The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

1936 · 185 min · EN · NR · 6.3 (152 votes)
Dir. Robert Z. Leonard · Starring William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce · Music Arthur Lange · Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

“The Sensation of the Century!”

MusicDramaRomance

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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A dazzling, larger-than-life journey into the golden age of Broadway. It's a sweeping, romantic look at ambition and the price of chasing dreams, filled with opulent spectacle and a touch of bittersweet reflection.

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