Belknap Collection, Popular Performers 1907- : Florenz Ziegfeld. 1907-1958.

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Belknap Collection, Popular Performers 1907- : Florenz Ziegfeld. 1907-1958.

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Music, programs and press clippings for The Ziegfeld Follies and other Ziegfeld productions are gathered in this collection. Most of the material dates from 1907 to 1958, but there is a program for the 1987 production of Harry Fielding's Ziegfeld staring Topol and the 1999 production of "Ziegfeld Follies of 1936: A national institution, glorifying the American Girl". Many famous performers and songwriters are featured including Billie Burke, Eddie Arnold, Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Milton Berle, Fannie Brice, Noël Coward, Judy Garland, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein, Lena Horne, Jerome Kern, Beatrice Lilly, Myrna Loy, William Powell, and Esther Williams. Most of the materials are for New York theatres, but some touring programs are included.

1 box (1 lin. ft.) : ill., ports., music.

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George A. Smathers Libraries. Dept. of Special and Area Studies Collections.

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Ziegfeld, Flo, 1869-1932

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American theatrical producer. From the description of Florenz Ziegfeld Collection, 1893-1979 (bulk 1910-1930). (Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center (HRC); University of Texas at Austin). WorldCat record id: 79415204 Florenz Ziegfeld was born in Chicago in 1867. He was sent to Europe to recruit talent for his father's show at the 1893 World's Fair in Chicago, but returned instead with a circus strongman named Eugene Shadow who became the surprise hit of the season. Over t...

Belknap Collection for the Performing Arts

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Burke, Billie, 1885-1970

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American actress of stage and screen. From the description of Billie Burke collection, 1910-1957. (Boston University). WorldCat record id: 70965264 Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld was a theatrical impressario who perfected a form of the musical comedy revue, the Follies, regarded as the pinnacle of the field, while he himself became a legendary figure, making and losing several fortunes, and marrying two of his biggest stars, Anna Held and Billie Burke. Born ...

Topol, 1935-

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