Ziegfeld Follies

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Ziegfeld Follies

1946

1h 50m

Musical

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Running between 1907 and 1931, the Ziegfeld Follies were elaborate stage revues mounted by the great Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld, inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris. In 1945, film producer Arthur Freed recreated the lavishness of Ziegfeld's shows with this all-star revue, consisting of comedy sketches and song-and-dance numbers featuring MGM Studios' musical comedy stars including Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne and Red Skelton.

Jana Monji

Age of the Geek

04/19/2024

4/5

This film is worth seeing for its historic value in showing Fanny Brice toward the end of her career and other stars at the beginning. The Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire segment is a treasure, but Astaire with Lucille Bremer in yellowface is so cringey.

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Mattie Lucas

From the Front Row

07/05/2021

2/4

There are certainly individual elements to enjoy here, but the scattershot nature of Ziegfeld Follies may test the patience of even the most ardent fan of classic Hollywood musicals.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

06/19/2021

2.5/4

The quality between sketches is inconsistent - respectively taking the gold, silver and bronze are ...

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Edgar Anstey

The Spectator

08/26/2020

The Ziegfeld Follies is a most entertaining musical of spectacularly colourful settings and beautifully timed camera movements, each calculated to extract the maximum of luxury from acres of adorned studio.

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Pat Padua

Spectrum Culture

08/31/2018

Takes some of Hollywood's grandest silk purses and makes a bunch of sow's ears.

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Fernando F. Croce

CinePassion

05/02/2010

A spangled hodgepodge, conjured up for the benefit of Powell-Pressburger and Ken Russell

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Eye C

@ECinc 01/26/2025

I wish I could watch this revues live in a theatre. A bit slow but nothing to worry about. The amount of celebrities in this movie its amazing… Le crème de la crème.

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Denny S

@pinetree51 10/05/2023

Hit and miss. Interesting to see a late career appearance by Fanny Brice, in technicolor yet. Red Skelton's sketch "When Television Comes" certainly predicted his future in the new medium just a few years later.

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Steve D

@RT35616104 06/27/2023

Nothing works in this boring mess.

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Red T

@RT43513976 05/16/2023

This is entertaining but it really isn't a movie. It's skits like SNL with the central theme being there all musical dances and singing and some standup. The best ones are Fred Astaire's and the next to last one is the best with Gene Kelly & Fred Astaire. Some are funnier than others, the stand ups I found the least entertaining. This is filled in the dance scores with lavish sets and lots of pomp. Anyone who is a die hard musical fan will like this.

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05/04/2020

It's the WWII-era version of watching a Youtube compilation of the best performances from TikTok, and let me tell you, watching Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire dance together is [fire emoji]—though the rest of the mix are mixed results.

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Thomas M

@TMProofreader 05/08/2019

The best musical movie ever made!

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Synopsis

Running between 1907 and 1931, the Ziegfeld Follies were elaborate stage revues mounted by the great Broadway showman Florenz Ziegfeld, inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris. In 1945, film producer Arthur Freed recreated the lavishness of Ziegfeld's shows with this all-star revue, consisting of comedy sketches and song-and-dance numbers featuring MGM Studios' musical comedy stars including Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Judy Garland, Lucille Ball, Lena Horne and Red Skelton.

Director: Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Vincente Minnelli, George Sidney, Charles Walters
Producer: Arthur Freed
Screenwriter: John Murray Anderson, Peter Barr, Guy Bolton, Allen Boretz, Irving Brecher, Eddie Cantor, Erik Charell
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Genre: Musical
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 18, 1946, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Apr 1, 2012
Runtime: 1h 50m
Sound Mix: Mono
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.37:1)