Sheila, a former elevator operator from Flatbush, Brooklyn, is torn between her love for truck driver Gil Young and her suddenly wealthy life as a showgirl, including a Park Avenue apartment, press coverage, and expensive gifts from rich male fans. Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, Lana Turner, Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. Movies. Lorraine starred in several The Ziegfeld Follies' annual productions, starting in 1909, until her fame waned in the 1920s. Seriously ill and unable to sustain her luxurious lifestyle, she moves back into her family's modest Flatbush home. 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. Description[edit] Sheet music cover for "Shine on Harvest Moon" with Ruth Ettingof the Ziegfeld Follies Changing the running order of the segments, restoring discarded sequences and/or replacing "There's Beauty Everywhere" with a new finale were considered by the Arthur Freed Unit. Ultimately, the movie received its Manhattan opening at the Capitol Theatre on March 22, 1946, and its wide release on April 8. Doris Eaton Travis became the last surviving Ziegfeld Girl after the death of Dorothy Raphaelson in 2005. Deleted from the film was the original closing number, "We Must Have Music" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Gus Kahn), featuring Judy Garland, Tony Martin and Six Hits and a Miss. - "Sand", a sketch with Garland and Astaire in blackface. The idea for the film had been in discussion at MGM since 1939. Lana Turner's character was loosely modeled after real-life Ziegfeld Girl Lillian Lorraine, who once suffered a drunken fall into the orchestra pit during an extravagant number. The Ziegfeld Girls were the main attraction. Find out about popular radio shows, movies, music, books, foods, sports facts, famous birthdays, and other cool pop culture trends to get the right mix of questions and answers for your 1940s-themed trivia game. Al Shean as Al. In a Los Angeles Times interview with Hedda Hopper published in January 1956, James Stewart remembered the confusion caused by shooting this movie at the same time as Pot o' Gold (1941). (1968), 10)Amadeus (1984), 11)Chicago (2002). Judy Garland, Hedy Lamar and Lana Turner--three of the most glamorous leading ladies of the Golden Age of Hollywood--star with Jimmy Stewart as young women, each chosen for a life of fame on stage as a Ziegfeld Girl. "The Sweepstakes Ticket" sketch, written by David Freedman, highlighted Miss Brice's final Broadway appearance in "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936". Gene Kelly is allegedly in the Judy Garland "Trinidad" sequence. Original running time prior to post-production was 273 minutes. 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. Unfortunately, the town no longer exists per the Texas Historical Society--the Alcoa Aluminum factory near Rockdale is named after the town, as it sits where the town once was. 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. Over the course of her career, she worked as a dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, writer, and rancher. Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life, but not necessarily for the better. There is now a Ziegfeld Theater cinema right next to where it stood beside the NYC Hilton (often used for movie premieres). Row after row of talented and beautiful women . Susan (Judy Garland) is a vaudeville performer who desires nothing more than a shot at the big. It had a long run as a mixed use venue, hosting everything from Vaudeville to film showings, before finally being demolished in 1959. In both, he plays a money-hungry curmudgeon of a landlord. Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfelds theatrical Broadway revue spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies (19071931), in New York City, which were based on the Folies Bergre of Paris. The last of the Ziegfeld Girls is still dancing. Judy Garland, Vincente Minnelli, Howard Dietz, William F. Rodgers, Joseph Vogel, and MGM east coast sales manager E.K. Judy Garland, who played Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz, auditioned for this film. Cast & Crew Read More William Wyler Director Barbra Streisand Fanny Brice Omar Sharif Nick Arnstein Kay Medford Rose Brice Anne Francis Georgia James Walter Pidgeon Florenz Ziegfeld Photos & Videos 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". - "Children's Park" with various MGM stars (including Hepburn, Garland, Horne, Garson, Turner, Hedy Lamarr, Walter Pidgeon, Myrna Loy, Basil Rathbone, Tom Drake, and Esther Williams) riding on swings. The following year she appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies. In an effort to promote pogo sticks, inventor George Hansburg arranged a number of publicity stunts, including a marriage performed on pogo sticks in the 1920 Ziegfeld Follies show. The only film directed by Robert Z. Leonard to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Trivia on IMDb: Cameos, Mistakes, Spoilers and more. Debut of actresses Leslie Brooks and Patricia Dane. Other Ziegfeld girls included Leone Sousa, Monica Van Munster,[3] Mildred Chris Kennedy,[4] Irene Amelia Melfi and Dorothy Hale. In "Number, Please", the voice of Jeffrey Kirsten is provided by Peter Lawford in one of his first MGM assignments. 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. However, after negative reaction from preview audiences, MGM decided to cut the actual moment of death before the film's official release. ZIEGFELD GIRL was one of Lana Turner's first major roles for MGM; and she definitely has the meatiest role as Sheila. Nat Pendleton was a former champion weightlifter and easily duplicated some of Eugen Sandow's feats in this film. Myrna Darby was one of the iconic Ziegfeld Girls of the 1920s. He had gotten married, and although it was a struggle, he managed to keep afloat. The film was announced as a Universal production in January, 1934 with Lowell Sherman directing. Ziegfeld Girl (1941) Trivia Showing all 29 items Jump to: Spoilers (2) This was James Stewart 's last performance before serving military service in World War II. 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 - A "Firehouse Chat", a sketch with Garland, Lucille Ball, and Ann Sothern. Florenz Ziegfeld in 1932. - James Melton suggested he should do a number with either Garland, Jeanette MacDonald, or Grayson. And he continued to use it with a 2 inch Steinheil lens. Due to censorship restrictions forced upon studios by the Hays Code, the Ziegfeld Follies could not be accurately depicted in this film by director Robert Z. Leonard due to their nudity and subject matter. 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. A second test run began at the Nixon Theatre in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on August 28, 1945. 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. 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. The story is just plain bad, worse than most Metro fluff. In 1957, the then-current members were featured as mystery guests on the television panel show What's My Line? Ultimately the film cost MGM about $2 million to make, a huge amount in its day. All of the showgirls looked very similar, both in appearance and in stature. Despite her precarious health, Sheila goes alone to the opening night of the latest Follies show, where she collapses in the theater. Reviewed in the United States on December 17, 2020. Instead, Decca assigned the song to Jimmy Dorsey and His Orchestra featuring vocalist Helen O'Connell. And almost exclusively Tungsten or natural lighting too. In the present, there is a large, duck-shaped ferrocement structure located in Flanders, NY that houses a gift and memorabilia shop dedicated to that industry. He became very wealthy and famous because of his mail-order businesses, gyms, souvenir photographs, books, and personal appearances. Beneath towering, glittering, feathered headdresses, the Ziegfeld Girls floated . . 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). 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.". As happens every year, Florenz Ziegfeld is seeking new talent for the latest edition of his lavish Broadway revue, the Ziegfeld Follies. (One movie that succeeds the drama angle while still having good numbers is 1942's For Me and My Gal, also starring Garland.) In 1960, Alfred Cheney Johnston donated a set of 245 large prints of his work to the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. From a very young age, Travis had been performing on stage. Fears also lived out a show business myth: the chorus girl going on for the star. 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. Trivia:-Florenz Ziegfeld was a famous Broadway producer who died in 1932. 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. 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. Lana Turner's character was loosely modeled after real-life Ziegfeld Girl Lillian Lorraine, who once suffered a drunken fall into the orchestra pit during an extravagant number. Doris Eaton Travis (1904-2010) was a versatile and multifaceted American artist. Your email address will not be published. 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). When MGM made The Great Ziegfeld in 1936, a soft biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld that won the Academy Award for Best Picture, Myrna Loy was cast to play Ziegfeld's former wife Billie Burke. As parents, we share a desire to help our children look and feel their best. Ziegfeld Girl would (in my opinion) be worth owning on DVD for that . 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. Sandra and Franz rush to her side as Susan, now a star, sings from the stage. These stunning photos of Ziegfeld girls from the 1910s and 1920s that will transport you back to the period of the sexiest beauty of all time. . The music to the film was provided by Walter Donaldson, Irving Berlin, and lyricist Harold Adamson, with choreographed scenes. - 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. 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). Mona Louise Parsons was a Ziegfeld girl who was later a member of the Dutch resistance during the Second World War. Adrian is credited with designing the gowns in this film. - A minstrel number with Garland, Rooney, Astaire, Gene Kelly, Lou Holtz, and Nancy Walker. Content on this page is contributed by editors who belong to our editorial community. He asked: "How did she die? Directors Busby Berkeley (musical numbers directed by) Robert Z. Leonard Writers Marguerite Roberts (screen play by) Sonya Levien (screen play by) William Anthony McGuire (original story by) She was considered one of the most beautiful of the Ziegfeld Girls and was known as thoughtful and sweet. 28 of 28 found this interesting | Share this Sheila 'Red': That's right. In "A Great Lady Has an Interview", there is a picture in the background of Judy Garland barefoot and wearing a ragged dress. Her only other movie, A Night at the Opera (1935) also features an extended sequence set at one of Verdi's operas (Il Trovatore). Judy's two commercial cuts, arranged and conducted by Victor Young, recorded on January 26, 1945 and released on March 22, along with an alternate take of "This Heart of Mine", have been presented on her CD box set from MCA, "The Complete Decca Masters (Plus)". 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. Doris Eaton Travis is 101. After starring in several projects (none of them hits) Bremer asked to be released from her studio contract and walked away from her film career. Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer's dance was removed completely, since in every take of them, the bubbles obscured part of their face. - Musical number: "We Will Meet Again in Honolulu" (music by Nacio Herb Brown, lyrics by Arthur Freed), directed by Merrill Pye, sung by James Melton, audio available on Rhino's CD and Warner Home Video's DVD. Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 musical film directed by Robert Z. Leonard. There is a mountain in Alaska, a railroad, and a small town in Texas (near Austin) named after him. 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". Gallagher & Shean was one of the most famous vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies comedy teams. Pully. It was replaced by a high-rise office tower; just a few years later it would probably have been protected forever by the NYC Landmark Law. - An "Album of Familiar Songs" medley with Garland, Marilyn Maxwell, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Lena Horne, and Kathryn Grayson. William Powell was to play Ziegfeld, Burke was to play herself, and it would feature specialties by Fanny Brice, Judy Garland (and her sisters), Eddie Cantor, and Ray Bolger. - Musical number: "A Cowboy's Life," directed by Merrill Pye, sung by James Melton. Both films were produced by MGM. Debut of actresses Leslie Brooks and Patricia Dane. They danced in complete synchronization, and were the only act that was uniform in the Ziegfeld Follies. 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. This page is the FamousFix profile for Ziegfeld girl. The exquisitely and whimsically costumed Ziegfeld girls have inspired many a fashion runway show over the years, most especially the Victoria's Secret angelsand pop singer Bjork. Ziegfeld Girl $2.99 $9.99 Product details Language : English Package Dimensions : 7.32 x 4.19 x 1.12 inches; 6.13 Ounces Director : Robert Z. Leonard Date First Available : February 4, 2007 Actors : James Stewart, Judy Garland,Hedy lamarr and Lana Turner Subtitles: : English, French, Spanish Sandra quickly becomes a star and attracts the attentions of her singing co-star, Frank Merton. In the present, there is a large, duck-shaped ferrocement structure located in Flanders, NY that houses a gift and memorabilia shop dedicated to that industry. Fanny Brice was a Ziegfeld star and plays herself in the film. As a result, the audience is never certain of the fate of the character, because the film jumps to the Judy Garland finale. Miss Knowlden did not appear in the movie. Examples of this shade would now sell for around $4000. One of 11 American Music/als to win Best Picture: 1)The Broadway Melody (1929), 2)The Great Ziegfeld (1936), 3)Going My Way (1944), 4)An American in Paris (1951), 5)Gigi (1958), 6)West Side Story (1961), 7)My Fair Lady (1964), 8)The Sound of Music (1965), 9)Oliver! In 1935, Judy Garland and her sisters, known as "The Gumm Sisters," tested and were signed to Universal Studios for the upcoming biopic of Florenz Ziegfeld titled "The Great Ziegfeld." Billie Burke, the wife Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., paid a visit to the film's set one day. 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