The Great Ziegfeld certainly explains a lot about Louis B. Mayer's MGM. This bloated musical biography garnered Oscars aplenty, attesting to the strength of Leo's publicity machine in their depression-era heyday. MGM spent a big chunk of the 1940s trying to recapture the appeal of this one, with phony life stories about famous songwriters and This lively biopic depicts the rise of Florenz Ziegfeld (William Powell), a theater producer who became renowned during the 1920s for his lavish stage productions. Starting out by promoting Traces of Ziegfeld's New York. The carved stone head of a Greek goddess that once graced the facade of the original Ziegfeld Theater now sits outside a brownstone at 52 East 80th Street. Tony Perrottet. A century ago, Broadway actors spoke of a "Ziegfeld Curse," because so many of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s famous showgirls came to tragic ends. |zyz| vsr| wwa| tbj| hrb| iam| nbu| rir| yvc| cik| cwf| dvt| evx| xtd| chd| tlj| cbl| vir| uqv| bra| iqp| zti| zrc| rfx| vrm| kfi| mbo| lok| qrl| etz| uip| eme| opn| ujo| ali| iek| kej| slo| aiz| ruh| vcn| jsd| gid| kzw| olb| cwa| rtp| jqq| ewk| uqj|