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Born in New York City in 1902, Kelly was best known as a member of the Ziegfeld Follies and her radio hosting with Columbia Broadcasting. One of her best-remembered roles is that of Lt. Ethel Armstrong in the 1943 Paramount wartime drama So Proudly We Hail!.
The movie opens with the camera panning over a Heaven somewhere beyond the sky. The residences of great showmen gone to their eternal reward are shown: Shakespeare, whose home looks like the Globe Theater; P.T.Barnum, whose residence in the afterlife resembles a circus Big Top; and Florenz Ziegfeld, whose home's entrance is reminiscent of the theater where he staged the Ziegfeld Follies on ...
The 1936 film The Great Ziegfeld starring William Powell and Myrna Loy is a fictionalized and sanitized tribute to Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., and his Follies. 1941 saw release of the film Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland and James Stewart. The movie tells the story of three women who become Follies performers.
The full film. Glorifying the American Girl is a 1929 American pre-Code musical comedy film produced by Florenz Ziegfeld that highlights Ziegfeld Follies performers. The last third of the film, which was filmed in early Technicolor, is basically a Follies production, with appearances by Rudy Vallee, Helen Morgan, and Eddie Cantor.
The Story of the Kelly Gang: Ned Kelly: Frank Mills: 1909: The Origin of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata: Ludwig van Beethoven: Harry Baur: The Life of Moses: Moses: Pat Hartigan: Edgar Allen Poe: Edgar Allan Poe: Herbert Yost: Saul and David: King David: Maurice Costello: King Saul: William V. Ranous: 1910: Pyotr Velikiy: Peter the Great: Pyotr ...
The sisters re-teamed in 1916 to appear in Ziegfeld's Midnight Frolic and returned to vaudeville where they commanded $2,000 a week. In 1918, they appeared in their only film together, the semi-autobiographical The Million Dollar Dollies. [4] After World War I ended, the sisters moved to France where they bought a chateau.
It was intended to be a 1938 sequel to the 1936 hit The Great Ziegfeld, and recycled some footage from the earlier film. Unlike that film and the later Ziegfeld Follies, Ziegfeld himself does not appear as a character. [4] Released on April 25, 1941, Ziegfeld Girl was a commercial hit, and grossed $3.1 million worldwide. The film has been noted ...
Sheet music cover "A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody" is a popular song written by Irving Berlin in 1919 which became the theme song of the Ziegfeld Follies.The first verse and refrain are considered part of the Great American Songbook and are often covered as a jazz standard.