Ziegfeld Follies
“Greatest Production Since the Birth of Motion Pictures!”
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
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Cast
25 people
William Powell
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Known for
The Thin Man
My Man Godfrey
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman
Known for
Funny Face
Top Hat
Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies")
Known for
I Love Lucy
Yours, Mine and Ours
Lucille Bremer
Princess ("This Heart of Mine") / Moy Ling ("Limehouse Blues")
Known for
Meet Me in St. Louis
Fanny Brice
Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket")
Known for
The Great Ziegfeld
Judy Garland
Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview")
Known for
The Wizard of Oz
Meet Me in St. Louis
Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty")
Known for
Kiss Me Kate
Anchors Aweigh
Lena Horne
Lena Horne (segment "Love")
Known for
Stormy Weather
The Wiz
Gene Kelly
Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide")
Known for
Singin' in the Rain
An American in Paris
James Melton
Alfredo (segment "La Traviata")
Also in
Stars Over Broadway
Melody for Two
Victor Moore
Lawyer's Client (segment "Pay the Two Dollars")
Known for
Make Way for Tomorrow
The Seven Year Itch
Red Skelton
J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes")
Known for
Rudolph's Shiny New Year
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes
Vincente Minnelli Director · Lemuel Ayers Director George Sidney Director
Director
Vincente Minnelli
Director
Lemuel Ayers
Director
George Sidney
Director
Robert Lewis
Director
Roy Del Ruth
Director
Norman Taurog
Director
Merrill Pye
Writer
David Freedman
Writer
Ralph Blane
Writer
Hugh Martin
Composer
Harry Warren
Cinematographer
Charles Rosher
Cinematographer
George J. Folsey
Editor
Albert Akst
Costume designer
Helen Rose
Costume designer
Irene Sharaff
Worldwide gross $5.3M · Budget $3.4M · United States release August 26, 1945
Box office
Budget
$3,403,000
Worldwide gross
$5,344,000
Gross vs. budget
1.6×
Production
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Italian
Release dates
United States · August 13, 1945
Premiere · Boston, Massachusetts
United States · August 26, 1945
Limited theatrical · Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
United States · April 25, 2006
Physical · DVD
United States
March 22, 1946 · Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
April 8, 1946 · Theatrical
June 15, 2021 · Physical · Blu-ray
Brazil
January 1, 1946 · Theatrical
Germany
December 2, 1950 · Theatrical
Portugal
February 7, 1948 · Theatrical
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