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	Ziegfeld on What Makes a Ziegfeld Girl
		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.
		There is a prevalent impression that once a girl is enlisted under the Ziegfeld standard, her troubles are over and her hard work is ended.
		The society girl, tired of that life, the school teacher wearied with the duties of her daily grind, the one whose life has heretofore been devoid of purpose, the stenographer, cashier or even the waitress.
	www.musicals101.com /ziegspeaks.htm (674 words)

	Community Zoe - Articles on Fine Art Nude photographers - Alfred Cheney Johnston
		Ziegfeld's girls were famous for being taller, slimmer and leggier than earlier performers, and thanks to short, clinging or transparent garments, his audiences saw more female flesh than ever before.
		Ziegfeld very skillfully expanded the limits of good taste, insisting that he was portraying the beauty of the nude - not the naked-body.
		Indeed, Ziegfeld was known as an "authority" on the American Beauty, specifying her physical attributes (5 feet, 5 1/2 inches, 117 pounds, shoe size 5, etc.), as well as her less quantifiable qualities (poise, natural refinement, spirit and "the quality of glory").
	www.communityzoe.com /articles/johnston.html (1729 words)

	Ziegfeld Follies - Synopsis - Moviefone (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The presence of William Powell as legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld at the beginning of Ziegfeld Follies might lead an impressionable viewer from thinking that this 1946 film is a Technicolor sequel to the 1936 Oscar-winning The Great Ziegfeld.
		We meet a grayed, immaculately garbed Ziegfeld in Paradise (his daily diary entry reads "Another heavenly day"), where he looks down upon the world and muses over the sort of show he'd be putting on were he still alive.
		Evidently Ziegfeld's shade has something of a celestial conduit to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios, since his "dream" show is populated almost exclusively by MGM stars.
	movies.aol.com /movie/ziegfeld-follies/3218/synopsis (437 words)

	The Great Ziegfeld (1936 b 176') (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		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)

	Ziegfeld Follies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris, the Ziegfeld Follies were conceived and mounted by Florenz Ziegfeld, reportedly at the suggestion of his then-wife, the entertainer Anna Held.
		The Ziegfeld Follies were also famous for many beautiful chorus girls commonly known as Ziegfeld girls (which, over the years, included many future stars such as Marilyn Miller, Marion Davies, Mae Murray, Paulette Goddard, Joan Blondell, Nita Naldi, Dorothy Mackaill, Eve Arden, Billie Dove, Gilda Gray, Barbara Stanwyck, and Louise Brooks.
		Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 at the Moulin Rouge
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ziegfeld_Follies (655 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld Collection, Biographical Sketch
		Florenz Ziegfeld was born in 1867 in Chicago.
		In 1907 Ziegfeld opened the Follies of 1907, a revue in the style of the Paris revues he had seen while overseas in 1905.
		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)

	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 (541 words)

	todclooney
		Ziegfeld borrowed $2,500,000 from William Randolph Hearst and erected a theater to his own precise specifications in 1927.
		Ziegfeld made famous by starring them in his shows were legion and some reverberate even today.
		Of course, there were also the 'Ziegfeld Girls,' beautiful women hired, groomed and promoted by Ziegfeld himself to be showcased in tableaux between his star attractions.
	www.cincypost.com /living/1999/cloon031299.html (723 words)

	Ziegfeld Girl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Ziegfeld Girl makes an interesting argument about the way in which fashion is used to authenticate and position the body.
		The excessive display of the Ziegfeld Girl is connected both to the avant-garde fashion industry and the conventional nationalist rhetoric of the Glorified American Girl.
		It contextualizes the Hollywood musical in the Ziegfeld Girl's history of display but also uses an auteurist (Ziegfeld and Berkeley), stardom (Marion Davies and Judy Garland) and genre motif (of the Ziegfeld Girl as "type") approach to position the Ziegfeld Girl as a racialized ideal of American femininity.
	www.nottingham.ac.uk /american/films/journal/bookrev/ziegfeld_girl.htm (766 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 (6402 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Ziegfeld Follies
		Ziegfeld, of course, is Florenz Ziegfeld, the impresario whose Ziegfeld Follies was Broadway's own Folies Bergères from 1907 through 1931.
		The most famous bit in Ziegfeld Follies is the only pairing of Astaire and Gene Kelly on film until That's Entertainment Part II in 1976.
		The main extra is a documentary, "Ziegfeld Follies: An Embarrassment of Riches" (14 mins.) that focuses on the the film's troubled production, the numbers that didn't make the final cut, and the unsung talents behind the screen (lyricist and music arranger Kay Thompson is appropriately lauded).
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/z/ziegfeldfollies.q.shtml (857 words)

	Today in History: March 21
		Soon known as the "Ziegfeld Follies," the revue was updated yearly until the Depression.
		Used in advertisements for cigars, her lovely face was a common sight in barbershops around the country.
		Ziegfeld 's first entertainment triumph centered on the Great Sandow, a twenty-three-year-old muscle man performing with moderate success in New York City.
	memory.loc.gov /ammem/today/mar21.html (474 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld Biography \| Encyclopedia of World Biography
		Florenz Ziegfeld (1869-1932) developed the American musical revue and became a dominant force in musical theater in the early 20th century.
		Ziegfeld's early musical productions enjoyed modest success; more important, he was perfecting his style.
		Ziegfeld abandoned the Follies in 1927; by the time he returned to it in 1931, the magic was gone.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/florenz-ziegfeld (439 words)

	Alfred Cheney Johnston's Photos & The Ziegfeld Girls
		On his way out, he generously spent a few days posting what he titled the "Ziegfeld Girl" series divided into 'Stars', 'Non-Risque', and 'Risque' images and we downloaded furiously and were glad.
		These hundreds of images turned out to be large sized Alfred Cheney Johnston pics (well, mostly ACJ pics) and so the 'Ziegfeld Girls' as they have popularly become known made their first appearance on the 'net.
		The Ziegfeld Follies by Marjorie Farnsworth, Jazz Age Beauties: The Lost Collection of Ziegfeld Photographer Alfred Cheney Johnston by Robert Hudovernik, and Alfred Cheney Johnston's Library of Congress Collection by Robert Hudovernik.
	dakotacom.net /~tjrasa (529 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.
		Florenz Ziegfeld and legally established as a charitable organization incorporated as such in compliance with New York State and Federal standards.
	thenationalziegfeldclubinc.com (355 words)

	Last of the Ziegfeld Follies girls still alive and kicking at age 102 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		After more than 90 years as a hoofer, dancing comes easy to Travis who was a chorus girl in the Ziegfeld Follies that enchanted Broadway from 1907 into the 1930s.
		Pearl Eaton nabbed a part in the chorus of the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918, and Travis became the youngest Ziegfeld Follies girl when she was hired at age 14 (she lied to producers and said she was 16).
		Travis recalls Ziegfeld as a "very nice and very pleasant" man who became a good friend to her family.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/entertainment/060901/e090110.html (1086 words)

	Florenz Ziegfeld - Showman and Eugen Sandow's Agent
		Florenz Ziegfeld was born in 1867 (the same year as Sandow) in Chicago.
		In 1893 Ziegfeld and his father opened a variety hall in Chicago, the Trocadero, with strongman Eugen Sandow headlining.
		It was not a great success, howeverl and Ziegfeld migrated to California in ill health, where he died in 1932.
	www.sandowmuseum.com /ziegfeld.html (631 words)

	ziegfeld Girls of Florida (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		In short, the name Ziegfeld became a metaphor that worked its way into the language as shorthand for the best of New York theatre.
		Florenz Ziegfeld, was the consummate showman who "glorified the American Girl" with his Broadway extravaganzas in the Teens and 20's.
		He was financially impractical but esthetically impeccable -- a unique genius in his chosen field." The Ziegfeld Girls of Florida are proud to be associated with the name of Florenz (Flo) Ziegfeld.
	www.ziegfeldgirls.com (222 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)

	Ziegfeld girl - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies which were based on the Folies Bergères of Paris.
		These showgirls, followed on the heels of the "Florodora girls" who had started to 'loosen the corset' of the Gibson Girl in the early years of the twentieth century.
		The Ziegfeld Ball in New York City continued as a social event of the season for years after the last production of the Follies.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Ziegfeld_girl (276 words)

	The DVD Journal \| Quick Reviews: Ziegfeld Girl
		It follows three women who get picked to be Ziegfeld Girls, a position of power that resembles what Nomi was promised in the similar Showgirls: If these women play their cards right, they can have it all, or — at the very least — a rich husband.
		Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland) is the song-and-dance girl, raised by her boisterous father "Pop" Gallagher (Charles Winninger), who pushes Susan to perform in ways that seem out of date to the Ziegfeld regime that's led by Noble Sage (the always entertaining Edward Everett Horton).
		Way too slight to be considered a masterpiece, Ziegfeld Girl is dated corn with a shelf life for those who can enjoy the pretty fakeries the genre holds so dear, but if you do enjoy this type of stuff, this is a winner.
	www.dvdjournal.com /quickreviews/z/ziegfeldgirl.q.shtml (505 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 /jb/recon/jb_recon_ziegfeld_3.html (173 words)

	Senior Women Web > Articles > Laura W. Haywood
		Nevertheless, I was a member (albeit honorary) of the Ziegfeld alumnae association.
		It was Mignon who got me into the Ziegfeld Girls Club and I used some of the ladies who were still performing in my column.
		The girls had to be in their sixties by then, and the fashions all required drop-dead figures, but most of the girls had maintained their shapes.
	www.seniorwomen.com /articles/haywood/articlesLauraZiegfeld.html (691 words)

	TIME.com: The New Pictures -- May 5, 1941 -- Page 1
		Ziegfeld Girl (Metro -Goldwyn-Mayer) is a prodigally star-crammed, $2,000,000 exposition of how the late Florenz Ziegfeld's leggy ladies won their Zs.
		Henceforth the eupeptic starlet is scheduled to shroud her most publicized charms in the toga of a dramatic actress.
		In spite of its pretensions Ziegfeld Girl is plot-heavy, entertainment-shy.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,795226-1,00.html (772 words)

	Ziegfeld 101: The Ziegfeld Girls
		Much has been said and written about the Ziegfeld Girls, those now legendary ladies of beauty, elegance and glamour.
		Ziegfeld loved to find no-cost ways for his productions to publicize each other.
		Ziegfeld had the lovely Dolores silently parade about the Follies stage in magnificent costumes -- including this much-admired lace fan which she wore in the Midnight Frolic.
	www.musicals101.com /ziegirls.htm (296 words)

	Showgirls and Dancers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The two major attractions of Florenz Ziegfeld's Extravaganzas were his Beautiful Ziegfeld Showgirls and Dancers.
		He was a man who glorified the American Girl and this can still be seen through the "Ziegfeld Girls of Florida".
		There class and elegance is the epitome of true show business, recognized everywhere for their charm and grace.
	www.ziegfeldgirls.com /zi00031.htm (103 words)

	Judy Garland Database: "Ziegfeld Girl"
		One was the star-bent daughter of a vaudevillian, the second a shop girl, and the third the lovely wife of an out-of-work musician.
		Just as Florenz Ziegfeld's shows epitomized American showbusiness, so his performers were a true cross-section of the American human comedy.
		After completing her work on Little Nellie Kelly, Judy went directly into rehearsals for Ziegfeld Girl, which had originally been announced as a 1938 vehicle for Eleanor Powell, Joan Crawford, Margaret Sullavan and Virginia Bruce.
	www.zianet.com /jjohnson/ziggirl.htm (594 words)

	Ziegfeld Girl Hits 100, Still Dancing
		When she joined the Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 at the New Amsterdam Theatre, she was only 14.
		Born in 1904, Doris Eaton was, at age 14, the youngest performer in the Ziegfeld Follies.
		When the refurbished New Amsterdam Theatre, where she first performed, was looking for Ziegfeld girls, they invited her back for the re-opening.
	www.helping-others.org /story.php?storyID=34 (396 words)

	Cinema Treasures \| Ziegfeld Theater
		The ZIEGFELD should return to it's policy from back in the 1980's and maybe earlier, which is that whichever movie was playing there, could not show at another theater in Manhattan.
		Re: Digital projection...I had no idea the Ziegfeld removed their equipment....whic is a good idea, I saw Attack of the Clones in digital there and was extremely unimpressed...Last year I saw Lawrence of Arabia in 70MM and was blown away.
		The Ziegfeld's house allowance - the cost of running the theater in a given week that is subtracted from the gross before a film's distributor can take its cut of the receipts - is reputed to be one of the highest in the nation.
	cinematreasures.org /theater/12 (17171 words)

	Bursting with Song--Review of The Will Rogers Follies
		His life is viewed through the (opulent) lens of the Ziegfeld Follies, which he often headlined in his heyday, and is somewhat nonlinear and very unconventional in structure, since every episode in his life is a big production number.
		Ziegfeld interrupts him and tells him he has to "meet the girl," and Rogers more or less says, "Oh, yeah, I did meet Betty Blake at about this time." We then are introduced to Betty Blake ourselves--she's sitting on the moon, mooning.
		Ziegfeld intervenes again: the wedding can't take place yet because the wedding should end the first act, and the first act hasn't ended yet, so...
	www.rationalmagic.com /Bursting/WillRogersFollies.html (1243 words)

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