Ziegfeld Follies
Summary:
The presence of William Powell as legendary showman Flo Ziegfeld at the beginning of Ziegfeld Follies might lead an impressionable viewer from thinking that this 1946 film is a Technicolor sequel to the 1936 Oscar-winning The Great Ziegfeld. Not so: this is more in the line of an all-star revue, much like such early talkies as Hollywood Revue of 1929 and Paramount on Par... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Fred Astaire - (Fred Astaire/Raffles/Tai Long)
Lucille Ball - (The Princess)
Lucille Bremer - (Princess/Moy Ling)
Fanny Brice - (Norma)
Judy Garland - (Herself)
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Review:
Revues are a tricky thing o pull off on film (which is why most producers try to hedge their bets but tacking a plot onto a filmed revue, thereby making it satisfying neither as revue nor as a scripted show), but Ziegfeld Follies manages it beautifully. That's not to say it is by any means perfect, for there are definitely some "lows" mixed in w... Continue >>
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