Ziegfeld Follies (1945) - Video Detective

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From heaven, Flo Ziegfeld envisions a revue with every major star playing a part. Star-studded MGM musical!

Original Release

08/26/1945

US Release

08/26/1945

Links

Website

Cast

Fanny Brice	Norma Edelman ('A Sweepstakes Ticket') / Norma
Fred Astaire	Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide') / Fred Astaire ('Here's to the Ladies') / Raffles ('This Heart of Mine') / Tai Long ('Limehouse Blues') / Various
Gene Kelly	Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide') / Gentleman (segment The Babbit and the Bromide)
Judy Garland	The Star ('A Great Lady Has An Interview') / Star (segment A Great Lady Has An Interview)
Red Skelton	J. Newton Numbskull ('When Television Comes') / J. Newton Numbskull (segment When Television Comes)
William Powell	Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. / Flo Ziegfeld
Lucille Ball	Lucille Ball ('Here's to the Ladies') / Lucille Ball
Lucille Bremer	Moy Ling in 'Limehouse Blues') / Princess ('This Heart of Mine') / Princess
Kathryn Grayson	Kathryn Grayson ('Beauty') / Kathryn Grayson
Lena Horne	Lena Horne ('Love') / Lena Horne

(see additional cast & crew)

Directors

Vincente Minnelli, Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, Merrill Pye, Charles Walters, George Sidney

Writers

Jack McGowan, David Freedman, Hugh Martin, Ralph Blane, John Murray Anderson, Lemuel Ayers, Peter Barr, Guy Bolton, Allen Boretz, Irving Brecher, Eddie Cantor, Erik Charell, Harry Crane, Roger Edens, Devery Freeman, Everett Freeman, E.Y. Harburg, Lou Holtz, Cal Howard, Al Lewis, Robert Lewis, Max Liebman, Eugene Loring, Wilkie C. Mahoney, William Noble, James O'Hanlon, Samson Raphaelson, Philip Rapp, William Schorr, Joseph Schrank, Red Skelton, Frank Sullivan, Kay Thompson, Harry Tugend, Charles Walters, Billy K. Wells, George White, Edgar Allan Woolf, Joseph Erens, Edna Skelton

Cast

Fanny Brice	Norma Edelman ('A Sweepstakes Ticket') / Norma
Fred Astaire	Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide') / Fred Astaire ('Here's to the Ladies') / Raffles ('This Heart of Mine') / Tai Long ('Limehouse Blues') / Various
Gene Kelly	Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide') / Gentleman (segment The Babbit and the Bromide)
Judy Garland	The Star ('A Great Lady Has An Interview') / Star (segment A Great Lady Has An Interview)
Red Skelton	J. Newton Numbskull ('When Television Comes') / J. Newton Numbskull (segment When Television Comes)
William Powell	Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. / Flo Ziegfeld
Lucille Ball	Lucille Ball ('Here's to the Ladies') / Lucille Ball
Lucille Bremer	Moy Ling in 'Limehouse Blues') / Princess ('This Heart of Mine') / Princess
Kathryn Grayson	Kathryn Grayson ('Beauty') / Kathryn Grayson
Lena Horne	Lena Horne ('Love') / Lena Horne
James Melton	Alfredo ('La Traviata') / Alfredo
Victor Moore	Lawyer's Client ('Pay the Two Dollars') / Lawyer's Client (segment Pay the Two Dollars)
Esther Williams	Esther Williams ('A Water Ballet') / Esther Williams (segment A Water Ballet)
Edward Arnold	Lawyer ('Pay the Two Dollars') / Lawyer (segment Pay the Two Dollars)
Marion Bell	Violetta ('La Traviata') / Violetta
Eve Whitney	Ziegfeld Girl
Cyd Charisse	Ballerina ('Beauty') / Ballerina
Hume Cronyn	Monty ('A Sweepstakes Ticket') / Monty (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)
William Frawley	Martin ('A Sweepstakes Ticket') / Martin (segment A Sweepstakes Ticket)
Robert Lewis	Chinese Gentleman ('Limehouse Blues' / Telephone Voice ('Number Please') / Chinese Gentleman (segment Limehouse Blues) / Telephone Voice (segment Number Please)