American theatrical impresario (1867–1932)
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Ziegfeld in 1928
Born Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr.
(1867-03-21 ) March 21, 1867Died July 22, 1932(1932-07-22) (aged 65) Occupation(s) Producer,
impresario Spouse
Partner
Anna Held (1897–1913) Children
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson
The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (poster), produced by Ziegfeld, (1894)
Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. (; March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932) was an American
Broadway
impresario , notable for his series of theatrical
revues , the
Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the
Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musical
Show Boat . He was known as the "glorifier of the American girl".
[1] Ziegfeld is a member of the
American Theater Hall of Fame .
[2]
Early life
Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was born on March 21, 1867,
[3] : 8 in
Chicago , Illinois. His mother, Rosalie (
née de Hez), who was born in
Belgium , was the grandniece of General Count
Étienne Maurice Gérard .
[4]
[5] His father, Florenz Edward Ziegfeld, was a German immigrant whose father was the mayor of
Jever in
Friesland . Ziegfeld was baptized in his mother's
Roman Catholic church. His father was
Lutheran .
[3] : 7–8 As a child Ziegfeld witnessed the
Chicago fire of 1871 .
Career
His father ran the
Chicago Musical College and later opened a nightclub, the Trocadero , to profit from the 1893
World's Fair .
[6] To help his father's nightclub succeed, Ziegfeld hired and managed the strongman
Eugen Sandow .
[6]
[7]
In London, during a trip to Europe, Ziegfeld met
Anna Held , a Polish-French singer.
[8] His promotion of Held in America brought about her meteoric rise to national fame.
[9]
[10] It was Held who first suggested an American imitation of the Parisian Folies Bergère to Ziegfeld.
[6]
[11] Her success in a series of his Broadway shows, especially
A Parisian Model (1906), was a major reason for his starting a series of lavish revues in 1907.
[12] Much of Held's popularity was due to Ziegfeld's creation of publicity stunts and rumors fed to the American press.
Ziegfeld's stage spectaculars, known as the
Ziegfeld Follies , began with Follies of 1907, which opened on July 7, 1907,
[13] and were produced annually until 1931.
[14] These
extravaganzas , with elaborate costumes and sets, featured beauties chosen personally by Ziegfeld in production numbers choreographed to the works of prominent composers such as
Irving Berlin ,
George Gershwin and
Jerome Kern .
[1] The Follies featured the famous
Ziegfeld girls , female chorus dancers who wore elaborate costumes and performed in synchronization.
The Follies featured many performers who, though well known from previous work in other theatrical genres, achieved unique financial success and publicity with Ziegfeld. Included among these are
Nora Bayes ,
Fanny Brice ,
Ruth Etting ,
W. C. Fields ,
Eddie Cantor ,
Marilyn Miller ,
Will Rogers ,
Bert Williams and
Ann Pennington .
[14]
Caricature by
Ralph Barton , 1925
At a cost of $2.5 million, Ziegfeld built the 1600-seat
Ziegfeld Theatre on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. Designed by
Joseph Urban and
Thomas W. Lamb , the auditorium was egg-shaped, with the stage at the narrow end. A huge medieval-style mural, The Joy of Life , covered the walls and ceiling.
[15] To finance the construction, Ziegfeld borrowed from
William Randolph Hearst ,
[16] who took control of the theater after Ziegfeld's death.
The Ziegfeld Theatre opened in February 1927 with Ziegfeld's production of
Rio Rita , which ran for nearly 500 performances. This was followed by
Show Boat ,
[12] a great hit with a run of 572 performances.
[6]
[17] This musical, which concerned racial discrimination in the South during the late nineteenth century, was a collaboration between Ziegfeld, Urban, and composer
Jerome Kern . The musical has been revived four times on Broadway, winning multiple
Tony Awards . The score features several classics such as "
Ol' Man River " and "
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man ".
[18]
Ziegfeld lost much of his money in the
stock market crash . In May 1932 he staged a revival of Show Boat that ran for six months—a hit, by Depression standards.
[19] That same year, he brought his Follies stars to
CBS Radio with
The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air .
[20]
Personal life
Florenz Ziegfield, Jr. in 1904
In 1896, Ziegfeld met
Anna Held , an actress, in London.
[21] Ziegfeld and Held began a
common-law marriage in 1897, and she divorced him in 1913, according to her obituary in
The New York Times dated August 13, 1918.
[10]
[3] : 45 Held served Ziegfeld with divorce papers on April 14, 1912, and their divorce became final on January 9, 1913.
[3] : 124–125 Held had submitted testimony about Ziegfeld's relationship with another woman.
[22] The unnamed party in this romantic triangle was showgirl
Lillian Lorraine , an entertainer of limited talent but charismatic stage presence and beauty whom Ziegfeld discovered in 1907 when she was a 15-year-old performer in a Shubert production. Ziegfeld spent years promoting her career, transforming her into one of the most popular attractions in his Follies
[23] : 18–19 and establishing her in an apartment two floors above the residence he shared with Held. He remained in love with Lorraine for the rest of his life.
[23] : 63
Not long after his divorce from Held, Ziegfeld married actress
Billie Burke on April 11, 1914. They had met at a New Year's Eve party.
[1]
[24] They had one child,
Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson (1916–2008). The family lived on his estate in
Hastings-on-Hudson, New York , and in
Palm Beach, Florida .
[25]
Ziegfeld died in
Hollywood, California on July 22, 1932, from
pleurisy , related to a previous lung infection.
[1] He had been in Los Angeles only a few days after moving from a
New Mexico sanitarium.
[1] His death left Burke with substantial debts, driving her toward film acting to settle them.
[16] She died on May 14, 1970. He and Burke are interred in
Kensico Cemetery in
Valhalla, New York .
Accolades
Ziegfeld was elected to the
American Theatre Hall of Fame .
[26]
Broadway theatre productions
Poster promoting theatre performer
Anna Held (c. 1898)
Poster for Mam'selle Napoleon (1903)
Follies of 1907 sheet music cover
Joseph Urban set design drawing for
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
Broadway theatre productions
Date
Title
Notes
1896
A Parlor Match
Herald Square Theatre
[10]
[27]
1898
The French Maid
Herald Square Theatre
[28]
1898
Way Down East
Manhattan Theatre
[29]
1898
The Turtle
Manhattan Theatre
[30]
1899
Mlle. Fifi
Manhattan Theatre
[31]
1899
The Manicure
Manhattan Theatre
[32]
1899–1900
Papa's Wife
Manhattan Theatre
[33]
1901–1902
The Little Duchess
Casino Theatre ,
Grand Opera House
[34]
1903–1904
Red Feather
Lyric Theatre , Grand Opera House
[35]
1903–1904
Mam'selle Napoleon
Knickerbocker Theatre
[36]
1904–1905
Higgledy-Piggledy
Weber and
Fields ' Broadway Music Hall
[37]
1905
Higgledy-Piggledy
Weber and Fields' Broadway Music Hall
[38]
1906–1907
The Parisian Model
Broadway Theatre
[39]
1907
Follies of 1907
Jardin de Paris ,
Liberty Theatre , Grand Opera House
[40]
1908
The Parisian Model
Broadway Theatre
[41]
1908
The Soul Kiss
New York Theatre
[42]
1908
Follies of 1908
Jardin de Paris, New York Theatre
[43]
1908–1909
Miss Innocence
New York Theatre
[44]
1909
Follies of 1909
Jardin de Paris
[45]
1909
Miss Innocence
New York Theatre
[46]
1910
Follies of 1910
Jardin de Paris
[47]
1911
Ziegfeld Follies of 1911
Jardin de Paris
[48]
1912
Over the River
Globe Theatre
[49]
1912
A Winsome Widow
Moulin Rouge
[50]
1912–1913
Ziegfeld Follies of 1912
Moulin Rouge
[51]
1913
Ziegfeld Follies of 1913
Moulin Rouge
[52]
1914
Ziegfeld Follies of 1914
New Amsterdam Theatre
[53]
1915
Ziegfeld Follies of 1915
New Amsterdam Theatre
[54]
1916
Ziegfeld Follies of 1916
New Amsterdam Theatre
[55]
1916–1917
The Century Girl
Century Theatre
[56]
1917
Dance and Grow Thin
Cocoanut Grove Theatre
[56]
1917
Ziegfeld Follies of 1917
New Amsterdam Theatre
[57]
1917
The Rescuing Angel
Hudson Theatre
[58]
1917–1918
Miss 1917
Century Theatre
[59]
1917–1918
A Night in Spain
Cocoanut Grove Theatre
[60]
1918
Ziegfeld Follies of 1918
New Amsterdam Theatre, Globe Theatre
[61]
1918
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
Ziegfeld Roof
[62]
1918
By Pigeon Post
George M. Cohan's Theatre
[63]
1919
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919
New Amsterdam Theatre
[64]
1919
Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review
New Amsterdam Theatre Roof
[65]
1919
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
Danse de Follies
[66]
1919
Caesar's Wife
Liberty Theatre
[67]
1919–1920
Elsie Janis and Her Gang
George M. Cohan's Theatre
[68]
1920
Ziegfeld Girls of 1920
Danse de Follies
[69]
1920
Ziegfeld Follies of 1920
New Amsterdam Theatre
[70]
1920–1922
Sally
New Amsterdam Theatre
[71]
1921
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
Ziegfeld Roof
[72]
1921
Ziegfeld 9 O'Clock Frolic
Danse de Follies
[73]
1921
Ziegfeld Follies of 1921
Globe Theatre
[74]
1921–1922
The Intimate Strangers
Henry Miller's Theatre
[75]
1921–1922
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
Danse de Follies
[76]
1922
Ziegfeld Follies of 1922
New Amsterdam Theatre
[77]
1922–1923
Rose Briar
Empire Theatre
[78]
1923
Ziegfeld Follies of 1923
New Amsterdam Theatre
[79]
1923
Sally
New Amsterdam Theatre
[80]
1923–1924
Ziegfeld Follies of 1923
New Amsterdam Theatre
[81]
1923–1925
Kid Boots
Earl Carroll Theatre ,
Selwyn Theatre
[82]
1924–1925
Ziegfeld Follies of 1924
New Amsterdam Theatre
[83]
1924–1925
Annie Dear
Times Square Theatre
[84]
1925
Louis the 14th
Cosmopolitan Theatre
[85]
1925
Ziegfeld Follies of 1925
New Amsterdam Theatre
[86]
1926
No Foolin'
Globe Theatre
[87]
1926–1927
Betsy
New Amsterdam Theatre
[88]
1927–1928
Rio Rita
Ziegfeld Theatre ,
Lyric Theatre ,
Majestic Theatre
[89]
1927–1928
Ziegfeld Follies of 1927
New Amsterdam Theatre
[90]
1927–1929
Show Boat
Ziegfeld Theatre
[91]
1928
Rosalie
Ziegfeld Theatre
[92]
1928
The Three Musketeers
Lyric Theatre
[93]
1928–1929
Whoopee!
New Amsterdam Theatre
[94]
1929
Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic
Frolic Theatre
[95]
1929
Show Girl
Ziegfeld Theatre
[96]
1929–1930
Bitter Sweet
Ziegfeld Theatre,
Shubert Theatre
[97]
1930
Simple Simon
Ziegfeld Theatre
[98]
1930–1931
Smiles
Ziegfeld Theatre
[99]
1931
Ziegfeld Follies of 1931
Ziegfeld Theatre
[100]
1932
Hot-Cha!
Ziegfeld Theatre
[101]
1932
Show Boat
Casino Theatre
[102]
Films
Ziegfeld appears in a sound prologue to the 1929 film,
Show Boat —a
part-talkie based on
Edna Ferber 's
1926 novel , not the popular stage adaptation that was still playing on Broadway when the film was released.
Universal Pictures originally made Show Boat as a silent, and obtained the rights to the popular Broadway score after the film was shot. The 18-minute prologue is introduced by Ziegfeld and producer
Carl Laemmle , and features excerpts from the stage production performed by cast members
Jules Bledsoe ,
Tess Gardella ,
Helen Morgan and the Broadway chorus.
[103]
[104] : 61 Two subsequent adaptations of Show Boat , in
1936 and
1951 , were based on the stage musical.
[105]
[106]
Technicolor screen versions of three of Ziegfeld's stage musicals were produced in the early sound film era.
RKO Pictures had its first hit with its lavish presentation of
Rio Rita (1929), starring
Bebe Daniels and
John Boles .
[107] : 22
[108]
Marilyn Miller reprised one of her greatest stage successes in
Sally (1929).
[109]
Eddie Cantor reprised his popular Broadway role in
Whoopee! (1930), which Ziegfeld himself produced with
Samuel Goldwyn .
[110]
Cultural references
Poster for
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
In 1936
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer released a semi-biographical film extravaganza,
The Great Ziegfeld , starring
William Powell . He was personally chosen for the role by Billie Burke, who felt that while Powell did not physically resemble her late husband, he possessed the right manner. "What I tried to do primarily was to get across the essential spirit of the man", Powell later said, "his love for show business, his exquisite taste, his admiration for the beauty of women. He was financially impractical but aesthetically impeccable—a genius in his chosen field."
[111] : 184 Nominated for seven
Academy Awards , The Great Ziegfeld received Oscars for
Best Picture ,
Best Actress (
Luise Rainer as Anna Held), and
Best Dance Direction (Seymour Felix), for the astonishingly opulent production number, "
A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody "—one of the most famous musical sequences ever filmed.
[112]
[113] It was MGM's most expensive production since
Ben-Hur (1925), and it made back twice its cost.
[114] : 120–121
Released by MGM ten years later,
Ziegfeld Follies (1946) was an all-star revue that includes Powell in a cameo role as Ziegfeld.
[111] : 228–229
[114] : 201 A 1978
NBC -
television film ,
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women , stars
Paul Shenar as Ziegfeld. Directed by
Buzz Kulik , the three-hour
biopic
[115]
[116] was nominated for seven
Emmy Awards and received the award for Outstanding Cinematography (
Gerald Finnerman ).
[117]
Ziegfeld appears as a character in a number of films:
Archive
The Academy Film Archive houses the Florenz Ziegfeld-Billie Burke Collection. The collection consists primarily of home movies.
[125]
Further reading
Carter, Randolph, Ziegfeld, the Time of His Life , New and rev. ed., London, Bernard Press, 1988;
ISBN
0-9513557-0-8
Redniss, Lauren, Century Girl: 100 Years in the Life of Doris Eaton Travis, Last Living Star of the Ziegfeld Follies , New York, Harper Collins, 2006;
ISBN
978-0-06-085333-4 .
References
^
a
b
c
d
e
"Florenz Ziegfeld Dies in Hollywood After Long Illness" .
The New York Times . July 23, 1932. Retrieved February 19, 2009 .
^
"The Theater Hall of Fame Founders Awards" . Theater Hall of Fame . November 14, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
^
a
b
c
d Mordden, Ethan (2008).
Ziegfeld: The Man Who Invented Show Business . New York: St. Martin's Press.
ISBN
9781429951524 .
^
"Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr" . timenote.info . Retrieved June 4, 2022 .
^ Hester, Heather.
"Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.." In Immigrant Entrepreneurship: German-American Business Biographies, 1720 to the Present , vol. 4, edited by Jeffrey Fear. German Historical Institute. Last modified November 13, 2014.
^
a
b
c
d Kenrick, John.
"Florenz Ziegfeld:A Biography" , Musicals101; accessed January 13, 2011
^ Grant Hayter-Menzies (January 26, 2016).
Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke . McFarland. p. 65.
ISBN
9780786453085 . Retrieved December 21, 2016 .
^
"Burke, Billie, 1885-1970" .
Social Networks and Archival Context . Retrieved June 4, 2022 .
^ Eve Golden (reviewed by Margaret Van Dagens).
"Book review, Anna Held And The Birth Of Ziegfeld's Broadway , New York Times , May 14, 2000.
^
a
b
c
"Anna Held Dies After Brave Fight" .
The New York Times . August 13, 1918. Retrieved February 13, 2016 .
^ Cambridge Guide to the American Theatre , (New York: Cambridge UP, 1995) p. 511
^
a
b
"Florenz Ziegfeld biography"
Archived May 23, 2012, at the
Wayback Machine , pbs.org, accessed January 13, 2011.
^ Vlastnik, Frank; Bloom, Ken.
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1919" Broadway Musicals: The 101 Greatest Shows of All Time , Black Dog Publishing, 2010;
ISBN
1-57912-849-1 , p. 332
^
a
b Green, Stanley.
"Florenz Ziegfeld" Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre , Da Capo Press, 1980;
ISBN
0-306-80113-2 , pp. 463–64
^ Innes, C.D.
"Chapter: Stage and Screen" , Designing modern America: Broadway to Main Street , Yale University Press, 2005;
ISBN
0-300-10804-4 , pp. 60–62.
^
a
b Hayter-Menzies, Grant.
"Chapter 18. The Great Ziegfeld" Mrs. Ziegfeld: The Public and Private Lives of Billie Burke , McFarland, 2009;
ISBN
0-7864-3800-2 , pp. 114, 159
^ Green, Stanley.
"Chapter: Jerome Kern" The World of Musical Comedy (4ed.), Da Capo Press, 1984;
ISBN
0-306-80207-4 , p. 62
^
Maslon, Laurence (2010). Broadway : the American musical . Kantor, Michael, 1961– (Updated and rev. ed.). Milwaukee, WI: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books.
ISBN
9781423491033 .
OCLC
460051829 .
^ Jones, John Bush.
"The Depression Hits Broadway" , Our Musicals, Ourselves: A Social History of the American Musical Theater , UPNE, 2003,
ISBN
0-87451-904-7 , p. 82
^
Dunning, John (1998).
On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 745.
ISBN
978-0-19-507678-3 . Retrieved November 6, 2019 .
^
"Today in History – March 21" .
Library of Congress . Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved June 4, 2022 . {{
cite web }}
: CS1 maint: location (
link )
^ Golden, Eve
"Chapter: The Unchastened Woman" . Anna Held and the Birth of Ziegfeld's Broadway , University Press of Kentucky, 2000;
ISBN
0-8131-2153-1 , pp. 160–61
^
a
b Hanson, Nils (2011). Lillian Lorraine, The Life and Times of a Ziegfeld Diva . Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company Publishers.
ISBN
9780786464074 .
^
"BILLIE BURKE WEDS.; Now Mrs. F. Ziegfeld – Married in Hoboken After Matinee" . The New York Times . April 13, 1914. Retrieved June 4, 2022 .
^
"Patricia Ziegfeld Stephenson, Daughter of Legendary Broadway Impresario" . Jazz News . April 25, 2008. Archived from
the original on April 29, 2008. Retrieved May 11, 2008 .
^
"Theater Hall of Fame members" .
American Theater Hall of Fame . Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"A Parlor Match" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"The French Maid" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Way Down East" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"The Turtle" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Mlle. Fifi" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"The Manicure" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Papa's Wife" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"The Little Duchess" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Red Feather" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Mam'selle Napoleon" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Higgledy-Piggledy" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Higgledy-Piggledy" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"A Parisian Model" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1907" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"A Parisian Model" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"The Soul Kiss" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1908" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Miss Innocence" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1909" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Miss Innocence" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1910" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1911" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Over the River" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"A Winsome Widow" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1912" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1913" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1914" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1915" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1916" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
a
b
"The Century Girl" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1917" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"The Rescuing Angel" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 14, 2016 .
^
"Miss 1917" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"A Night in Spain" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1918" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"By Pigeon Post" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1919" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Nine O'Clock Review" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Caesar's Wife" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Elsie Janis and Her Gang" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Girls of 1920" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1920" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Sally" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1921" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"The Intimate Strangers" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1922" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Rose Briar" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1923" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Sally" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1923" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Kid Boots" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1924" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Annie Dear" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Annie Dear" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1925" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"No Foolin' " . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Betsy" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Rio Rita" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1925" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Show Boat" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Rosalie" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"The Three Musketeers" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Whoopie!" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Show Girl" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Bitter Sweet" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Show Girl" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Smiles" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Ziegfeld Follies of 1931" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Hot-Cha!" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Hot-Cha!" . Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved February 15, 2016 .
^
"Show Boat details" .
AFI Catalog of Feature Films .
American Film Institute . Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
Hirschhorn, Clive (1985) [1983]. The Universal Story . New York: Crown Publishers.
ISBN
0-7064-1873-5 .
^
"Show Boat" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Show Boat details" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^ Jewell, Richard B.; Harbin, Vernon (1982). The RKO Story . New York: Arlington House.
ISBN
0-517-54656-6 .
^
"Rio Rita details" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Sally" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Whoopee!" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
a
b Quirk, Lawrence J. (1986). The Complete Films of William Powell . New York: Citadel Press.
ISBN
0-8065-0998-8 .
^
"The Great Ziegfeld" . Academy Awards Database .
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences . Archived from
the original on February 8, 2009. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"The Great Ziegfeld" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
a
b Eames, John Douglas (1982) [1975].
The MGM Story . New York: Crown Publishers.
ISBN
9780517523896 .
^
Erickson, Hal .
"Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women" .
AllMovie . Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^ Berard, Jeanette M.; Corwin, Norman; Englund, Klaudia.
"Specials" , Television Series and Specials Scripts , McFarland, 2009;
ISBN
0-7864-3348-5 , p. 425
^
"Emmy Awards Search" .
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences . Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"I'll See You in My Dreams" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"The Story of Will Rogers" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"The I Don't Care Girl" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"The Eddie Cantor Story" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Deep in My Heart" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Funny Girl details" . AFI Catalog of Feature Films . American Film Institute. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Roger DeKoven Dies; Diverse Actor Was 81" . The New York Times . January 29, 1988. Retrieved February 18, 2016 .
^
"Florenz Ziegfeld-Billie Burke Collection" . Academy Film Archive . December 19, 2014. Retrieved July 5, 2016 .
External links
Shows Radio Films People Related articles
International National People Other