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Ziegfeld Girl (1941)
Directed by Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley
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Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl’s life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
Rated NR | Length 132 minutes
Actors
James Stewart | Judy Garland | Hedy Lamarr | Lana Turner | Tony Martin | Jackie Cooper | Ian Hunter | Charles Winninger | Edward Everett Horton | Philip Dorn | Paul Kelly | Eve Arden | Dan Dailey | Al Shean | Fay Holden | Felix Bressart | Rose Hobart | Bernard Nedell | Ed McNamara | Mae Busch | Renie Riano | Josephine Whittell | Sergio Orta | John Alban | Jimmy Ames | Roscoe Ates | King Baggot | Joan Barclay | Harriet Bennett | Nina Bissell | Tex Brodus | Leslie Brooks | Georgia Carroll | Joyce Compton | James Conaty | Virginia Cruzon | Frances Curry | Patricia Dane | Bill Days | Myrna Dell | Antonio Ruiz Soler (Antonio "El Bailarin") | James Flavin | Bess Flowers | Frances Gladwin | Reed Hadley | Beatrice Hagen | Eddie Hall | Al Hill | Shep Houghton | Dorothy Hoyle | Claire James | Armand Kaliz | Alva Kellogg | Colin Kenny | Donald Kirke | Louise La Planche | Lois Lindsay | George Lloyd | Tom Mahoney | Madeline Martin | Vivian Mason | Bert Moorhouse | Philip Morris | George Noisom | Barry Norton | Anne O'Neal | Rose Paidar | Helen Patterson | Ginger Pearson | Rebel Randall | John Rarig | Virginia Rees | Rosario | Fred Santley | Helen Seamon | Max Smith | Christine Stafford | Larry Steers | Eva Stivers | Amzie Strickland | Elliott Sullivan | Anya Taranda | Ray Teal | Ruth Tobey | Dorothy Tuttle | Betty Van Allen | Victoria Vinton | Jean Wallace | Gayne Whitman | Irma Wilson | Katherine Yorke
Viewing History (seen 1 time)
| Date Viewed | Device | Format | Source | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09/04/2018 | TV | DVD | Library | 6.5 stars |
| (Average) 6.5 stars |
Viewing Notes
The story is so-so but the cast is fire. I suppose Judy Garland is the clear cut main star here but what a cast around her. Lana Turner gets a raw deal here. Usually musicals make me happy but this one left me a bit depressed. Also Hedy is in the third seat behind those two, which is fine as she was still rising at the time.
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