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A Awesome Ziegfeld occurs as 1936 film. Although Florenz Ziegfeld's life provides the plot thread for this flick, it's really intended to showcase the series of outstanding musical productions. A film includes original music by Walter Donaldson and Irving Berlin. Within its cast were William Powell (as Ziegfeld), Myrna Loy (as Ziegfeld's married woman Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (as a actress Anna Held), Nat Pendleton (as strongman Eugen Sandow), Frank Morgan and Virginia Bruce. Ziegfeld performing artist Fanny Brice and Ray Bolger played themselves. Dennis Morgan, in an uncredited role, performed a song "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody".
A moving-picture show won 3 Oscars:
It was nominated for even more, an extra quaternion:
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The Flick Filosopher MaryAnn Johanson's review: "Get past the set pieces that date the movie and make it twice as long as it might be, and The Great Ziegfeld...is a moving story". The Great MGM Musicals Page: The Great Ziegfeld Overview of the movie. Movie Mirrors: The Great Ziegfeld Summary of the movie. IMDb: The Great Ziegfeld Plot outline, cast and crew, and reviews. |
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