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The Great Ziegfeld
The Great Ziegfeld
MGM Pictures
Released: April 8, 1936
Runtime: 176 minutes
Allan is not credited in this film or even present in this film except through his voice. He dubbed the song, “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody” for singer Dennis Morgan, who was present in the film (and going by his real name, Stanely Morner). One reason (although not certain) for this dubbing was that Dennis Morgan had a cold and could not sing.
This film is a biography of Flo Ziegfeld and his life as a stage show producer. He first marries French star Anna Held but they drift apart and he then marries Billie Burke. Spectacular musical numbers and wonderful supporting actors make this an entertaining film.
Credits
Director…Robert Z. Leonard
Writers…William Anthony McGuire
Producer…Hunt Stromberg, Sidney Algier (associate producer)
Cinematography…George Folsey (roof numbers), Karl Freund (roof numbers), Merritt B. Gerstad (Hoctor ballet), Ray June (melody number), Oliver T. Marsh
Film Editing…William S. Gray
Art Director…Cedric Gibbons, Eddie Imazu (uncredited)
Sound…Douglas Shearer, James Brock
Music Department…Arthur Lange (director), Frank Skinner (director)
Composer: incidental music…William Axt, Hugo Friedhofer, Charles Maxwell
Costumes…Adrian
Makeup Department…Max Factor (wig supervisor), Robert J. Schiffer (makeup artist)
Dance Director…Seymour Felix
Special Effects…John Hoffman (special photographic effects)
Associate Art Directors…John W. Harkrider, Merrill Pye, Edwin B. Willis, Duncan Spencer
Original Music…Walter Donaldson
Cast
William Powell…Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Myrna Loy…Billie Burke
Luise Rainer…Anna Held
Frank Morgan…Jack Billings
Fanny Brice…herself
Virginia Bruce…Audrey Dane
Reginald Owen…Sampson
Ray Bolger…himself
Ernest Cossart…Sidney
Joseph Cawthorn…Dr. Florenz Ziegfeld Sr.
Nat Pendleton…The Great Shadow
Harriet Hoctor…herself
Jean Chatburn…Mary Lou as an adult
Paul Irving…Gus Erlanger
Herman Bing…Schultz
Dennis Morgan…stage singer “Pretty Girl” number (uncredited)
Allan Jones…voice of stage singer “Pretty Girl” number (uncredited)
Awards
1937: Won Oscar for Best Actress (Luise Rainer) and Best Dance Direction (Seymour Felix) for “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody”
Nominated for Best Art Direction, Best Director, Best Film Editing, Best Writing, Original Story
Soundtrack
• “A Pretty Girl is Like a Melody”
o Sung by Allan Jones, Lip Synchronized by Dennis Morgan
o Written by Irving Berlin (for Ziegfeld Follies of 1919)
…visit IMDB.com for the complete soundtrack