation, with the show in near perfect shape and in most scenes showing less grain than Mutiny on the Bounty.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=9209 (1341 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld
		Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s business was good (with Broadway's legendary Follies and more), bad (including times the showman could scarcely rub two nickels together) and rarely lacking optimistic excess.
		GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936) C 177m dir: Robert Z. Leonard w/William Powell, Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen, Nat Pendleton, Virginia Bruce, Ernest Cossart, Robert Greig, Raymond Walburn...
		The Great Ziegfeld: The Great Ziegfeld (1936) William Powell - Florenz Ziegfeld Luise Rainer - Anna Held Myrna Loy - Billie Burke Frank Morgan - Billings Reginald Owen - Sampson Nat Pendleton - Sandow Virginia Bruce - Audrey Lane...
	www.elipsiselectronics.com /B00000JQUG/The_Great_Ziegfeld.html (1377 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Although (United States theatrical producer noted for a series of extravagant revues known as the Ziegfeld Follies (1869-1932)) Florenz Ziegfeld's life provides a plot thread for this movie, it's really meant to showcase a series of spectacular musical productions.
		The film includes original music by (Click link for more info and facts about Walter Donaldson) Walter Donaldson and (United States songwriter (born in Russia) who wrote more than 1500 songs and several musical comedies (1888-1989)) Irving Berlin.
		Ziegfeld performers (Click link for more info and facts about Fanny Brice) Fanny Brice and (Click link for more info and facts about Ray Bolger) Ray Bolger played themselves.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/t/th/the_great_ziegfeld.htm (352 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Florenz Ziegfeld, William Powell; Billie Burke, Myrna Loy; Anna Held; Luise Rainer; Billings, Frank Morgan; Fannie Brice, Herself; Audrey Dane, Virginia Bruce; Sampson, Reginald Owen; Ray Bolger, Himself; Sidney, Ernest Cossart; Dr.
		Ziegfeld, Joseph Cawthorne; Eddie Cantor, Buddy Doyle; Will Rogers, A.A. Trimble; Sandow, Nat Pendleton; Harriet Hoctor, Herself.
		The Great Ziegfeld was one of the year's top-grossing films.
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	Ziegfeld, Florenz on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1907 he first produced the Ziegfeld Follies, for 24 years an annual revue famous for its extraordinarily elaborate staging, variety of performers, and chorus of beautiful women.
		He was married to Anna Held from 1897 to 1913 and in 1914 married Billie Burke.
		First of the Red Hot Mamas: "Coon Shouting" and the Jewish Ziegfeld Girl.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/Z/Ziegfeld.asp (305 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
		The film starts with Ziegfeld's early years running a show with the legendary strongman The Great Sandow, up until his death in 1932.
		The lead role is played by William Powell, who does not give any depth or character to Ziegfeld, though one could argue that this was the fault of the script, not the actor.
		It features specially recorded interviews with Ziegfeld's daughter, now in her late eighties, and another Ziegfeld who has written a biography of his ancestor.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/Reviews.asp?ID=4451 (1607 words)

	DVD.net : The Great Ziegfeld - DVD Review
		And some of the scenes featuring his famous long-legged Ziegfeld Girls are pretty impressive - even if this account of his life leaves out the way he constantly (and usually successfully) chased them.
		The closing scene, as the dying Ziegfeld looks back on his life, is a visual and textual cliche, but a relatively successful one.
		Most fascinating here are the lengthy interview-clips with the elderly but still radiantly beautiful and articulate Luise Rainer - she comes across as a remarkable person, whose strength is at odds with the flabby weakness of much of the movie.
	www.dvd.net.au /review.cgi?review_id=3828 (958 words)

	Amazon.ca: DVD: Great Ziegfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Great Ziegfeld manages to combine an interesting story with spectacular production numbers, something that MGM musicals of the early sound era achieved on only an occasional basis.
		"The Great Ziegfeld" is a biographic film on Broadway impressario, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., the man who "glorified the American girl".
		"The Great Ziegfeld" is a biographic film based on the life of Broadway impressario, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
	www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00012FXJ0 (1132 words)

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	DVD : The Great Ziegfeld (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		THE GREAT ZIEGFELD, often misspelled as Ziegfield, a lavish biopic from the consistently underrated MGM director Robert Z. Leonard (did the "Z" stand for "Ziegfeld"?
		The true facts of Flo Ziegfeld's marriage to soubrette Billie Burke may never be known, but Eve Golden's 2000 biography of Anna Held gave a good, wide-screen picture of his charm and business savvy.
		Covering forty years of a man's life from 1893 until 1932 in a hugely engrossing 184 minutes of screen time (plus intermission), THE GREAT ZIEGFELD (1936, MGM) is the summit of the so-called Golden Age of Hollywood, a "guilty pleasure" masterpiece, and a richly deserved Best Picture Oscar winner.
	www.morroccan.com /ItemId/B00012FXJ0 (281 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Plot Outline: This biography follows the ups and downs of Florenz Ziegfeld, famed producer of extravagant stage revues.
		This was substantially more than it cost the real Ziegfeld to produce a whole show.
		Goofs: Continuity: During the circus number, each dog moves forward into a box painted on the floor of the stage.
	us.imdb.com /Title?0027698 (389 words)

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		In MGM's three-hour-plus The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell stars as the titular theatrica...
		In MGM's three-hour-plus The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell stars as the titular theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for...
		In MGM's three-hour-plus The Great Ziegfeld, William Powell stars as the titular theatrical impresario, whose show business empire begins when he stage-manages a tour for legendary strongman Sandow (Nat Pendleton).
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	Magill's Survey of Cinema: THE GREAT ZIEGFELD@ HighBeam Research (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Abstract: This screen biography of Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) begins with his early days as a carnival barker and his friendly rivalry with his competitor Billings (Frank Morgan).
		Ziegfeld hires and marries French singer Anna Held (Luise Rainer) and begins his climb to the top as a Broadway showman.
		Summary: THE GREAT ZIEGFELD won the Oscar as Best Picture of 1936 over nine...
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	The Great Ziegfeld : DVD & Movie Reviews :
		Two showmen Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell) and Jack Billings (Frank Morgan) compete with each other to attract the crowds at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
		Having found that great truth he modifies his star act into the body beautiful with muscles twitching in time to music to a rapturous audience.
		The Great Ziegfeld is a long movie, too long.
	www.webwombat.com.au /entertainment/dvds/ziegfield.htm (257 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld
		An aside: Flo's second wife, Billie was a contract player at MGM during this time and she is largely credited with the idea for creating a film out of the life of her late husband.
		The DVD transfer of "The Great Ziegfeld" is surprisingly smooth and very well balanced.
		Unfortunately, there is an excess of age related dirt and scratches throughout.
	www.mediascreen.com /g/greatziegfeld.htm (254 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld - DVD
		In other casting, having Fannie Brice playing herself must have been a no-brainer, but the truth is that the great stars of Ziegfeld made very few movies and were skittish about playing for the movie cameras.
		The last 45 minutes of THE GREAT ZIEGFELD has Harriet Hocter play herself for another opulent musical number, "A Circus Should Be Bigger in a Ziegfeld Show." A young lady from the film's first half hour, Sally, gets a show named after her.
		We are up to the 1920s, and Ziegfeld has four shows running on Broadway at the same time.
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	Trivia for The Great Ziegfeld (1936) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		William Powell was to play Ziegfeld, Billie Burke was to play herself, and would feature specialties by 'Judy Garland' (I) (and her sisters), Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice, and Ray Bolger.
		Billie Burke, the wife of the real 'Florenz Ziegfeld', paid a visit to the film's set one day.
		She went to great lengths to make sure that writer William Anthony McGuire never besmirched the good name of 'Florenz Ziegfeld', hence the playing down of his infidelities.
	indie.imdb.com /Trivia?0027698 (508 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld Movie: The Great Ziegfeld DVD is available from Bestprices.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Great Ziegfeld Movie: The Great Ziegfeld DVD is available from Bestprices.com
		The larger-than-life career of stage genius Florenz Ziegfeld is aptly celebrated in this marvelous musical biography.
		Lavish biography of famed Broadway producer Florenz Ziegfeld, from his beginnings as a carnival sideman, to world fame, featuring numerous musical numbers and cameos by dozens of Ziegfeld notables.
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	Amazon.co.uk: DVD: The Great Ziegfeld [1936] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture, 1936's The Great Ziegfeld stars William Powell in a biopic "suggested by romances and incidents in the life of America's greatest showman, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr".
		With admirable accuracy, the film follows Ziegfeld's career from small-time sideshow barker to creator of the famous Ziegfeld Follies, the collection of singing, dancing, and comedy vaudeville acts that launched the careers of such luminaries as Fanny Brice, Ray Bolger and Harriet Hoctor--all of whom play themselves in the film.
		The ups and downs of Flo Ziegfeld who produced ever more bigger and spectacular shows and revues throughout his life...
	www.amazon.co.uk /exec/obidos/ASIN/B00012SYXC (466 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
		As he makes his way toward success, he struggles with a turbulent romance.
		Another look at Ziegfeld legend in this lavish musical.
		Similar plot examining effects of fame on personal life.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?mid=2730 (64 words)

	Moviefone: Biography: The Great Ziegfeld Movie
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	The Great Ziegfeld
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		"A bit overwhelming and overblown, it's one thing to say that this movie is great for historical purposes, but it's hard for me to imagine that anyone likes to sit through a three hour tedious musical like this."
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	The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
		The Great Ziegfeld casts William Powell at the head of a lustrous cast including real-life Ziegfeldians and Hollywood favourites (particularly Best Actress Oscar winner Luise Rainer).
		Key creative personnel from Ziegfeld shows are on board.
		And musical numbers (like A Pretty Girl Is like a Melody, which earned Seymour Felix the Best Dance Direction Oscar) meld Ziegfeld lavishness with cinematic pizzazz.
	www.michaeldvd.com.au /Discs/Disc.asp?ID=10468 (163 words)

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