The Great Ziegfeld
(1936)
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Synopsis
Best Picture-winning biography of renowned Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (1869-1932) traces his career while interweaving some two dozen songs and seven production numbers, and features an appearance by the legendary Fanny Brice as herself. Luise Rainer won a Best Actress Oscar (her first of two in a row) as European stage star Anna Held, who would marry Ziegfeld.
Directors
Robert Z. Leonard, Karl Freund, Cedric Gibbons, Ray June, Arthur Lange, Robert Z. Leonard, Oliver Marsh
Production year
1936
Rating
TV-G
Studio
Warner Bros.
Runtime
170 minutes
Cast
William Powell, Luise Rainer, Myrna Loy, Frank Morgan, Reginald Owen