The ''Ziegfeld Follies'' was a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934 and 1936. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as '' The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air''.

Founding and history

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'', was produced that year at the '' Jardin de Paris'' roof theatre. During the Follies era, many of the top entertainers, including W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Ann Pennington, Bert Williams,

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, Ruth Etting, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Louise Brooks, Marilyn Miller, Ed Wynn, Gilda Gray, Nora Bayes and Sophie Tucker appeared in the shows. The Ziegfeld Follies were also famous for their display of many beautiful chorus girls, commonly known as Ziegfeld Girls, who "paraded up and down flights of stairs as anything from birds to battleships." They usually wore elaborate costumes by designers such as Erté, Lady Duff-Gordon and Ben Ali Haggin. The " tableaux vivants" were designed by Ben Ali Haggin from 1917 to 1925. Joseph Urban was the scenic designer for the Follies shows starting in 1915. After Ziegfeld's death his widow, actress Billie Burke, authorized use of his name for Ziegfeld Follies in 1934 and 1936 to Jake Shubert, who then produced the Follies. The name was later used by other promoters in New York City, Philadelphia, and again on Broadway, with less connection to the original Follies. These later efforts failed miserably. When the show toured, the 1934 edition was recorded in its entirety, from the overture to play-out music, on a series of 78 rpm discs, which were edited by the record producer David Cunard to form an album of the highlights of the production and which was released as a CD in 1997.

Films based on the ''Ziegfeld Follies''

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film, '' The Great Ziegfeld'' produced the previous year won the Best Picture (called "Outstanding Production"),"Ceremonies 1937"
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(as Ziegfeld's second wife Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (as Anna Held, which won her an

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), and Frank Morgan as Jack Billings. Featuring numbers by Ray Bolger, Dennis Morgan, Virginia Bruce, and Harriet Hoctor, the film gave a glimpse into what the Follies were really like. The show-stopper was the

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-composed "

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", which, by itself, cost more to produce than one of Ziegfeld's entire stage shows."Notes"
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, Hedy Lamarr, James Stewart and Tony Martin. The film was set in the 1920s." 'Ziegfeld Girl' Overview and Cast"
tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019 Celebrated numbers from Ziegfeld Revues were recreated, including the famed "Wedding Cake" set which had been used for Metro's earlier film, ''The Great Ziegfeld''. Judy Garland was filmed on the top of the cake. Charles Winninger, who had performed in the Follies of 1920, appeared as " Ed Gallagher" with Gallagher's real-life partner, Al Shean to recreate the duo's famous song " Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean". According to modern sources, Turner's character was modeled after Ziegfeld Girl

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, who suffered a drunken fall into the orchestra pit during an extravagant number. In 1946 MGM released a third feature film based on Ziegfeld's shows titled '' Ziegfeld Follies'' with Fred Astaire,

, Lena Horne, William Powell (as Ziegfeld), Gene Kelly, Fanny Brice, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Cyd Charisse,

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, Kathryn Grayson, and others performing songs and sketches similar to those from the original Follies. ''Ziegfeld Follies'' was awarded the "Grand Prix de la Comedie Musicale" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1947, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (black and white). The 1964 stage musical '' Funny Girl'', starring

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as Fanny Brice, depicts Fanny Brice's success with the Follies. The 1968 Columbia Pictures film of ''Funny Girl'' also starred Barbra Streisand as Brice and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld.

The ''Follies''

*''Follies of 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910'' at the ''Jardin de Paris'' *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1911'' at the ''Jardin de Paris'' *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1912'' at the Moulin Rouge *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918,

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, 1920'' at the New Amsterdam Theatre *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1921'' at the Globe Theatre *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927'' at the New Amsterdam Theatre *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1931'' at the Ziegfeld Theatre *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1934'' at the Winter Garden Theatre *'' Ziegfeld Follies of 1936'' at the Winter Garden Theatre *''Ziegfeld Follies of 1943, 1957'' at the Winter Garden Theatre

List of performers by year

;1907 * Nora Bayes (joined the cast later in run) * Helen Broderick * Emma Carus *

Mlle. Dazie Daisy Ann Peterkin (September 16, 1884 – August 12, 1952), known by the stage name Mlle. Dazie, was an American vaudeville and Ziegfeld Follies dancer at the turn of the 20th century. She was a Tiptoe, toe-dancer. Biography Born on September 16 ...

* Grace La Rue *

Edna Luby Edna Luby (October 12, 1884 – October 1, 1928) was an American actress and comedian. She acted on stage and in silent films and performed in vaudeville as a celebrity impersonator. Luby was the niece of Sigmund Lubin, a pioneer film producer ...

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;1908 *Nora Bayes *Mlle. Dazie *Grace La Rue *

* The Ziegfeld Girls (including Mae Murray) * Marjorie Bonner ;1909 *Nora Bayes * Bessie Clayton *

* Jack Norworth * Sophie Tucker *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1910 * Fanny Brice * Anna Held (in a filmed sequence) *Lillian Lorraine * Bert Williams *The Ziegfeld Girls *

Bobby North Robert North (February 2, 1884 – August 13, 1976) was an American vaudeville performer who became a success as a stand-up comedian. Later he became a prolific motion picture producer. Early years Bobby North was born in New York City. He join ...

;1911 *Fanny Brice * Bert Williams *

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* Leon Errol *Lillian Lorraine *Vera Maxwell * Bessie McCoy *Bert Williams *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Jeanne Eagels) ;1912 *

Bernard Granville Bernard R. Granville (July 4, 1888 - October 5, 1936) was an American actor, singer and minstrel show performer who was discovered by Florenz Ziegfeld and was known as "the twentieth century comedian". Biography He was born on July 4, 1888 in West ...

*Leon Errol *Lillian Lorraine * Josie Sadler *Rae Samuels *

*Bert Williams *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1913 * Elizabeth Brice *Leon Errol *

Jose Collins Charlotte Josephine Collins (23 May 1887 – 6 December 1958) was an English actress and singer known by her stage name, José Collins, who was celebrated for her performances in musical comedies, such as the long-running '' The Maid of the M ...

* Ann Pennington *

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* Nat M. Wills *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1914 *Leon Errol * Annette Kellermann *Vera Maxwell * Vera Michelena *Ann Pennington *Bert Williams * Ed Wynn *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1915 *

* Ina Claire *Leon Errol * W. C. Fields * Justine Johnstone * Mae Murray *Ann Pennington * Ed Wynn *Bert Williams *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Helen Barnes, Marion Davies, Odette Myrtil and Olive Thomas) ;1916 *Fanny Brice *Ina Claire *W. C. Fields * Allyn King *

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*Ann Pennington *

*Bert Williams *Marion Davies *

*The Ziegfeld Girls (including Irene Hayes, Julanne Johnston and Lilyan Tashman) ;1917 * Diana Allen''Motion Pictures Studio Directory and Trade Annual'' (1921), p. 209 ("stage career, "Follies," 1917-18; "The Frolic," 1919") * Elvira Amazar *Fanny Brice * Eddie Cantor * Dolores * The Fairbanks Twins *Allyn King * William E. Ritchie *Will Rogers *Lilyan Tashman *Bert Williams *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Peggy Hopkins Joyce) ;1918 *Jay Brennan *Eddie Cantor *Frank Carter *The Fairbanks Twins * W. C. Fields * Joe Frisco *

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* Kay Laurell *Lillian Lorraine *Allyn King * Marilyn Miller *Ann Pennington * Bert Savoy *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Doris Eaton, Martha Mansfield and Nita Naldi) ;1919 *Eddie Cantor *DeLyle Alda *Johnny and Ray Dooley * Eddie Dowling *The Fairbanks Twins *Margaret Fitzgerald *Allyn King *Bette Morton *Marilyn Miller *

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* John Steel *Bert Williams *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Billie Dove and Mary Hay) ;1920 *Fanny Brice *DeLyle Alda *Eddie Cantor * Jack Donahue * Ray Dooley *

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* W. C. Fields *

*Art Hickman's Orchestra *Allyn King * Moran and Mack *

* Charles Winninger *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Juliette Compton and Dorothy Mackaill) ;1921 *Fanny Brice *Mary Eaton * W. C. Fields * Raymond Hitchcock * Vera Michelena *Van and Schenck *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Anastasia Reilly and Mary Nolan) *

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and Eugene Tillio ;1922 *Mary Eaton * Gallagher and Shean * Gilda Gray * Nervo and Knox * Olsen and Johnson *Will Rogers *

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*The Ziegfeld Girls (including Barbara Stanwyck and Geneva Mitchell) ;1923 *Fanny Brice *

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*Ann Pennington * Bert & Betty Wheeler * Paul Whiteman *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Lina Basquette and Dolores Costello) ;1924–25 * Billie Burke * Ray Dooley (joined the cast later in run) * W. C. Fields (joined the cast later in run) * Lupino Lane *Ann Pennington *

* Vivienne Segal * Ethel Shutta *Frank Tinney *

Dorothy Wegman Dorothy Deborah Wegman Raphaelson (November 24, 1904 – November 7, 2005), known professionally as Dorshka, was an American dancer, Ziegfeld Girl, vaudeville performer, and novelist. Early life Dorothy Deborah Wegman was raised in the Washi ...

Blanche Satchel Blanche Satchel was an Australian dancer and model. Biography Satchel appeared in the Ziegfeld Follies and Earl Carroll's ''Vanities'' and was once ''Miss Australia''. She came from London, England, with the Follies in 1925. Her height was 5'7" ...

* Bertha Belmore *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Louise Brooks, Claire Dodd, Peggy Fears and Dorothy Sebastian) ;1927 *Eddie Cantor * Cliff Edwards * Ruth Etting * Frances Upton *

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* Claire Luce *

*The Ziegfeld Girls (including Joan Blondell, Lilian Bond and Paulette Goddard) ;1931 * Faith Bacon * Buck & Bubbles *Albert Carroll * Dorothy Dell *Pearl E'doire *Ruth Etting * Helen Morgan *Agatha Hoff * Hal Le Roy *

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* Jack Pearl * Harry Richman *The Ziegfeld Girls (including Iris Adrian,

Virginia Biddle Virginia Biddle (December 17, 1910 – February 21, 2003) was an American revue performer and showgirl. She was a regular performer in Florenz Ziegfeld's ''Ziegfeld Follies, Follies'' shows until 1931. In July 1931, Biddle sustained burns to her ...

, Jean Howard,

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, and Zecil Silvonia) ;1934 * Eve Arden *Fanny Brice * Robert Cummings * Buddy and Vilma Ebsen * Jane Froman * Patricia Bowman *Agatha Hoff * Willie and Eugene Howard * Everett Marshall *

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and Cherry Preisser *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1936 *Eve Arden *Fanny Brice * Josephine Baker * Judy Canova * Bobby Clark (replacement) *George Church * Cass Daley (replacement) * Harriet Hoctor * Bob Hope * Gypsy Rose Lee (replacement) *The Nicholas Brothers * Gertrude Niesen *June and Cherry Preisser *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1943 *

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* Milton Berle * Eric Blore (replacement) * Jack Carter (replacement) * Jack Cole *Howard Jackson * Ilona Massey * Dean Murphy * Arthur Treacher * Tommy Wonder *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1956 (Boston) * Bea Arthur * Tallulah Bankhead * Carol Haney * Julie Newmar *The Ziegfeld Girls ;1957 * Billy DeWolfe * Harold Lang * Carol Lawrence * Beatrice Lillie * Jane Morgan *The Ziegfeld Girls

Ziegfeld girls

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Adaptations / In popular culture

The 1912 version of the Ziegfeld Follies included a song entitled ''Row, Row, Row'', which has been adapted by two football clubs in two different codes as its club song. In 1962, cabaret singer Jack Malcolmson, who was performing at the Richmond Football Club (Australian rules) Social Club in Richmond,

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, adapted the song into the Tigers' new club song, ''We're From Tigerland'', at the request of Richmond committee member Alf Barnett. (Previously, Richmond's club song had been ''Onward The Tigers'', to the tune of ''

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''.) In 2014, Melbourne's '' Herald Sun'' ranked ''We're From Tigerland'' as the best club song of any Australian Football League team. Official versions of the song include a 1972 recording by the Fable Singers, who recorded most AFL club songs, and a 2018 recording including Richmond legends Matthew Richardson and Kevin Bartlett. ''Row, Row, Row'' has also been adapted by America Football Club in

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as its anthem, the ''Hino do America'', with America supporter and famous Brazilian composer Lamartine Babo helping adapt the song.''Famoso hino do America é um plágio, conclui professor de música da UFRJ''
(Portuguese) Globo E Sporte The 1971 Stephen Sondheim musical '' Follies'' takes place at a reunion of showgirls from the ''Weissman Follies'', a fictional revue inspired by the ''Ziegfeld Follies''. In addition to featuring "ghosts" of statuesque showgirls from the heyday of the revues, the musical includes many songs and production numbers that are intended to evoke the types of entertainment typically featured in the ''Ziegfeld Follies'' and other revues of the period. Examples include parade of showgirls ("Beautiful Girls"); a torch song (" Losing My Mind"); a baggy pants comic song ("The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues"); and a novelty song ("Rain on the Roof"). In '' The Drowsy Chaperone'' there is a character by the name of Victor Feldzieg, the producer of ''Feldzieg's Follies'', a parody of ''Ziegfeld Follies''. The TV show, '' Boardwalk Empire'', portraying crime and corruption in 1920s

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, features a character that is a former Follies dancer, Lucy Danziger. Lucy is one of Nucky Thompson's girlfriends in the first season of the show. Lucy is portrayed by actress Paz de la Huerta.

References

External links

Ziegfeld on Musicals101.com

Ziegfeld Follies at Internet Broadway Database
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