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Ziegfeld Girl
Ziegfeld Girl
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Ziegfeld Girl Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl’s life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes. YOU’VE GOT A DATE with the girls from the “Follies”!
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A smorgasbord of lovely women with some high drama.
Ziegfeld Girl My grandparents saw the original Ziegfeld Follies back in the old days and always raved about the showmanship and glamour that was demonstrated. Both the Great Ziegfeld from the mid-1930’s and this film give some depth and insight into the days of the glorification of women. “You Stepped Out of A Dream” had more beautiful women in one production number than I have ever seen and probably will ever see. Oh, to have lived when the Ziegfeld shows were popular. And who can even begin to approach the beauty of Hedy Lamarr!
take three girls …
There are actually three girls who get into the Ziegfeld Follies in this b/w MGM feature. Judy Garland of course has a fabulous voice (especially when singing ‘I’m Always Chasing Rainbows’ so quietly); Lana Turner has false poise; and Hedy Lamarr looks stunning.
As the men in their lives, we have James Stewart, Jackie Cooper (all grown up!), Ian Hunter, Dan Dailey, Tony Martin … plus Charles Winninger as Garland’s father and vaudeville partner of Al Shean (playing himself).
The Follies numbers look good, but the film cries out for colour. Imagine how overblown, preposterous, and perfect it would have been then. As it is, it is a pleasant distraction, nothing more, and I found it quite distracting when towards the end some sequences were obviously taken from 1936’s ‘The Great Ziegfeld’!
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