Directed by:
Robert Z. LeonardScreenplay:
William Anthony McGuireComposer:
Arthur LangeCast:
William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice, Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Ernest Cossart, Joseph Cawthorn, Nat Pendleton (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Ziegfeld begins his career as a sideshow barker and works his way to becoming the Broadway impresario extraordinaire. He marries temperamental actress Anna Held, but their relationship is too turbulent to last. Later, he marries another actress, Billie Burke and, after enduring many dark days, finds fame with four simultaneous Broadway hits. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
William Powell
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Myrna Loy
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
After the Thin Man (1936)
Luise Rainer
German Empire
Best movies:
The Good Earth (1937)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Gambler (1997)
Frank Morgan
USA
Best movies:
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
The Stratton Story (1949)
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944)
Fanny Brice
USA
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Virginia Bruce
USA
Best movies:
Strangers When We Meet (1960)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
The Love Parade (1929)
Reginald Owen
UK
Best movies:
Madame Curie (1943)
Mrs. Miniver (1942)
Random Harvest (1942)
Ray Bolger
USA
Best movies:
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
The Harvey Girls (1946)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Ernest Cossart
UK
Best movies:
Desire (1936)
Kings Row (1942)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Joseph Cawthorn
USA
Best movies:
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Nat Pendleton
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful World (1939)
The Sign of the Cross (1932)
Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
Jean Chatburn
USA
Best movies:
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Thirty Day Princess (1934)
Naughty Marietta (1935)
Herman Bing
German Empire
Best movies:
Sunrise (1927)
Dumbo (1941)
Broadway Melody of 1940 (1940)
Charles Judels
Netherlands
Best movies:
Ninotchka (1939)
San Francisco (1936)
Samson and Delilah (1949)
Raymond Walburn
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
State of the Union (1948)
Edward Arnold
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Virginia Grey
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
Test Pilot (1938)
The Rose Tattoo (1955)
William Demarest
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Mountain (1956)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
Dennis Morgan
USA
Best movies:
Christmas in Connecticut (1945)
Thank Your Lucky Stars (1943)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Lynn Bari
USA
Best movies:
Love Is News (1937)
Sun Valley Serenade (1941)
The Great Ziegfeld (1936)