Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

6.0/10 110 min Music Comedy

Overview

The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.

Cast

William Powell

Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.

Fred Astaire

Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman

Lucille Ball

Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")

Lucille Bremer

Princess ("This Heart of Mine") / Moy Ling ("Limehouse Blues")

Fanny Brice

Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

Judy Garland

Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")

Kathryn Grayson

Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")

Lena Horne

Lena Horne (segment "Love")

Gene Kelly

Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")

James Melton

Alfredo (segment "La Traviata")

Victor Moore

Lawyer's Client (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")

Red Skelton

J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")

Esther Williams

Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet")

Edward Arnold

Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")

Cyd Charisse

Ballerina (segment "Beauty")

Hume Cronyn

Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

William Frawley

Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")

Robert Lewis

Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please")

Virginia O'Brien

Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")

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