Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (March 21, 1867 – July 22, 1932) was an American Broadway impresario, aka Flo Ziegfeld. He is best known for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies, inspired by the Folies Bergères of Paris. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... is the 80th day of the year (81st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1867 (MDCCCLXVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... is the 203rd day of the year (204th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1932 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... For other uses of Broadway, see Broadway. ... An impresario is a manager or producer in one of the entertainment industries, usually Music or Theatre. ... A revue is a theatrical entertainment based around music with dancing and sketches or skits either on contemporary news or the venue or base of the theatre company concerned, such as college or medical school. ... This article is about the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway shows . ... Costume, c. ... This article is about the capital of France. ...

His first foray into the world of entertainment was at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition, where he managed the famous strongman, Eugen Sandow. Nickname: Motto: Urbs in Horto (Latin: City in a Garden), I Will Location in the Chicago metro area and Illinois Coordinates: , Country State Counties Cook, DuPage Settled 1770s Incorporated March 4, 1837 Government  - Mayor Richard M. Daley (D) Area  - City 234. ... One-third scale replica of Daniel Chester Frenchs Republic, which stood in the great basin at the exposition, Chicago, 2004 The Worlds Columbian Exposition (also called The Chicago Worlds Fair), a Worlds Fair, was held in Chicago in 1893, to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Christopher... Eugen Sandow Eugen Sandow (born Friederich Wilhelm Mueller on April 2, 1867 in Königsberg, East Prussia, died on October 14, 1925) was a pioneering bodybuilder of the Victorian era and is often refered to as the Father of Modern Bodybuilding. Sandow had been a great admirer of Greek and...

His stage spectaculars, beginning with Follies of 1907, were produced annually until 1931. These extravaganzas, with elaborate costumes and sets, featured a bevy of beauties chosen personally by Ziegfeld in production numbers choregraphed to the works of such prominent composers as Irving Berlin, George Gershwin and Jerome Kern. Extravaganza is a two hour bi-weekly comedy-variety show based in Jakarta, Indonesia which has been broadcast by Trans TV nearly every Saturday and Monday night since its debut on April 5, 2004. ... Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 – September 22, 1989) was an American composer and lyricist, one of the most prodigious and famous American songwriters in history. ... Gershwin redirects here. ... Jerome David Kern (January 27, 1885 – November 11, 1945) was an American composer of popular music. ...

His promotion of the Polish-French Anna Held, including press releases about her milk baths, brought her fame and set a pattern of star-making through publicity. Ziegfeld helped oversee her meteoric rise to national fame. It was Held who first suggested an American imitation of the Parisian Follies to Ziegfeld. ^[1]. Ziegfeld never married Held, but they maintained a common-law relationship, outrageously scandalous in that day and age, which ended in 1913, allegedly solely because he moved his mistress into an apartment one floor up from theirs. Ziegfeld married Billie Burke in 1914, and they had a daughter, Patricia. Helene Anna Held (March 8, 1872 – August 12, 1918) was a Polish-born stage performer, most often associated with impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, her common-law husband. ... Mary William Ethelbert Appleton Billie Burke (August 7, 1884 – May 14, 1970) was an Oscar-nominated American actress primarily known to modern audiences for her role as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the musical The Wizard of Oz. ...

Ziegfeld Theatre

At a cost of $2.5 million, he built the 1600-seat Ziegfeld Theatre on the west side of Sixth Avenue between 54th and 55th Streets. Designed by Joseph Urban and Thomas Lamb, the auditorium was egg-shaped with the stage at the narrow end. A huge medieval-style mural, The Joy of Life, covered the walls and ceiling. To finance the construction, Ziegfeld borrowed from William Randolph Hearst, who took control of the theater after Ziegfeld's death. The Ziegfeld Theatre was a Broadway theatre formerly located at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and 54th Street in Manhattan, New York City. ... For other people named William Randolph Hearst, see William Randolph Hearst (disambiguation) William Randolph Hearst I (April 29, 1863 – August 14, 1951) was an American newspaper magnate. ...

The Ziegfeld Theatre opened February, 1927 with his production of Rio Rita, which ran until April 1928, followed by Show Boat. Although he recognized its artistic value, he was terrified Show Boat would fail because of its unusually dramatic storyline. According to an eyewitness, the audience barely applauded on opening night, but it was not because they disliked the show, but because they were so taken aback. It was a great success, with a run from December 1927 until May 1929. In 1932, after Ziegfeld lost much of his money in the stock market crash, he staged a revival of Show Boat backed by "angels" David and Barney Warfield. It became the biggest grosser on Broadway, until the Great Depression affected its run (May to October 1932). For films based on the musical, see Show Boat (film). ... The 1929 stock market crash devastated economies worldwide The Wall Street Crash refers to the stock market crash that occurred on October 29, 1929, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange collapsed, leading eventually to the Great Depression. ... For other uses, see The Great Depression (disambiguation). ...

Radio

The Follies featured many performers who, though well-known from previous work in other theatrical genres, achieved unique financial success and publicity with Ziegfeld. Included among these are Fanny Brice, W. C. Fields, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, Will Rogers, Bert Williams and Ann Pennington. He brought his show to radio in 1932 with The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air. Early Ziegfeld Follies portrait of Fanny Brice Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a popular and influential American comedian, singer, theatre and film actress and entertainer, remembered best for her many stage, radio and film appearances and her recordings. ... W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) was an American juggler, comedian, and actor. ... One of 12 Eddie Cantor caricatures by Frederick J. Garner for a 1933 Brown & Bigelow advertising card set. ... Marilyn Miller Marilyn Miller (born Mary Ellen Reynolds) (September 1, 1898 – April 7, 1936) was one of the most popular Broadway musical stars of the 1920s and early 1930s. ... William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 – August 15, 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer, and actor. ... Bert Williams (November 12, 1874 – March 4, 1922) was the pre-eminent Black entertainer of his era and one of the most popular comedians for all audiences of his time. ... Ann Pennington (December 23, 1893 in Wilmington, Delaware - November 4, 1971 in New York City, New York) was an actress, dancer, and singer who starred on Broadway in the 1910s and 1920s, notably in the Ziegfeld Follies and George Whites Scandals. ... Only months after Jack Pearl was introduced to the radio audience on The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air, he had his own show. ...

That same year, Ziegfeld died from a lung infection related to pleurisy. ^[2] Ziegfeld is interred in Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester Co., New York. His death left Burke with substantial debts, driving her toward better remunerating film acting in an effort to settle them. Pleurisy, also known as pleuritis, is an inflammation of the pleura, the lining of the pleural cavity surrounding the lungs, which can cause painful respiration and other symptoms. ... Kensico Cemetery, located in Valhalla, Westchester Co. ... Valhalla is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) located in the town of Mount Pleasant in Westchester County, New York, USA. The population was 5,379 at the 2000 census. ... Westchester County is a primarily suburban county with about 940,000 residents located in the U.S. state of New York. ...

References

Broadway

• A Parlor Match - 1893
• The French Maid - 1897
• Papa's Wife - 1899
• The Little Duchess - 1901
• Red Feather - 1903
• Mam'selle Napoleon - 1903
• Higgledy-Piggledy - 1904
• Higgledy-Piggledy - 1905
• The Parisian Model - 1906
• The Follies of 1907 - 1907
• The Parisian Model - 1908
• The Soul Kiss - 1908
• The Follies of 1908 - 1908
• Miss Innocence - 1908
• The Follies of 1909 - 1909
• The Follies of 1910 - 1910
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1911 - 1911
• Over the River - 1912
• A Winsome Widow - 1912

Flo Ziegfeld and Sandow, c. 1893

• Ziegfeld Follies of 1912 - 1912
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 - 1913
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1914 - 1914
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1915- 1915
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 - 1916
• The Century Girl - 1916
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1917 - 1917
• The Rescuing Angel - 1917
• Miss 1917 - 1917
• Night in Spain - 1917
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1918 - 1918
• By Pigeon Post - 1918
• Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic - 1919
• Caesar's Wife - 1919
• Ziegfeld Girls of 1920 - 1920
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 - 1920
• Sally - 1920
• Ziegfeld 9 O'clock Frolic - 1921
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1921 - 1921
• The Intimate Strangers - 1921
• Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic - 1921
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1922 - 1922
• Rose Briar - 1922
• Sally - 1923
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 - 1923
• Kid Boots - 1923
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1924 - 1924
• Annie Dear - 1924
• Louis the 14th - 1925
• Ziegfeld's Revue 'No Foolin' - 1926
• Betsy - 1926
• Rio Rita (musical) - 1927
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 - 1927
• Show Boat - 1927
• Rosalie - 1928
• The Three Musketeers - 1928
• Whoopee! - 1928
• Show Girl - 1929
• Bitter Sweet - 1930
• Simple Simon - 1930
• Smiles - 1930
• Ziegfeld Follies of 1931 - 1931
• Hot-Cha! - 1932
• Show Boat - 1932

The French Maid is a musical comedy in two acts by Basil Hood, with music by Walter Slaughter, first produced at the Theatre Royal, Bath, England, under the management of Milton Bode on the 4 April 1896. ... The United Way of Canada (Centraide Canada in French) is a national charitable organization in Canada, made up of 124 autonomous United Way and Centraide campaigns across the country. ... This article is about the Ziegfeld Follies Broadway shows . ... Download high resolution version (2286x1666, 305 KB)My father, Ted Hill, bought this wonderful old photo at a garage sale years ago. ... Download high resolution version (2286x1666, 305 KB)My father, Ted Hill, bought this wonderful old photo at a garage sale years ago. ... Sally is a theater musical with music by Jerome Kern, lyrics by Clifford Grey and book by Guy Bolton with additional lyrics by Buddy DeSylva and P. G. Wodehouse. ... Sun King redirects here. ... Betsy is the name of many different woman, many of them famous. ... Rio Rita is the name of a very successful 1927 stage musical by Florenz Ziegfeld, which originally united Wheeler and Woolsey as a team and made them famous. ... For films based on the musical, see Show Boat (film). ... Rosalie is an American musical play first produced in 1928. ... For other uses, see The Three Musketeers (disambiguation). ... Whoopee! is a Broadway musical comedy which debuted on 4 December 1928. ... Show Girl is a musical with a book by William Anthony McGuire, lyrics by Ira Gershwin and Gus Kahn, and music by George Gershwin. ... Bitter Sweet is an operetta written by Noel Coward and first produced in 1929 at Her Majestys Theatre in London. ... Simple Simon was a Broadway musical with book by Guy Bolton, and Ed Wynn, lyrics by Lorenz Hart, music by Richard Rodgers, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, and starring Ed Wynn. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

External links

• Obituary, New York Times (July 23, 1932) "Florenz Ziegfeld Dies in Hollywood after Long Illness"
• Find-A-Grave profile for Florenz Ziegfeld
• Ziegfeld biography by John Kenrick