Ziegfeld Follies (1946) - (Movie Clip) My Next Picture

Ziegfeld Follies - (Original Trailer)

Legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld imagines the kind of Follies he could produce with MGM's musical stars in Ziegfeld Follies (1946) starring Judy Garland.

Ziegfeld Follies (1946) -- (Movie Clip) Glorifying Girls

William Powell as the late Florenz Ziegfeld, imagining the show he would stage, throwing to pal Fred Astaire, into "Here's To The Girls" by Roger Edens and producer Arthur Freed, mostly featuring ballet and the thin, young Cyd Charisse, in MGM's Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

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.

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) The Babbitt And The Bromide

Joining a couple of minutes into the big Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly number, the song by George and Ira Gershwin, their only performance together until That's Entertainment nearly 30 years later, working toward the climax in MGM's enormous Ziegfeld Follies, 1946.

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) Black Cats

Second part of the first big production number, Vincente Minnelli directing and indications that producer Arthur Freed gave his creatives (Helen Rose costumes, design by Cedric Gibbons et al) a pretty free hand, Lucille Ball silent but, what would she say? 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.