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Saturday Cinema: Ziegfeld Follies

on BBC Two England

starring
Fred Astaire , Lucille Ball
Lucille Bremer, Judy Garland Kathryn Grayson , Lena Home Gene Kelly , James Melton Victor Moore , Red Skelton Esther Williams
A musical extravaganza embodying all the spectacular showmanship which symbolised the name of Ziegfeld: sumptuous sets and costumes, beautiful girls, and a series of star turns.
MGM followed their successful film biography, The Great Ziegfeld, with this spectacular revue which opens with the great show-man in Heaven, recalling his past successes and planning just one more, even greater show, including Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly in a Gershwin number; bathing-star Esther Williams in a fantastic under-water ballet; and Judy Garland in a burlesque of a Hollywood star.
Produced by ARTHUR FREED
Directed by VINCENTE MINNELLI Films: page 19

Contributors

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Fred Astaire
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Judy Garland
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Kathryn Grayson
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Lena Home
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Gene Kelly
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James Melton
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Victor Moore
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Skelton Esther Williams
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Fred Astaire
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Gene Kelly
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Esther Williams
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Judy Garland
Produced By:
Arthur Freed
Directed By:
Vincente Minnelli
Florenz Ziegfeld:
William Powell

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