Movie Information
Overall Rank: 7175
Average Rating: 2.6/4
# of Ratings: 37
Theatrical Release Date: 03/23/1936
Language: English
Genre: Biography, Musical
MPAA Rating: NR
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Actors: Myrna Loy, William Powell, Luise Rainer, Virginia Bruce, Frank Morgan
Plot: A biography of the life of Florenz Ziegfeld, the famed producer of extravagant stage revues.
Quick Movie Reviews
Rating of
2.5/4
Logan D. McCoy - wrote on 05/27/2019
The overlong, but underwhelming "Great Ziegfeld" is a dated performing arts ordeal.
Rating of
3/4
sapien - wrote on 06/27/2011
I enjoyed virtually the entire movie. The only thing I didn't like about the movie was how it treated blackface.
Rating of
2/4
Alex - wrote on 08/08/2009
Not a bad movie. Not a good movie. It is dated for sure, but that is expected for 1936. I could almost see what movies were to become from this movie (more tracking shots and transitions). Not deserving of best picture but what was in '36?
Full Movie Reviews
Rating of
3.5/4
Review - The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
Delorted - wrote on 04/11/2008
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (William Powell) was one of the most enterprising and influential people to ever put on a show. His life is documented in the Best Picture winning film, "The Great Ziegfeld."
I can't say I had ever heard of Ziegfeld before seeing this movie, but now that I have I'm amazed that I hadn't. He was a true rags-to-riches story, being that he went back and forth between the two so often. Apparently the film isn't 100% true to his life, but it's such a great film that it doesn't really matter.
I was a little confused with parts. There were two or three big show numbers that interrupted the film and took away some of the magic, but I think what director Robert Z. Leonard might have been doing is making the film itself feel like one of his shows, or at least he felt in …
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