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{{short description|Series of elaborate theatrical revue productions}}{{About|the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway shows|the film|Ziegfeld Follies (film)}}{{italic title}}(File:ZigfeldFollies1912.jpg|thumb|200px|Promotional artwork for 1912 Ziegfeld Follies)The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of elaborate theatrical revue productions on Broadway in New York City from 1907 to 1931, with renewals in 1934, 1936, 1943, and 1957. They became a radio program in 1932 and 1936 as The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.

Founding and history

(File:Ziegfeld1919 TulipTime sheetmusic.png|thumb|left|upright|Sheet music for a song from the 1919 Ziegfeld Follies)Inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris, the Ziegfeld Follies were conceived and mounted by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., reportedly at the suggestion of his then-wife, the actress and singer Anna Held. The shows' producers were turn-of-the-twentieth-century producing titans Klaw and Erlanger.The Follies were a series of lavish revues, something between later Broadway shows and the more elaborate high class vaudeville and variety show. The first follies, The Follies of 1907, was produced that year at the Jardin de Paris roof theatre."Follies of 1907"The New York Times, July 9, 1907During the Follies era, many of the top entertainers, including W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Josephine Baker, Fanny Brice, Ann Pennington, Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, Bob Hope, Will Rogers, Ruth Etting, Ray Bolger, Helen Morgan, Louise Brooks, Marilyn Miller, Ed Wynn, Gilda Gray, Nora Bayes and Sophie Tucker appeared in the shows."Flo Ziegfeld-Billie Burke Papers" nypl.org, accessed December 3, 2011The Ziegfeld Follies were known for displaying beautiful chorus girls, commonly called Ziegfeld Girls, who "paraded up and down flights of stairs as anything from birds to battleships.""Ziegfeld Biography" pbs.org, accessed December 3, 2011 They usually wore elaborate costumes by designers such as Erté, Lady Duff-Gordon and Ben Ali Haggin. The "tableaux vivants" used in the revues were designed by Ben Ali Haggin from 1917 to 1925. Joseph Urban was the scenic designer for the Follies shows, starting in 1915,Green, Stanley."Ziegfeld"Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (1980), Da Capo Press, {{ISBN|0-306-80113-2}}, pp. 462–465 and Edward Royce directed the Follies in 1920 and 1921, in addition to several other Ziegfeld productions.WEB, Kenrick, John, Who's Who in Musicals: Ro – Ru,weblink 27 September 2023, www.musicals101.com, After Ziegfeld's death his widow, actress Billie Burke, authorized use of his name for Ziegfeld Follies in 1934 and 1936 to Jake Shubert, who then produced the Follies.Bloom, Ken."Winter Garden Theatre" The Routledge Guide to Broadway (2007), CRC Press, {{ISBN|0-415-97380-5}}, p. 273 The name was later used by other promoters in New York City, Philadelphia, and again on Broadway, with less connection to the original Follies. These later efforts failed miserably. When the show toured, the 1934 edition was recorded in its entirety, from the overture to play-out music, on a series of 78 rpm discs, which were edited by the record producer David Cunard to form an album of the highlights of the production and which was released as a CD in 1997.

Productions based on the Ziegfeld Follies

{{See also|The Great Ziegfeld|Ziegfeld Girl (film)|Ziegfeld Follies (film)|Funny Girl (musical)}}(File:New Amsterdam Theatre Mary Poppins 2007 NYC.jpg|thumb|200px|New Amsterdam Theatre, New York)In 1937, at the 9th Academy Awards, the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film, The Great Ziegfeld produced the previous year won the Best Picture (called "Outstanding Production"),"Ceremonies 1937" oscars.org, retrieved June 16, 2019 starring William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. and co-starring Myrna Loy (as Ziegfeld's second wife Billie Burke), Luise Rainer (as Anna Held, which won her an Academy Award for Best Actress), and Frank Morgan as Jack Billings."'The Great Ziegfeld' Overview, Cast and Synopsis" tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019 Featuring numbers by Ray Bolger, Dennis Morgan, Virginia Bruce, and Harriet Hoctor, the film gave a glimpse into what the Follies were really like.{{Citation needed|date=June 2019}} The show-stopper was the Irving Berlin-composed "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody", which, by itself, cost more to produce than one of Ziegfeld's entire stage shows."Notes" tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019In 1941 MGM released Ziegfeld Girl, starring Judy Garland, Lana Turner, Hedy Lamarr, James Stewart and Tony Martin. The film was set in the 1920s." 'Ziegfeld Girl' Overview and Cast" tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019 Celebrated numbers from Ziegfeld Revues were recreated, including the famed "Wedding Cake" set which had been used for Metro's earlier film, The Great Ziegfeld. Judy Garland was filmed on the top of the cake." 'Ziegfeld Girl' Notes" tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019 Charles Winninger, who had performed in the Follies of 1920, appeared as "Ed Gallagher" with Gallagher's real-life partner, Al Shean to recreate the duo's famous song "Mister Gallagher and Mister Shean"."Ziegfeld Girl" Library of Congress, retrieved June 17, 2019 According to modern sources, Turner's character was modeled after Ziegfeld Girl Lillian Lorraine, who suffered a drunken fall into the orchestra pit during an extravagant number.The Ziegfeld Girl entry, AFI Catalog of Feature Films, 1941–1950; accessed October 2, 2016.In 1946 MGM released a third feature film based on Ziegfeld's shows titled Ziegfeld Follies with Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Lena Horne, William Powell (as Ziegfeld), Gene Kelly, Fanny Brice, Red Skelton, Esther Williams, Cyd Charisse, Lucille Ball, Kathryn Grayson, and others performing songs and sketches similar to those from the original Follies. Ziegfeld Follies was awarded the "Grand Prix de la Comedie Musicale" at the Cannes Film Festival in 1947, and received an Academy Award nomination for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (black and white)." 'Ziegfeld Follies' Overview and Cast" tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019The stage musical Funny GirlWEB,weblink Funny Girl, The Broadway League, IBDB, 2016-04-21, depicts Fanny Brice's success with the Follies. The musical debuted on Broadway in 1964 with Barbra Streisand playing Brice, Roger DeKoven as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. and Brice's son-in-law Ray Stark producing. The 1968 Columbia Pictures film adaptation featuring Streisand reprising her role as Brice and Walter Pidgeon as Ziegfeld was the year's top-grossing movie." Funny Girl Credits" tcm.com, retrieved June 16, 2019 A subsequent Broadway revival in 2022 and 2023 featured Beanie Feldstein and later Lea Michele as Brice and Peter Francis James as Ziegfeld.WEB, Funny Girl – Broadway Musical – 2022 Reviva,weblink 2024-02-07, www.ibdb.com, WEB, Funny Girl – Broadway Musical – 2022 Revival,weblink 2024-02-07, www.ibdb.com,

The Follies

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Follies, created by husband-and-wife team (and Ziegfeld performers) Jack Norworth and Nora Bayes. This recording was made a year later by Ada Jones and Billy Murray (singer)>Billy Murray.}} Follies of 1907, 1908, 1909, 1910 at the Jardin de Paris Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 at the Jardin de Paris Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 at the Moulin Rouge Ziegfeld Follies of 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920 at the New Amsterdam Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 at the Globe Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1927 at the New Amsterdam Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 at the Ziegfeld Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1934 at the Winter Garden Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1936 at the Winter Garden Theatre Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 * Winter Garden Theatre (April 1, 1943 - January 25, 1944)NEWS, 'ZIEGFELD FOLLIES' WILL OPEN TONIGHT; Milton Berle, Ilona Massey and Arthur Treacher Starred in Revue at Winter Garden,weblink 30 August 2023, The New York Times, 1 April 1943, WEB, Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 (Broadway, Winter Garden Theatre, 1943),weblink Playbill, 30 August 2023, * Imperial Theatre (January 25, 1944 - July 22, 1944)WEB, Ziegfeld Follies of 1943 – Broadway Musical – Original,weblink IBDB, 30 August 2023, Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 at the Winter Garden TheatreWEB, Ziegfeld Follies of 1957,weblink Playbill, 30 August 2023, 1957, Winter Garden Theatre, WEB, Ziegfeld Follies of 1957,weblink ibdb, 30 August 2023, Ziegfeld Follies of 1957 (Original, Musical, Revue, Broadway) opened in New York City March 1, 1957 and played through June 15, 1957., List of notable performers by year {{col-begin}}{{col-4}} 1907 Louise Alexander Nora Bayes (joined the cast later in run) Helen Broderick Emma Carus Mlle. Dazie Grace La Rue Lillian Lee Edna Luby Charles J. Ross Marion Sunshine Florence Tempest Harry Watson, Jr. 1908 Nora Bayes Marjorie Bonner Mlle. Dazie Grace La Rue Harry Watson Jr. The Ziegfeld Girls (including Mae Murray) 1909 Nora Bayes Bessie Clayton Maurice Hegeman Jack Norworth Lillian Lorraine Sophie Tucker Vera Maxwell The Ziegfeld Girls 1910 Fanny Brice Maurice Hegeman Anna Held (in a filmed sequence) Lillian Lorraine Bobby North Bert Williams Vera Maxwell The Ziegfeld Girls 1911 Fanny Brice The Dolly Sisters Leon Errol Lillian Lorraine Vera Maxwell Bessie McCoy Bert Williams The Ziegfeld Girls (including Jeanne Eagels) 1912 Leon Errol Bernard Granville Lillian Lorraine Josie SadlerBOOK, Massa, Steve, 2013, Lame Brains & Lunatics: The Good, the Bad, and the Forgotten of Silent Comedy, Albany, Georgia, BearManor Media, 88–91, 978-1-59393-268-8, Rae Samuels Harry Watson Jr. Bert Williams Vera Maxwell The Ziegfeld Girls 1913 Elizabeth Brice Leon Errol Jose Collins Ann Pennington Frank Tinney Nat M. Wills The Ziegfeld Girls 1914 Leon Errol Gladys Feldman Annette Kellermann Vera Maxwell Vera Michelena Ann Pennington Bert Williams Ed Wynn The Ziegfeld Girls {{col-break}} 1915 Ina Claire Leon Errol Gladys Feldman W. C. Fields Bernard Granville Justine Johnstone Mae Murray Ann Pennington Ed Wynn Bert Williams The Ziegfeld Girls (including Helen Barnes, Marion Davies, Odette Myrtil and Olive Thomas) 1916 Fanny Brice Ina Claire Gladys Feldman W. C. Fields Allyn King Bird Millman Ann Pennington Will Rogers Bert Williams Marion Davies Emma Haig Bernard GranvilleNEWS, Granville, Actor, Dies In Hollywood.,weblink Film Comedian Well Known on New York Stage for Many Years Victim of Pneumonia. Long Career Included Roles in Minstrel Shows, Circuses and Outstanding Plays, The New York Times, October 7, 1936, 2015-01-28, The Ziegfeld Girls (including Irene Hayes, Julanne Johnston and Lilyan Tashman) 1917 Diana AllenMotion Pictures Studio Directory and Trade Annual (1921), p. 209 ("stage career, "Follies," 1917–18; "The Frolic," 1919") Elvira Amazar"The 'Follies of 1917' Are Coming to Town" New York Times (June 10, 1917): 79. via ProQuest Fanny Brice Eddie Cantor Dolores The Fairbanks Twins Allyn King William E. RitchieNEWS, William E. Ritchie, Trick Bicyclist, 70?. Vaudeville and Revue Artist Dies Here. Had Played With Will Rogers, W. C. Fields. In Stage Team with Wife. He and May Villion on Tour for Many Years. Were in 'The Follies' of 1917–1918, The New York Times, May 13, 1943, Will Rogers Lilyan Tashman Bert Williams The Ziegfeld Girls (including Peggy Hopkins Joyce) 1918 Eddie Cantor Madeline and Marion Fairbanks, The Fairbanks Twins Gladys Feldman W. C. Fields Joe Frisco Pauline Hall Kay Laurell Lillian Lorraine Allyn King Marilyn Miller Ann Pennington Bert Savoy The Ziegfeld Girls (including Doris Eaton, Martha Mansfield and Nita Naldi) 1919 Eddie Cantor Johnny and Ray Dooley Eddie Dowling Madeline and Marion Fairbanks, The Fairbanks Twins Allyn King Marilyn Miller Van and Schenck John Steel Bert Williams The Ziegfeld Girls (including Billie Dove and Mary Hay) {{col-break}} 1920 Fanny Brice Eddie Cantor Jack Donahue Ray Dooley Mary Eaton W. C. Fields Bernard Granville Art Hickman's Orchestra Allyn King Moran and Mack Van and Schenck Charles Winninger The Ziegfeld Girls (including Juliette Compton and Dorothy Mackaill) 1921 Fanny Brice Mary Eaton W. C. Fields Raymond Hitchcock Vera Michelena Van and Schenck The Ziegfeld Girls (including Anastasia Reilly and Mary Nolan) Germaine Mitti and Eugene Tillio 1922 Mary Eaton Gallagher and Shean Gilda Gray Nervo and Knox Olsen and Johnson Will Rogers Jack Whiting The Ziegfeld Girls (including Barbara Stanwyck and Geneva Mitchell) 1923 Fanny Brice James J. Corbett Ann Pennington Hap Ward Bert & Betty Wheeler Paul Whiteman The Ziegfeld Girls (including Lina Basquette, Dolores Costello and Hilda Ferguson) 1924–25 Billie Burke Ray Dooley (joined the cast later in run) W. C. FieldsWEB, Person List,weblink 2021-04-23, Playbill, (joined the cast later in run) Lupino Lane Ann Pennington Will Rogers Vivienne Segal Ethel Shutta Frank Tinney Dorothy Wegman Blanche Satchel Bertha Belmore The Ziegfeld Girls (including Louise Brooks, Claire Dodd, Peggy Fears and Dorothy Sebastian) 1927 Eddie Cantor Cliff Edwards Ruth Etting Frances Upton Al Siegel The Brox Sisters Claire Luce Dorothy Wegman Norma Taylor The Ziegfeld Girls (including Lilian Bond and Paulette Goddard) {{col-break}} 1931 Faith Bacon Buck & Bubbles Dorothy Dell Ruth Etting Helen Morgan Hal Le Roy Mitzi Mayfair Ernest McChesney Jack Pearl Harry Richman The Ziegfeld Girls (including Iris Adrian, Virginia Biddle, Jean Howard, Mona Louise Parsons, and Zecil Silvonia) 1934 Eve Arden Fanny Brice Robert Cummings Buddy and Vilma Ebsen Jane Froman Patricia Bowman Willie and Eugene Howard Everett Marshall June and Cherry Preisser The Ziegfeld Girls 1936 Eve Arden Fanny Brice Josephine Baker Judy Canova Bobby Clark (replacement) Cass Daley (replacement) Harriet Hoctor Bob Hope Gypsy Rose Lee (replacement) The Nicholas Brothers Gertrude Niesen June and Cherry Preisser The Ziegfeld Girls 1943 Bil and Cora Baird Milton Berle Eric Blore (replacement) Jack Carter (replacement) Jack Cole Ilona Massey Dean Murphy Arthur Treacher Tommy Wonder The Ziegfeld Girls 1956 (Boston) Bea Arthur Tallulah Bankhead Carol Haney Julie Newmar The Ziegfeld Girls 1957 Billy DeWolfe Harold Lang Carol Lawrence Beatrice Lillie Jane Morgan The Ziegfeld Girls {{col-end}} Ziegfeld girls and other Ziegfeld performers Shine on Harvest Moon 1.jpeg|Ruth Etting of the Ziegfeld FolliesMlle Dazie 001.jpg|Mlle. Dazie, 1908Muriel Finlay, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928.jpg|Muriel Finlay, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1928Doris Eaton Travis as Ziegfeld Girl.jpg|A photograph of Doris Eaton Travis (1904-2010), c. 1920, during the Ziegfeld Follies years.Flickr - …trialsanderrors - Marion Davies, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, 1924.jpg|Marion Davies, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1916FannybriceGlamor.jpg|Fanny Brice, Ziegfeld Follies photo, 1910s or start of 1920sShannon Day - Oct 1921 Photoplay.jpg|Shannon DayMaryeaton.jpg|Mary EatonBillydove.jpg|Lillian Bohny (Billie Dove), ca. 1920PalmerFurs1918BloomCrop.jpg|Dancer Bee Palmer in furBarbara Stanwyck, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1924.jpg|Ruby Stevens (Barbara Stanwyck), 1924Dolores Costello, Ziegfeld girl, by Alfred Cheney Johnston, ca. 1923.jpg|Dolores Costello, 1923 Legacy The 1971 Stephen Sondheim musical Follies takes place at a reunion of showgirls from the Weissman Follies, a fictional revue inspired by the Ziegfeld Follies. In addition to featuring "ghosts" of statuesque showgirls from the heyday of the revues, the musical includes many songs and production numbers that are intended to evoke the types of entertainment typically featured in the Ziegfeld Follies and other revues of the period. Examples include parade of showgirls ("Beautiful Girls"); a torch song ("Losing My Mind"); a baggy pants comic song ("The God-Why-Don't-You-Love-Me Blues"); and a novelty song ("Rain on the Roof").{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} In The Drowsy Chaperone, the character Victor Feldzieg is the producer of Feldzieg's Follies, a parody of Ziegfeld Follies.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} The TV show, Boardwalk Empire, about crime and corruption in 1920s Atlantic City, New Jersey, features a character that is a former Follies dancer, Lucy Danzige, portrayed by Paz de la Huerta.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}} "Row, Row, Row" The 1912 version of the Ziegfeld Follies included a song entitled '"Row, Row, Row"', which has been adapted by two football clubs competing with two different sets of rules (codes) as their club song.NEWS, Teixeira, Chandy, Famoso hino do America é um plágio, conclui professor de música da UFRJ,weblink 30 August 2023, globo esporte, 18 September 2014, Rio de Janeiro, pt-br, After the 1945 Rio Carnival,NEWS, Lamartine Babo, o compositor dos hinos dos clubes do Rio de Janeiro,weblink 30 August 2023, globo esporte, Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A., 20 February 2012, Rio de Janeiro, pt-br, Brazilian composer Lamartine Babo wrote lyrics to "Row, Row, Row" to adapt the song as the Hino do America anthem of the America Football Club in Rio de Janeiro.WEB, Hino do America Football Club,weblink Quiabo Doido, 30 August 2023, pt-BR, ; WEB, Paixão Nacional: conheça a história por trás das músicas inesquecíveis em homenagem ao futebol,weblink Folha Vitória, 30 August 2023, pt-br, 19 September 2017, ; WEB, Soares, Olavo, O hino mais célebre do Brasil é um plágio?,weblink Futepoca, 30 August 2023,weblink 5 March 2009, January 29, 2009, ; and NEWS, Pessoa, Daniela, Dez curiosidades sobre os hinos do futebol carioca,weblink 30 August 2023, Veja Rio, Editora Abril, June 26, 2012, pt-BR, In 1962, Australian cabaret singer Jack Malcolmson, who was performing at the Richmond Football Club (Australian rules) Social Club in Richmond, Melbourne, wrote lyrics to adapt the song as the Tigers' club song, We're from Tigerland, at the request of Richmond committee member Alf Barnett.NEWS, The song behind the Richmond Tigers theme song,weblink 30 August 2023, ABC News, 27 September 2017, In 2014, Melbourne's Herald Sun ranked We're from Tigerland as the best club song of any Australian Football League team.NEWS,weblink Every AFL song ranked from best to worst, 2017-09-30, Versions of the song include a 1972 recording by the Fable Singers, who recorded most AFL club songs, and a 2018 recording including Richmond players Matthew Richardson and Kevin Bartlett.Tigers tune-up for Club song Richmond Football Club The Oakleigh Youth Football Club, which Malcomson coached for over 400 games, also adapted We're from Tigerland as their club song in 2005.WEB,weblink Jack Malcomson: The man behind the theme song, Bartlett, Rhett, Richmond Football Club, 3 June 2022, 4 September 2023, See also Academy of Music/Riviera Theatre By the Light of the Silvery Moon Encores! Esther's Follies Alfred Cheney Johnston The Fabulous Palm Springs Follies The Passing Show Joseph Urban Ziegfeld Theatre References {{Reflist}} External links {{Commons category}} Ziegfeld on Musicals101.com weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20121012052921weblink">Ziegfeld Follies at Internet Broadway Database {{Ziegfeld Follies}}{{Irving Berlin}}{{Authority control}}