Florenz Ziegfeld - Turner Classic Movies

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Show Boat (1929)

Whoopee! (1930)

Whoopee! (1930)

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

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Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Love (Lena Horne)

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) A Water Ballet

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Show Boat (1929)

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Whoopee! (1930)

Whoopee! (1930)

Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

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Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Love (Lena Horne) A relatively modest production number, in MGM’s three million dollar musical, based on the premise of deceased impresario Florenz Ziegfeld imagining the show he could stage with MGM talent, Lena Horne with an original tune by Hugh Martin and Ralph Blane, in Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) A Water Ballet There had only been one full-blown Esther Williams swimming feature (Bathing Beauty, 1944) when this came out so it was pretty extravagant at the time, Merrill Pye the uncredited director, an early number in MGM's variety showcase Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Split The Children At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, Flo (William Powell) with strong-man Sandow (Nat Pendleton) gets a derisive message from rival promoter Billings (Frank Morgan), who arrives with belly dancer "Little Egypt" (Suzanne Kaaren), early in The Great Ziegfeld, 1936.

Great Ziegfeld, The (1936) -- (Movie Clip) Trying To Lose Weight Flo (William Powell, title character, who would become the legendary impresario) works a scam with a London doorman and beats rival Billings (Frank Morgan) to French singer Anna Held (Luise Rainer, her first scene), in MGM's The Great Ziegfeld, 1936.

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Another Heavenly Day About as tight as the narrative gets, William Powell is introduced as the deceased Florenz Ziegfeld, upstairs, remembering his own beginnings with the aid of Lou Bunin's puppets, in the MGM musical comedy variety showcase Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

Funny Girl (1968)-- (Movie Clip) My Friend The Show Stopper! Fanny (Barbra Streisand) tries to explain to Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon) why she had to appear as a pregnant bride in the wedding number in William Wyler's Funny Girl, 1968.

Ziegfeld Girl (1941) -- (Movie Clip) Laugh? I Thought I'd Split My Sides Introduction of Judy Garland as anxious Susie, meeting just-recruited Sheila (Lana Turner) in the lobby of the great impresario, then knocking out a Roger Edens tune with her father (Charles Winninger), in MGM's all-star 1920's showbiz melodrama Ziegfeld Girl, 1941.

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