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 NERFINISHED
Jack Martin Smith NERFINISHED
basedOn Ziegfeld Follies NERFINISHED
stage revues by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
choreographyBy Gene Kelly NERFINISHED
Robert Alton NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Ray June NERFINISHED
colorProcess Technicolor
costumeDesignBy Adrian NERFINISHED
Irene NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Charles Walters NERFINISHED
George Sidney NERFINISHED
Lemar Cooley NERFINISHED
Robert Lewis NERFINISHED
Roy Del Ruth NERFINISHED
Vincente Minnelli NERFINISHED
distributor Loew's, Inc. NERFINISHED
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
editedBy Albert Akst NERFINISHED
era Hollywood Golden Age
surface form: Golden Age of Hollywood
featuresSegmentType comedy sketch
dance
song
genre comedy
musical
revue
hasFormat sketch-based musical revue
inspiredBy Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. NERFINISHED
leadCharacterPlayedBy William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. NERFINISHED
musicBy Herbert Stothart NERFINISHED
Roger Edens NERFINISHED
narrativeStructure loosely connected sketches
notableFor all-star MGM cast
lavish Technicolor production numbers
notableSegment "A Great Lady Has an Interview" NERFINISHED
"Limehouse Blues" NERFINISHED
"The Babbitt and the Bromide" NERFINISHED
"This Heart of Mine" NERFINISHED
notableSong "Here's to the Girls" NERFINISHED
"Love" NERFINISHED
"This Heart of Mine" NERFINISHED
originalLanguage English
partOf Arthur Freed Unit musicals NERFINISHED
portrays Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. as a character
producer Arthur Freed NERFINISHED
productionCompany Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
releaseDate 1946-04-08
releaseYear 1945
runtimeMinutes 110
screenwriter Kay Van Riper NERFINISHED
Leon Gordon NERFINISHED
William Powell NERFINISHED
setDecorationBy Edwin B. Willis NERFINISHED
setIn backstage of a revue
stars Edward Arnold NERFINISHED
Esther Williams NERFINISHED
Fanny Brice NERFINISHED
Fred Astaire NERFINISHED
Gene Kelly NERFINISHED
James Melton NERFINISHED
Judy Garland NERFINISHED
Kathryn Grayson NERFINISHED
Lena Horne NERFINISHED
Lucille Ball NERFINISHED
Red Skelton NERFINISHED
Victor Moore NERFINISHED
William Powell NERFINISHED
subjectMatter Broadway-style revue

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