The Sensation of the Century!
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
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Classical in form, earnest, epic and nostalgic.
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
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Cast
- William PowellFlorenz 'Flo' Ziegfeld Jr.
- Myrna LoyBillie Burke
- Luise RainerAnna Held
- Frank MorganBillings
- Fanny BriceFannie Brice
- Virginia BruceAudrey Dane
- Reginald OwenSampston
- Ray BolgerRay Bolger
- Ernest CossartSidney
- Joseph CawthornDr. Ziegfeld
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- Robert Z. LeonardDirector
- William Anthony McGuireScreenplay
- George J. FolseyDirector of Photography
- Karl FreundDirector of Photography
- Oliver T. MarshDirector of Photography
- Arthur LangeOriginal Music Composer
- William S. GrayEditor
- Hunt StrombergProducer
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