Broadway's "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936" had employed two members of its creative team who later would collaborate on the MGM film. All the shots in that book are airbrushed in the pubic area, to keep them legal with respect to the publishing standards of the day. At around the 1:40 mark Kelly or his double makes an appearance for just a second or two. - "I Love You More In Technicolor Than I Do In Black and White" (music and lyrics by Martin and Blane) with Garland turning down dates from John Hodiak, Van Johnson, and James Craig to rekindle with Rooney. Billie Burke never really rated the film much despite taking a personal interest in the writing of the script. The film is set during Prohibition, during the heyday of the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway revue. When Life magazine showed a photo of Silver in his pink feathers and bows with the headline 'Silver is a Sissy', the horse's trainer threatened to sue MGM for defamation of Silver's character. Luise Rainer was the first actress in Academy history to win back-to-back Oscars for Best Actress, for this film in 1936 and The Good Earth (1937) in 1937. A.A. Trimble, who portrays Will Rogers in the film, was actually a Cleveland map salesman who frequently impersonated Rogers at Rotarian lunches. The movie's Dance Director, Robert Alton, had choreographed the 1936 Broadway "Follies". Susan worries about her father and eventually convinces the producers to give him a part in the show, where he proves to be a surprise hit. 41 of 41 found this interesting | Share this Frequently bought together This item: Ziegfeld Girl (DVD) $1395 Ziegfeld Follies (1945) $1499 The Great Ziegfeld $999 Total price: $38.93 Add all three to Cart Some of these items ship sooner than the others. Gallagher & Shean was one of the most famous vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies comedy teams. This film was first telecast in Los Angeles Friday 29 March 1957 on KTTV (Channel 11); it first aired in Seattle 9 May 1957 on KING (Channel 5), in Hartford CT 18 May 1957 on WHCT (Channel 18), in Honolulu 26 May 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), in Portland OR 8 June 1957 on KGW (Channel 8), in Akron OH 27 September 1957 on WAKR (Channel 49), in Salt Lake City 28 September 1957 on KTVT (Channel 4), and in Spokane 21 March 1958 on KHQ (Channel 6); in Philadelphia television viewers got their first look at it 4 January 1959 on WFIL (Channel 6), followed by Altoona PA 30 January 1959 on WFBG (Channel 10), by New York City 22 March 1959 on WCBS (Channel 2), and by San Francisco 16 November 1959 on KGO (Channel 7. At this time, color broadcasting was in its infancy, limited to only a small number of high rated programs, primarily on NBC and NBC affiliated stations, so these film showings were all still in B&W. All of the showgirls looked very similar, both in appearance and in stature. Although, honestly, Ive seen absolutely phenomenal clone images out of a Canon 5D using those Lomography Achromat lenses. Norma Shearer (in 1919 and 1920), Alice Faye (in 1927), Joan Crawford (in 1924), Gypsy Rose Lee (in 1927), Lucille Ball (in 1927 and 1931), Phyllis Haver (in 1915), Eleanor Powell (in 1927), Ruby Keeler (in 1924), Hedda Hopper (in 1913), and June Havoc (in 1927 and 1931) were among the many hopefuls that the master showman discarded after auditions. 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. 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." He was married to film star Janet Gaynor for twenty years. It tries to be dramatic, but winds up silly. The Decca flip side was the radiant ballad, "This Heart of Mine" (music by Harry Warren and Arthur Freed). 18 people found this helpful. 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.". "Love" sung by Lena Horne was not a "ghetto". 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. Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer production number 875. I am looking for a better plugin than the one I had and hope to have comments back soon. It had a long run as a mixed use venue, hosting everything from Vaudeville to film showings, before finally being demolished in 1959. During his career he ended up photographing several hundred actresses and showgirls, a few of who eventually became famous in the movies. TV Shows. In "A Great Lady Has an Interview", there is a picture in the background of Judy Garland barefoot and wearing a ragged dress. However, he stubbornly continued to use his massive 1114-inch view camera well into the late 1940s and early 1950s. As a result, the audience is never certain of the fate of the character, because the film jumps to the Judy Garland finale. The beautiful costume sketches shown in the opening scenes are uncredited, but may have been done by the talented Adrian or his staff. 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. Florenz Ziegfeld saw her and hired her to be in his 1926 Broadway show No Foolin. Other Ziegfeld stars, Eddie Cantor and Will Rogers are portrayed by actors in the film. James Melton filmed with a wet handkerchief in his mouth to protect his voice. 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. But it was this affiliation that elevated him to being able to start photographing everything from aspiring actresses and society matrons to a wide range of upscale retail commercial products for magazine ads. Ironically, MGM would buy the rights to "Show Boat" from Universal in 1942 and remake the musical, in Technicolor, in 1951 (Show Boat (1951)). -"(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).) 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. Florenz Ziegfeld in 1932. - "Sand", a sketch with Garland and Astaire in blackface. 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. Alice M. Wilkie (1902-1987) joined George White's "Scandals" in 1923 where she spent several seasons and became a very popular dancer. I'm 20 degrees cooler than you think. Unfortunately, most available versions of the latter Jazz Age film are from surviving prints with all offensive material censored. At around the 1:40 mark Kelly or his double makes an appearance for just a second or two. 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.". - Musical/comedy number: "Start Off Each Day with a Song" (music and lyrics by Jimmy Durante), directed by Charles Walters, performed by Jimmy Durante. His choice of equipment might seem odd by the standards of today, even using the fairly common Graflex Speed Graphic 3 1/4 X 4 1/4 employed by Dorothea Lange,Edward Steichen and others during that period. Because he was among the first men to display his muscular body as a "work of art", he was considered "The Father of Bodybuilding", and this is what his gravestone reads. James Stewart and Felix Bressart costarred in The Shop Around The Corner (1940). The scene in which Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland) auditions for the Ziegfeld Follies is strikingly similar to Judy's actual audition for MGM in 1935. "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean" is one of the most famous songs to come from vaudeville, first presented by the duo in a skit set in Egypt. 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. These beauties, decked out in Ert designs, gained many young male admirers and became objects of popular adoration. Doris Eaton Travis became the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl after the death of Dorothy Raphaelson in 2005. Did he photograph Pola Negri in the early twenties? James Stewart and Felix Bressart costarred in The Shop Around The Corner (1940). This website does skew towards famous actors, musicians, models and sports stars, however we would like to expand that to include many other interesting topics. Remember pogo sticks? Gene Kelly is allegedly in the Judy Garland "Trinidad" sequence. 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. 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). Planning began in 1943. He would return to the silver screen five years later in the classic It's a Wonderful Life (1946). Ed Gallagher died is 1929 and is played here by Charles Winninger, but Al Shean portrays himself. As the lawyer incurs greater and greater sentences, his defendant keeps pleading, "Pay the two dollars!". Hedy Lamarr doesn't really do much except perhaps play a variation of herself but she's a gorgeous presence. The family fled to France in 1881. She was saved when Maxine Cantway and Sheila Browning helped extinguish the flames. 0. Doris Eaton Travis (March 14, 1904 - May 11, 2010) was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, owner and manager, writer, and rancher, who was the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl, a troupe of acclaimed chorus girls who performed as members in the Broadway theatrical revues of the Ziegfeld Follies . For the sake of continuity, Judy Garland is costumed and made up to resemble Virginia Bruce, who crowned the "Wedding Cake" set in the earlier film. Original director George Sidney quit after one month of filming and was replaced by Vincente Minnelli. It was called Enchanting Beauty, and contained 94 black-and-white photos. Vincente Minnelli received credit as Scenic Designer of the stage show, plus additional credit as Costume Designer for two numbers written by Vernon Duke (music) and Ira Gershwin (lyrics): "Island in the West Indies", sung by Gertrude Niesen and danced by Josephine Baker; and "Sentimental Weather", sung and danced by June Preisser, her sister Cherry Preisser, and Duke McHale. She was also the last of the acclaimed Ziegfeld girls. She reports that he liked her ankles. 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). Disappointed by the largely unenthusiastic audience reaction to the test screenings, studio executives decided against quickly showing the movie nationwide. But she was considered too old to cast by the studio. - Comedy sketch: "Baby Snooks and the Burglar," directed by Roy Del Ruth, performed by Fanny Brice, Hanley Stafford and B.S. This film was first telecast in Seattle Saturday 2 February 1957 on KING (Channel 5); in New York City it first aired 5 April 1957 on WCBS (Channel 2), followed by Norfolk VA 18 May 1957 on WTAR (Channel 3), by Honolulu 23 June 1957 on KHVH (Channel 13), by Minneapolis 3 July 1957 on KMGM (Channel 9), by Miami 17 August 1957 on WCKT (Channel 7), by Chicago 31 August 1957 on WBBM (Channel 2), by Philadelphia 27 December 1957 on WFIL (Channel 6), by Altoona PA 25 January 1958 on WFBG (Channel 10), and by San Francisco 13 April 1958 on KGO (Channel 7); it finally found its way to the Los Angeles airwaves Sunday 4 November 1961 on KTTV (Channel 11). In the scene where Lana Turner reports to Ziegfeld's office when she enters and sees how many other girls are auditioning to her left, sitting, are two beautiful hopefuls. Though the movie takes place in the 1920s the clothes are clearly from the early 1940s. The music was written by Al Shean. Thats why Ive always used the simplest of drapes. Adrian is credited with designing the gowns in this film. These shows were a mix of variety show, musical review, and vaudeville. Menu. My Gram posed for French Postcard photos when she was between 16 and 18. 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." The lengthy shooting schedule ran between April 10 and August 18, 1944, with retakes plus additional segments filmed on December 22, 1944 and then between January 25 and February 6, 1945. Long Island Duckling was a popular dish in the Zigfield era, and was featured on the menu of the most fashionable eateries of the day. The other one is also a biography, The Life of Emile Zola (1937). During the 1920s, three New York girls pursue careers performing in the iconic Ziegfeld Follies. 45 of 45 found this interesting | Share this In 1913, Held divorced Ziegfeld because of his infidelities with Lillian Lorraine, another Ziegfeld girl; soon after that, Held died and Ziegfeld went on to marry yet another Ziegfeld girl, future film star Billie Burke. 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. 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. However, the earlier Pre-Code film Glorifying the American Girl (1929) contains an accurate depiction of Ziegfeld's productions and was partly filmed in 2-strip Technicolor. The programme consists of Ziegfeld (William Powell) reviewing his past triumphs, "Bring on the Beautiful Girls" with Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, and Virginia O'Brien, "A Water Ballet" with Esther Williams, "Traviata" sung by James Melton and Marion Bell, "Pay the Two Dollars" with Victor Moore and Edward Arnold, "This Heart of Mine" and "Limehouse Blues" with Astaire and Lucille Bremer, "Number Please" with Keenan Wynn, Lena Horne sings "Love", Red Skelton in "When Television Comes", "An Interview with Judy Garland," Astaire and Gene Kelly in "The Babbitt and the Bromide", and "There's Beauty Everywhere" with Kathryn Grayson. The film was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and featured musical numbers by Busby Berkeley. Read more. First, Ziegfeld moved her to the Follies of 1925, where she became the inseparable companion (and rumored lover) of the formidably intellectual Louise Brooks, a featured dancer in the Follies and on the brink of Hollywood stardom. As he was born into a very affluent family of bankers, his turn to photography was a bit curious to everyone. The Ziegfeld Girls were the main attraction. A second test run began at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1945. 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). The horse ridden by Lucille Ball is The Lone Ranger (1949)'s Silver. - 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. It had a long run as a mixed use venue, hosting everything from Vaudeville to film showings, before finally being demolished in 1959. The one nearest the door is actress Audrey Young, future wife of Billy Wilder, and to Young's left is Patricia "Patsy" Mace. 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. Did I have anything to do with it? 2015-2023 Anatomy Films, The 810 Intrepid Camera Large Format for the Masses. What is her full name? Ive always loved that era of photography. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. While Minnelli struggled to stop his cameraman from falling, the bubbles continued to pour from the machine to such an extent that the soundstage was flooded with bubbles, and no one could get close enough to turn the machine off. The music to the film was provided by Walter Donaldson, Irving Berlin, and lyricist Harold Adamson, with choreographed scenes. - "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. Her only other movie, A Night at the Opera (1935) also features an extended sequence set at one of Verdi's operas (Il Trovatore). It was intended to be a 1938 sequel to the 1936 hit The Great Ziegfeld, and recycled some footage from the earlier film. This infuriated Burke who was under contract with MGM at the time and could have played herself. The on-air sketch, entitled "Bungling Burglars", had been broadcast on January 4, 1940 and featured Fanny as the precocious Snooks, with Hanley Stafford playing her exasperated Daddy. The "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" set alone was reported to have cost US$220,000 (US$4,053,381 in 2019 dollars[5]),[6] featuring a towering rotating volute of 70 ft (21 m) diameter with 175 spiral steps, weighing 100 tons. From a December 13, 1944 recording session, Decca Records issued a disc of Fred Astaire singing and tapping to a spirited song which he had written for the picture, a number which wound up on the cutting-room floor - "If Swing Goes, I Go Too". Check out our ziegfeld girls selection for the very best in unique or custom, handmade pieces from our photographs shops. The leaded glass lamp shade that was used as set dressing for the home of Lana Turner's parents is a 15-inch "owl" shade, produced by the Duffner and Kimberly company (likely sometime between 1905-1913). Attachment The maximum upload file size: 1 MB. Lorraine starred in several The Ziegfeld Follies' annual productions, starting in 1909, until her fame waned in the 1920s. Trivia fact: One of the Ziegfeld girls in the film was played by Patricia Ryan, the future Pat Nixon. That's how Charisse, who, at the time, was using the name Lily and her mother's maiden name, Norwood. Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls and showgirls from Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical Broadway revue spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies (19071931), in New York City, which were based on the Folies Bergre of Paris. 4.0 out of 5 stars A Spectacle to Behold! Susan (Judy Garland) is a vaudeville performer who desires nothing more than a shot at the big. 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. Other Ziegfeld girls went onto societal and business successes such as Peggy Hopkins Joyce, Helen Gallagher, Anastasia Reilly,[2] Sybil Carmen, and Irene Hayes. Oscars were never made of "solid gold". For the stunt, Hansburg himself taught all the Ziegfeld Follies girls how to pogo. In the opening scenes with Shiela Regan (Lana Turner) as the elevator operator, she is describing to a friend her meeting Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. on her elevator. Garland and Grable also both had been engaged, at different times, to bandleader Artie Shaw. Jimmy Walters: Ah, one of them refrigerated dames, huh? 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. Myrna Loy, who received second billing for this film, does not actually appear on screen until 2 hours and 15 minutes into the movie. A huge treasure trove of extremely artistic full-nude and semi-nude full-figure studio photos with all the glass-plate negatives were found stored at a farm near Oxford, Connecticut, where he had lived since the 1940s. - A minstrel number with Garland, Rooney, Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lou Holtz, and Nancy Walker. 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. The most expensive sequence involved a several stories high rotating white staircase featuring more than 180 performers, required weeks of rehearsals and several takes to stage, and cost over $220,000. While there, she was photographed with Myrna Loy, who was portraying Ms. Burke in the film. Fanny Brice's material in this picture had originated on stage and radio. This was James Stewart's last performance before serving military service in World War II. Excellent article that is entertaining and informative!!! TRIVIA: The film recycles the "Pretty Girl is Like a Melody" spinning wedding-cake shot from THE GREAT ZIEGFELD for the "You Never Looked So Beautiful Before" finale, by cleverly costuming Judy Garland to look exactly like Virginia Bruce on top of the revolving "cake". She had blonde hair, blue eyes, and a voluptuous figure. ZIEGFELD GIRL was one of Lana Turner's first major roles for MGM; and she definitely has the meatiest role as Sheila. Ultimately, the movie received its Manhattan opening at the Capitol Theatre on March 22, 1946, and its wide release on April 8. When. . The stage show opened at the Winter Garden Theatre and ran from January 30 through May 9, 1936, plus a return engagement between September 14 and December 19, 1936. Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the According to the trade paper "Hollywood Box Office" dated for November 23, 1940: "Sue Garland, sister of Judy, signed as a member of the dance chorus in 'Ziegfeld Girl'.". Susan Gallagher (Academy Award winner Garland--The Wizard of Oz, A Star is Born) leaves her . The only film directed by Robert Z. Leonard to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. A comic ditty written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin, "The Babbitt and the Bromide", sung, spoken, and danced by Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly, was originally performed in the 1927 Broadway musical 'Funny Face' by Astaire and his sister Adele Astaire. The beautiful brunette appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies in 1925. Tweet Then in 1917 he met showman and producer Florenz Ziegfeld, and secured a contract to do all the images for the 'Ziegfeld Follies' for the next fifteen years . The show mixed performances by new and established acts-an incredible list of talent that included Will Rogers, Bob Hope, W. C. Fields, Josephine Baker, Eddie Cantor, Fanny Brice (the original Funny Girl), and Sophie Tucker.These acts were interspersed with musical numbers and tableaux vivant . On the first day of filming the finale, the gas produced by the bubbles caused Vincente Minnelli's cameraman to faint on top of a forty foot lift. The machine producing the bubbles for the finale was responsible for one of the greatest filming fiascoes in movie history. 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