Ziegfeld Follies (1945 film)

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Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 MGM musical revue film featuring an all-star cast in lavish, loosely connected song, dance, and comedy segments inspired by Florenz Ziegfeld’s famous Broadway shows.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf anthology film
film
musical revue film
artDirectionBy Cedric Gibbons
Jack Martin Smith
basedOn Ziegfeld Follies
stage revues by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
choreographyBy Gene Kelly
Robert Alton
cinematographyBy Ray June
colorProcess Technicolor
costumeDesignBy Adrian
Irene
countryOfOrigin United States
director Charles Walters
George Sidney
Lemar Cooley
Robert Lewis
Roy Del Ruth
Vincente Minnelli
distributor Loew's, Inc.
linked to: Loew's Inc.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Albert Akst
era Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresSegmentType comedy sketch
dance
song
genre comedy
musical
revue
hasFormat sketch-based musical revue
inspiredBy Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
leadCharacterPlayedBy William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
linked to: William Powell
musicBy Herbert Stothart
Roger Edens
narrativeStructure loosely connected sketches
notableFor all-star MGM cast
lavish Technicolor production numbers
notableSegment "A Great Lady Has an Interview"
"Limehouse Blues"
"The Babbitt and the Bromide"
"This Heart of Mine"
linked to: This Heart of Mine
notableSong "Here's to the Girls"
"Love"
"This Heart of Mine"
linked to: This Heart of Mine
originalLanguage English
partOf Arthur Freed Unit musicals
linked to: Arthur Freed Unit
portrays Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. as a character
producer Arthur Freed
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1946-04-08
releaseYear 1945
runtimeMinutes 110
screenwriter Kay Van Riper
Leon Gordon
William Powell
setDecorationBy Edwin B. Willis
setIn backstage of a revue
stars Edward Arnold
Esther Williams
Fanny Brice
Fred Astaire
Gene Kelly
James Melton
Judy Garland
Kathryn Grayson
Lena Horne
Lucille Ball
Red Skelton
Victor Moore
William Powell
subjectMatter Broadway-style revue

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Roger Edens notableWork Ziegfeld Follies (1945 film)
Robert Alton notableWork Ziegfeld Follies (1945 film)