On the Ziegfeld girl page you will be able to add and update factual information, post media and connect this topic to other topics on the website. In an effort to promote pogo sticks, inventor George Hansburg arranged a number of publicity stunts, including a marriage performed on pogo sticks in the 1920 Ziegfeld Follies show. Drop file here, Contact Submissions Legal, Anatomy Films may receive commissions on affiliate links. Trivia fact: One of the Ziegfeld girls in the film was played by Patricia Ryan, the future Pat Nixon. They were both around at the same time, and Hollywoods greatest stars of the Golden Age were taken by the most revered photographers in Hollywood, which included Ernest A. Bachrach and Alfred Cheney Johnston. In 1935, Judy Garland and her sisters, known as "The Gumm Sisters," tested and were signed to Universal Studios for the upcoming biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld titled "The Great Ziegfeld." Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. They were a fun and popular toy in the 1950's - 1970's, and they are still around. Vintage Everyday A revue with no connecting theme, which left him free to devise separate numbers according to his fancy and all, despite their diversity (except the three he didn't direct), held together by unity of style, an elegance, and sophistication that are his own. The music to the film was provided by Walter Donaldson, Irving Berlin, and lyricist Harold Adamson, with choreographed scenes. He began by painting and illustration at the National Academy of Design in New York. Hedy Lamarr doesn't really do much except perhaps play a variation of herself but she's a gorgeous presence. One of 11 American Music/als to win Best Picture: 1)The Broadway Melody (1929), 2)The Great Ziegfeld (1936), 3)Going My Way (1944), 4)An American in Paris (1951), 5)Gigi (1958), 6)West Side Story (1961), 7)My Fair Lady (1964), 8)The Sound of Music (1965), 9)Oliver! Ada-May Weeks Adrienne Ames Agnes Franey Alberta Turner Albertina Vitak Alice Wilkie Alma Mamay Ann Pennington Annette Downs Barbara Stanwyck Bea Ackerman Billie Dove Caryl Bergman Catherine Moylan It was replaced by a high-rise office tower; just a few years later it would probably have been protected forever by the NYC Landmark Law. - Ziegfeld Girls; Walter Brennan; Adolph Menjou, Greer Garson (panel) (May 12, 1957), Dorothy W. Raphaelson, A Ziegfeld Girl, Dies at 100, Doris E. Travis, Last of the Ziegfeld Girls, Dies at 106, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ziegfeld_girl&oldid=1130124832, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 28 December 2022, at 18:22. Pinterest. - "I've Got Those Rooney/Pidgeon/Skelton Blues" with Garland, Ball, and Greer Garson (in a number they'd concocted on a war bond train) moaning about their frequent co-stars. Other Ziegfeld girls went onto societal and business successes such as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Helen Gallagher, Anastasia Reilly,[2] Sybil Carmen, and Irene Hayes. A segment with Miss Charisse and the "bubble girls" was retained in the revamped finale, which now featured Kathryn Grayson and the MGM Studio Chorus performing the vocal, Grayson's audio available on Rhino's soundtrack CD, and the revised scene available on Warner Home Video's DVD. Critics said she was the most beautiful woman ever to appear in the show. Ziegfeld Girlis a 1941 American musical filmdirected by Robert Z. Leonardand starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. The machine producing the bubbles for the finale was responsible for one of the greatest filming fiascoes in movie history. 1941 film by Robert Zigler Leonard, Busby Berkeley, Green, Stanley (1999) Hollywood Musicals Year by Year (2nd ed. The story deals with three showbiz hopefuls - Susan . Did he photograph Pola Negri in the early twenties? Sheila, a former elevator operator from Flatbush, Brooklyn, is torn between her love for truck driver Gil Young and her suddenly wealthy life as a showgirl, including a Park Avenue apartment, press coverage, and expensive gifts from rich male fans. Sheila 'Red': Don't let it throw ya champ. Florenz Ziegfeld in 1932. Three beautiful women soon discover this when they join the spectacle on. He had gotten married, and although it was a struggle, he managed to keep afloat. When Universal decided to make a faithful film version of the Jerome Kern-Oscar Hammerstein II musical "Show Boat", which Ziegfeld himself had originally produced onstage, Universal sold "The Great Ziegfeld" to MGM in March 1935 while still in pre-production. Disappointed by the largely unenthusiastic audience reaction to the test screenings, studio executives decided against quickly showing the movie nationwide. [5], Although many future stars started out as Ziegfeld girls, many others were turned down by Florenz Ziegfeld to appear in his revue. James Melton filmed with a wet handkerchief in his mouth to protect his voice. Description[edit] Sheet music cover for "Shine on Harvest Moon" with Ruth Ettingof the Ziegfeld Follies But she was considered too old to cast by the studio. He asked: "How did she die? [7] Travis died on May 11, 2010 at the age of 106.[8]. Most were showgirls from the Ziegfeld Follies, plus a great storehouse of both aspiring and known actors and actresses. When asked about her heels, Shiela makes a gesture with her cupped hand indicating he liked "round heels" a reference to women who fall easily into bed. You can upload: image. They became a radio programin 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. Hedda Hopper and The New York Times both reported that Busby Berkeley was going to direct a new finale for the picture, but this wasn't done. Planned in 1938 to be made with Eleanor Powell, Joan Crawford, Virginia Bruce and Walter Pidgeon. The Ziegfeld Girls were the main attraction. Ziegfeld Girl Trailer - YouTube Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr and Lana Turner in "Ziegfeld Girl"For full review of film, plus pictures, comments and links. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. Although Kathryn Grayson would replace James Melton in the closing song, Victor Records issued, in early 1945, a commercial disc of Mr. Melton singing "There's Beauty Everywhere" with Al Goodman and His Orchestra (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Arthur Freed). Leo then introduces Fred Astaire and the live action portion of the film begins. It had a long run as a mixed use venue, hosting everything from Vaudeville to film showings, before finally being demolished in 1959. As he was born into a very affluent family of bankers, his turn to photography was a bit curious to everyone. She went to great lengths to make sure that writer William Anthony McGuire never besmirched the good name of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., hence the playing down of his infidelities. -"(We're Having a) Heat Wave" with Ethel Waters reprising the number she introduced the Broadway musical "As Thousands Cheer" - "Pass That Peace Pipe" (music and lyrics by Martin, Blane and Roger Edens) with Garland, Rooney, Ball, Walker, George Murphy, June Allyson, Gloria DeHaven, Gene Kelly, and Charles Walters (The song was later given to Joan McCracken by Walters when he directed Good News (1947).) Louise Brooks portrait by Alfred Cheney Johnston. Judy Garland's number, "A Great Lady Has an Interview" (music and lyrics by Roger Edens and Kay Thompson, choreography by Charles Walters), originally was offered to Greer Garson as spoof of her high-toned Mrs. Miniver/Madame Curie image. Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Howard Dietz, William F. Rodgers, Joseph Vogel, and MGM east coast sales manager E.K. According to Samuel Marx, an M-G-M executive at the time, this film cost $2.2 million and went on to gross $2.9 million, making it profitable but less so than it might have been with a more constrained budget. Doris Eaton Travis, Broadway's longest-running performer, is planning to waltz again at the New Amsterdam Theater for two nights in March. The only Best Picture Oscar nominee that year to be nominated for Best Dance Direction. James Stewart and Felix Bressart costarred in The Shop Around The Corner (1940). Ziegfeld Follies (1945) Trivia Showing all 40 items At the beginning of the "Bring On The Beautiful Girls" number, several older women are shown; these are women who actually appeared in the original Ziegfeld Follies on stage. - "It's Getting Hot in Tahiti" (music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane) with Garland. A.A. Trimble, who portrays Will Rogers in the film, was actually a Cleveland map salesman who frequently impersonated Rogers at Rotarian lunches. He was married to film star Janet Gaynor for twenty years. The exquisitely and whimsically costumed Ziegfeld girls have inspired many a fashion runway show over the years, most especially the Victoria's Secret angelsand pop singer Bjork. The last of the Ziegfeld Girls is still dancing. Due to censorship restrictions forced upon studios by the Hays Code, the Ziegfeld Follies could not be accurately depicted in this film by director Robert Z. Leonard due to their nudity and subject matter. Mona Louise Parsons was a Ziegfeld girl who was later a member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. She was born in New York in 1891, and died in California in 1951. Cyd Charisse was borrowed from Warner Bros., where she was under contract for this movie, though she had danced at Metro before for MGM's Thousands Cheer (1943). In "Number, Please", the voice of Jeffrey Kirsten is provided by Peter Lawford in one of his first MGM assignments. The story is just plain bad, worse than most Metro fluff. The extravagant costumes were designed by Adrian, taking some 250 tailors and seamstresses six months to prepare them using 50 pounds (23 kg) of silver sequins and 12 yards (11 m) of white ostrich plumes. The lavish nature of this production was one of the hallmarks of M-G-M, and was a factor in the studio's being considered Hollywood's most successful dream factory. The only time she actually wore such a costume was when she started filming Annie Get Your Gun (1950), from which she was dismissed and replaced by Betty Hutton. Despite its mass publication as one of the featured songs, "It's Been So Long" is never performed in the film. This article teaches you fun facts, trivia, and history events from the year 1946. Ziegfeld Girl $2.99 $9.99 Product details Language : English Package Dimensions : 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 Ounces Director : Robert Z. Leonard Date First Available : February 4, 2007 Actors : James Stewart, Judy Garland,Hedy lamarr and Lana Turner Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish Decca Records released a Judy Garland 78rpm record containing two songs from the score not performed by her in the movie: "Love" (music and lyrics by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane), a fervent air which Garland sang on radio the twice in 1945, then occasionally in her 1951-52 concerts as an encore, and two times on her CBS-TV series, The Judy Garland Show (1963): a duet with Lena Horne from the October 13, 1963 broadcast, and a solo version telecast on March 22, 1964. This movie just drags on and on, for 2 hours and 12 minutes. At the time, Nat was the only man to have ever played a strongman from this time period. Sandra quickly becomes a star and attracts the attentions of her singing co-star, Frank Merton. - Musical number: "There's Beauty Everywhere" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Arthur Freed), directed by Vincente Minnelli, sung by James Melton and the MGM Studio Chorus, danced by Fred Astaire, Lucille Bremer and Cyd Charisse, Melton's audio available on Rhino's soundtrack CD and Warner Home Video's DVD. Taking into account the roadshow theatrical release, it is the first film to be nominated or win the Academy Award for Best Picture that has a running time that is longer than three hours. The following year, in a short subject named We Must Have Music (1941), which chronicled MGM musicals from 1929 through 1941, a portion of Judy's song and dance was included. - James Melton suggested he should do a number with either Garland, Jeanette MacDonald, or Grayson. Sheila becomes an alcoholic and is fired from the show after a drunken fall onstage. Ziegfeld Girl, released five years after the Academy Award-winning The Great Ziegfeld, focuses on three young women who dream of becoming a showgirl in one of Ziegfeld's stage extravaganzas but follow different paths once their goal is achieved. The two books I like, and printed after his death, are Women of Talent and Beauty and Jazz Age Beauties. Adrian is credited with designing the gowns in this film. - "Reading of the Play", a sketch with Garland and Frank Morgan. The original opening sequence to the film featured stop-motion animation designed by Lou Bunin, in which Leo the Lion introduces himself and gives a brief history of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and his Ziegfeld Follies. Movies. Long Island was filled with duck farms. He came back to MGM from UA, knowing that they had just shot Lana Turner's death scene. In 1957, the then-current members were featured as mystery guests on the television panel show What's My Line? Billie Burke, the former wife of Ziegfeld portrayed in this film by Myrna Loy, played Glenda the Good Witch. The film was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and featured musical numbers by Busby Berkeley. This rather than For Me And My Gal (1942) might be his first film. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Trivia Showing all 29 items Jump to: Spoilers (2) This was James Stewart 's last performance before serving military service in World War II. Row after row of talented and beautiful women . On the flip side of the Decca 78, Astaire sings the romantic ballad that showcased him and Lucille Bremer in the movie, "This Heart of Mine" (music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Arthur Freed). She also posed for artists like James Montgomery Flagg and Alfred Cheney Johnston. Trivia:-Florenz Ziegfeld was a famous Broadway producer who died in 1932. Afterwards, teams of workers used large rackets to keep them under control, but the gas from the bubbles remained a constant hazard, and between each take Minnelli would order the soundstage's doors open so the cast and crew could breathe. As happens every year, Florenz Ziegfeld is seeking new talent for the latest edition of his lavish Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies. Like her character, Judy came in with her father (Frank Gumm) as her accompanist and was flopping until Roger Edens, like Slayton (Paul Kelly) in the film, took over the audition, coached her to sing more softly and subtly, and got her the MGM contract. Alfred Cheney Johnston died in a car crash near his home in Connecticut in 1971. Ziegfeld ended up losing the bulk of his money in the stock market crash of 1929, and he died in 1932. Though the movie takes place in the 1920s the clothes are clearly from the early 1940s. . 0. Lucille Bremer, who appears in two dance routines with Fred Astaire here ("This Heart of Mine" and "Limehouse Blues") was a favorite of M-G-M studio boss Louis B. Mayer, who cast her in a prominent role in Meet Me in St. Louis (as Judy Garland's older sister) and became convinced she was a future star. Jimmy Walters: Soon as I saw you, I said to myself, that's a hot lookin' little number. Florenz Ziegfeld saw her and hired her to be in his 1926 Broadway show No Foolin. Drama Musical Romance In the 1920s, three women become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies, where they find fame, love, and tragedy. The theater that Ziegfeld built in 1927 on 6th Avenue and 54th (with financial help from Hearst) was used as a cinema from the 1930s and demolished in 1966 after a brief reopening. That said, only one book is known to have been published during his lifetime. Original running time prior to post-production was 273 minutes. Prologue: "That fabulous era--when Florenz Ziegfeld glorified the American Girl, and New York wore her over its heart like an orchid--while she lasted.". Oscars were never made of "solid gold". During the 1920s, three New York girls pursue careers performing in the iconic Ziegfeld Follies. ". A man is in court to pay a $2 fine for spitting on the subway, but his lawyer insists on fighting the case. From a very young age, Travis had been performing on stage. - Musical number: "Liza" (music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin), directed by Vincente Minnelli, sung by Avon Long and the MGM Studio Chorus to Lena Horne, audio available on Rhino's soundtrack CD. . Nowadays, both original 1114-inch prints and more recent reprints from Johnstons original negatives have commanded significant prices in both on-line auctions and at photo galleries. Also, during the "Babbit and a Bromide" sequence, Fred Astaire references Rita Hayworth who was under contract to Columbia Pictures and had worked at MGM and starting in the late 1950s would be under contract to MGM, her final long-term contract, and Gene Kelly references Rogers. Judy's two commercial cuts, arranged and conducted by Victor Young, recorded on January 26, 1945 and released on March 22, along with an alternate take of "This Heart of Mine", have been presented on her CD box set from MCA, "The Complete Decca Masters (Plus)". Many were persuaded to leave the show to marry, some to men of substantial wealth. When. Myrna Loy, who received second billing for this film, does not actually appear on screen until 2 hours and 15 minutes into the movie. Doris Eaton Travis is 101. After she turns down Gil's marriage proposal, he joins a bootlegging gang and ends up in prison. The Harlem Opera House was built in 1889 by Oscar Hammerstein. . Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular Movies Browse Movies by Genre Top Box Office Showtimes & Tickets Movie News India Movie Spotlight. Other Ziegfeld stars, Eddie Cantor and Will Rogers are portrayed by actors in the film. Presumably to avoid possible lawsuits, real-life actresses Lillian Lorraine and Marilyn Miller are portrayed under aliases in the film. Gil, newly released from prison, visits her and pledges his love, although he knows she is dying. In the film, Anna Held is said to be French, but she was actually a German Jew born in Warsaw, Poland in 1872. William Powell was to play Ziegfeld, Burke was to play herself, and it would feature specialties by Fanny Brice, Judy Garland (and her sisters), Eddie Cantor, and Ray Bolger. They starred in Ziegfeld Follies, directed by Florenz Ziegfeld, on Broadway. - A minstrel number with Garland, Rooney, Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lou Holtz, and Nancy Walker. A second test run began at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1945. - A skit with Wallace Beery and Marjorie Main. Her father, not wanting to thwart her career, encourages her to stay in the Follies while he continues traveling on the vaudeville circuit alone. Deleted from the film was the original closing number, "We Must Have Music" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Gus Kahn), featuring Judy Garland, Tony Martin and Six Hits and a Miss. Today Patty Ziegfeld, who lives in California with her architect husband, can tell her grandchildren about 'the little girl who spent her childhood in a fairy-tale world of baby elephants and rooms at the Rita and hothouse grapes and Rolls-Royce cars and lion cubs and governesses and ponies and playhouses' - and still managed to live happily . This page is the FamousFix profile for Ziegfeld girl. Most of the numbers are pretty good, especially Always Chasing Rainbows, sung marvelously by Garland, and You Stepped Out of a Dream, in which Lamarr looks particularly ethereal. There is now a Ziegfeld Theater cinema right next to where it stood beside the NYC Hilton (often used for movie premieres). But after learning that Frank is married to a wife who loves him, Sandra reconciles with Franz and abandons her career to support him on a concert tour. For her famous telephone conversation scene, which is generally credited as being what clinched the Oscar for her, Luise Rainer drew a lot of her material from a play by Jean Cocteau entitled "The Human Voice". Nat Pendleton was a former champion weightlifter and easily duplicated some of Eugen Sandow's feats in this film. Garson's then-husband Richard Ney chimed in with "No, it's not for you, dear.". At the beginning of the "Bring On The Beautiful Girls" number, several older women are shown; these are women who actually appeared in the original Ziegfeld Follies on stage. The one nearest the door is actress Audrey Young, future wife of Billy Wilder, and to Young's left is Patricia "Patsy" Mace. 41 of 41 found this interesting | Share this Deleted from the film was the original closing number, "We Must Have Music" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Gus Kahn), featuring Judy Garland, Tony Martin and Six Hits and a Miss. The gown designed by MGM resident designer Helen Rose, who privately designed Grace Kelly's wedding gown when she married His Royal Highness Prince Rainier of Monaco, worn by Lucille Bremer in "This Heart Of Mine" is owned by actress Arlene Fontaine. MGM gave this film a two-week roadshow test run at a famed legitimate showplace, the Colonial Theatre in Boston, Massachusetts, beginning August 13, 1945. These beauties, decked out in Ert designs, gained many young male admirers and became objects of popular adoration. Garland and Grable also both had been engaged, at different times, to bandleader Artie Shaw. This financial trouble at the end of his life forced Burke to pursue a career in film to settle his many debts but at least we got a good witch out of it. Embed. My Gram posed for French Postcard photos when she was between 16 and 18. Doris Eaton Travis became the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl after the death of Dorothy Raphaelson in 2005. The theater that Ziegfeld built in 1927 on 6th Avenue and 54th (with financial help from Hearst) was used as a cinema from the 1930s and demolished in 1966 after a brief reopening. Points are made with brevity, yet thoroughly and convincingly put across. Sketches by Arnie Rosen, Coleman Jacoby, David Rogers, Alan Jeffreys and Maxwell Grant; Music by Jack Lawrence, Richard Myers, Herman Hupfeld, Howard Dietz, Sammy Fain, David Rogers, Colin Romoff, Dean Fuller, Marshall Barer, Carolyn Leigh, Philip . "Love" sung by Lena Horne was not a "ghetto". These shows were a mix of variety show, musical review, and vaudeville. Examples of this shade would now sell for around $4000. William Powell was loaned by MGM to Universal for the film, but Universal sold the film to MGM when costs mounted. I'm 20 degrees cooler than you think. Both films were produced by MGM. Moreover, Miss Horne would supply her vocal intensity to a trio of renditions on LP: "Give the Lady What She Wants" (RCA Victor, 1958, reissued on a 2004 Japanese CD by BMG), sung to a samba rhythm arranged and conducted by her husband Lennie Hayton; "Lena Horne Sings Your Requests" (Charter/MGM Records, 1963, updated to CD in 1992 by the DRG label), this time the ditty propelled by a swinging tempo arranged and conducted by Marty Paich; then live as part of her legendary, Tony Award-winning performance in "Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music," which played on Broadway at the Nederlander Theatre between May 12, 1981 and June 30, 1982 (Qwest/Warner Bros. LP, 1981, Qwest/WEA CD, 1995, conducted by Linda Twine, produced by Quincy Jones). Changing the running order of the segments, restoring discarded sequences and/or replacing "There's Beauty Everywhere" with a new finale were considered by the Arthur Freed Unit. Among the ideas planned in the film, but not used, included: - A spoof of the musical "Lady in the Dark" with Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney, Lana Turner, and Fred Astaire. The beautiful brunette appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1925. Myrna Darby was one of the iconic Ziegfeld Girls of the 1920s. (1968), 10)Amadeus (1984), 11)Chicago (2002). While Judy Garland rerecorded for Decca the wistful standard, "I'm Always Chasing Rainbows" (music by Joseph McCarthy, lyrics by Harry Carroll), the star made no commercial version of the lively rumba written for her by Roger Edens, a ditty turned into a mammoth Busby Berkeley production number, "Minnie From Trinidad." Katharine Hepburn repeated the trick in 1967/68. She reports that he liked her ankles. Lana Turner's character was loosely modeled after real-life Ziegfeld Girl Lillian Lorraine, who once suffered a drunken fall into the orchestra pit during an extravagant number. Ed Gallagher died is 1929 and is played here by Charles Winninger, but Al Shean portrays himself. ZIEGFELD GIRL was one of Lana Turner's first major roles for MGM; and she definitely has the meatiest role as Sheila. A musical number sung by Garland, "We Must Have Music", was deleted from the final film. Sexual innuendo occurs several times. She reports that he liked her ankles. While it would be a rare find, similar types of lenses are now available from Lomography in theirDaguerreotype Achromat series. Ray Bolger never worked for Ziegfeld, although he is presented in the film as a Ziegfeld star. But I could be wrong. At around 1:22:28 (during the "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" number), you can see a stage hand with a cue card in the reflection of the second showgirl's mirror guitar. Gene Kelly is allegedly in the Judy Garland "Trinidad" sequence. A third test run was also done at the Loew's New Rochelle Theatre per The New York Times of September 2, 1945. . 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