The Great Ziegfeld [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. ; produced by Hunt Stromberg ; director, Robert Z. Leonard.The Great Ziegfeld [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. ; produced by Hunt Stromberg ; director, Robert Z. Leonard.
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Titre
The Great Ziegfeld [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. ; produced by Hunt Stromberg ; director, Robert Z. Leonard.
Description
2 videocassettes (VHS) (177 min.) : sd., b&w ; 1/2 in.
Notes
English Language Video
Academy Award winner, Best picture, 1936.
M300538
VHS / NTSC.
Sommaire
A biography of the theatrical impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. Catch the spectacle of the 1930's with all the tunes, showgirls, and dazzling set peices.
At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Flo Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more successful neighbor Billings, and steals his girlfriend to boot. This pattern is repeated throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever bigger, more spectacular shows (sections of which appear in the film). French revue star Anna Held becomes his first wife, but it's not easy being married to the man who "glorified the American girl." Late in life, now married to Billie Burke, he seems to be all washed up, but...
Production
Screenplay, William Anthony McGuire; musical direction, Arthur Lange.
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest Cossart.
Notes
Authorized users: students, teachers and staff of the National Theatre School of Canada.
Sujets
Collaboration
Cote
VHS 1424
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