Ziegfeld Girl (film)
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1941 US Theatrical Poster
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| Directed by | Robert Z. Leonard |
| Produced by | Pandro S. Berman |
| Written by |
William Anthony McGuire (story) Marguerite Roberts (screenplay) Sonya Levien (screenplay) |
| Starring |
James Stewart Judy Garland Hedy Lamarr Lana Turner |
| Music by | Herbert Stothart |
| Cinematography | Ray June Joseph Ruttenberg |
| Edited by | Blanche Sewell |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
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132 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,468,000 |
| Box office | $3,101,000 |
Ziegfeld Girl is a 1941 American musical film starring James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr, and Lana Turner, and co-starring Tony Martin, Jackie Cooper, Eve Arden, and Philip Dorn. Released by MGM, it was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and featured musical numbers by Busby Berkeley.
Set in the 1920s, the film tells the parallel stories of three women who become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies. It was intended to be a 1938 sequel to the 1936 hit The Great Ziegfeld, and recycled some footage from the earlier film.
The story deals with three showbiz hopefuls - Susan Gallagher (Judy Garland), Sandra Kolter (Hedy Lamarr) and Sheila Regan (Lana Turner) - and their efforts to attain the lofty status of "Ziegfeld Girl."
Every year Florenz Ziegfeld stages his famous play, the Ziegfeld Follies, and, as every year, he's looking for new talents. Among the others, are employeed three young girls: Sandra, a beautiful European beauty, Sheila, a spicy American beauty without artistic experience and Susan, a devilish little girl that comes from the hard school of vaudeville, a daughter of art. The three girls will have a hard time with the world of Broadway, discovering that all that glitters is not gold.
It will end with Sandra who'll give up Broadway's world for the love of her husband, a violin virtuoso. Sheila will remain crushed by the mirage of Luxury Park Avenue: alcoholic addicted, she'll be dismissed even from her beau. The only one who'll make a career will be Susan, who demonstrates that, even to go down The Ziegfeld stairs, it must take talent and it's not strictly necessary to be beautiful.
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