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At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows
Language
Budget$2,183,000
Revenue $4,673,000
English
Budget$2,183,000
Revenue $4,673,000
Keywords
biography
based on true story
producer
broadway
musical revue
19th century
20th century
based on real person
impresario
Casts
William Powell
Florenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.
Myrna Loy
Billie Burke
Luise Rainer
Anna Held
Frank Morgan
Billings
Fanny Brice
Fannie Brice
Virginia Bruce
Audrey Dane
Reginald Owen
Sampston
Ray Bolger
Ray Bolger
Ernest Cossart
Sidney
Joseph Cawthorn
Dr. Ziegfeld
Nat Pendleton
Sandow
Dennis Morgan
Stage Singer in "Pretty Girl" Number
Marcelle Corday
Marie
Robert Greig
Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)
Harriet Hoctor
Herself
Jean Chatburn
Mary Lou
Paul Irving
Erlanger
Herman Bing
Costumer
Charles Judels
Pierre
Raymond Walburn
Sage
A.A. Trimble
Will Rogers
Buddy Doyle
Eddie Cantor
Wallis Clark
Stock Broker
Wanda Perry
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
William Demarest
Gene Buck (uncredited)
Ann Gillis
Mary Lou as a Child (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson
Barber Shop Customer (uncredited)
John Larkin
Sam (uncredited)
Barry Norton
Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge
Julian Mitchell (uncredited)
Libby Taylor
Flossie - Audrey's Maid (uncredited)
Crews
Robert Z. Leonard
Director
William Anthony McGuire
Screenplay
Hunt Stromberg
Producer
William S. Gray
Editor
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Eddie Imazu
Art Direction
Adrian
Costume Design
Arthur Lange
Original Music Composer
Oliver T. Marsh
Director of Photography
Merritt B. Gerstad
Director of Photography
Karl Freund
Director of Photography
George J. Folsey
Director of Photography
Ray June
Director of Photography
John Hoffman
Special Effects
Douglas Shearer
Sound Director
Backdrops & Posters
