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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The Great Ziegfeld
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Movie · Music · Drama · NR
1936 · 3h 5m · ★ 45% (9.8K)
The Sensation of the Century!
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer
Overview
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
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Cast
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest Cossart, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat Pendleton, Dennis Morgan, Marcelle Corday, Robert Greig, Harriet Hoctor, Jean Chatburn, Paul Irving, Herman Bing, Charles Judels, Raymond Walburn