Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
August 26, 1945Release Date
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
August 26, 1945Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
William Powell
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Judy Garland
The Star ('A Great Lady Has An Interview')
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball ('Here's to the Ladies')
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire ('Here's to the Ladies')
Lucille Bremer
Princess ('This Heart of Mine')
Fanny Brice
Norma Edelman ('A Sweepstakes Ticket')
Victor Moore
Lawyer's Client (segment Pay the Two Dollars)
Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson ('Beauty')
Red Skelton
J. Newton Numbskull (segment When Television Comes)
Lena Horne
Lena Horne ('Love')
Edward Arnold
Lawyer (segment Pay the Two Dollars)
Gene Kelly
Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide')
Marion Bell
Violetta
James Melton
Alfredo ('La Traviata')
Cyd Charisse
Ballerina
Lemuel Ayers
Director
Esther Williams
Esther Williams (segment A Water Ballet)
Roy Del Ruth
Director
Robert Lewis
Director
Virginia O'Brien
Virginia O'Brien (segment Here's to the Ladies)
Hume Cronyn
Monty Edelman (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)
Vincente Minnelli
Director
David Freedman
Writer
William Frawley
Mr. Martin (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)
Hugh Martin
Writer
Keenan Wynn
Caller (segment Number Please)
Ralph Blane
Writer
Eve Whitney
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
Arthur Freed
Producer
Noreen Nash
Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited)
George J. Folsey
Cinematographer
Charles Rosher
Cinematographer
Helen Rose
Costume Design
Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Albert Akst
Editor
Jack Martin Smith
Art Direction
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Roger Edens
Songs
Jack Dawn
Makeup Artist
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Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over. Other directors that are claimed to have made uncredited contributions to the film are Merrill Pye, Norman Taurog, and Charles Walters. It stars many MGM leading talents, including Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice (the only member of the ensemble who was a star of the original Follies), Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams.
Producer Arthur Freed wanted to create a film along the lines of the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway shows, and so, the film is composed of a sequence of unrelated lavish musical numbers and comedy sketches. Some of them, such as Pay the Two Dollars, originated in George White's Scandals. Filmed in 1944 and 1945, it was released in 1946 to considerable critical and box-office success.
The film was entered into the 1947 Cannes Film Festival.