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Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

GREATEST MUSICAL EXTRAVAGANZA OF ALL TIME!

19416.52h 12m

Overview

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.

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard
Written by Sonya Levien, William Anthony McGuire, Marguerite Roberts
Produced by Pandro S. Berman
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Top Cast

James Stewart

James Stewart

Gilbert Young

Judy Garland

Judy Garland

Susan Gallagher

Hedy Lamarr

Hedy Lamarr

Sandra Kolter

Lana Turner

Lana Turner

Sheila Regan

Tony Martin

Tony Martin

Frank Merton

Jackie Cooper

Jackie Cooper

Jerry Regan

Ian Hunter

Ian Hunter

Geoffrey Collis

Charles Winninger

Charles Winninger

'Pop' Gallagher

Edward Everett Horton

Edward Everett Horton

Noble Sage

Philip Dorn

Philip Dorn

Franz Kolter

Themes & Keywords

bootleggerinfidelitybrotherbeautymusicalviolinistbackstageromancesingermistressalcoholicmillionairebroadwayboyfriendgold diggerchorus girlmusical revuevaudeville actfall from gracevaudevillianshow girlsnew-found fameimmigrants

About Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl is a drama, music, romance film released in 1941 exploring themes of bootlegger, infidelity, brother, beauty, musical, violinist. Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, it stars James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr. 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.

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