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Writers:
Marguerite Roberts (screenplay) and
Sonya Levien (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
25 April 1941 (USA) more
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Tagline:
The triumph that tops "The Great Ziegfeld" is here at last! A pageant of stars and song...girls and grandeur...that opens a world of new show wonders! more
Plot:
Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl's life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful... more | full synopsis
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I saw stars...knocked out by cinematic mess more (32 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

James Stewart ... Gilbert Young

Judy Garland ... Susan Gallagher

Hedy Lamarr ... Sandra Kolter

Lana Turner ... Sheila Regan
Tony Martin ... Frank Merton
Jackie Cooper ... Jerry Regan
Ian Hunter ... Geoffrey Collis
Charles Winninger ... 'Pop' Gallagher

Edward Everett Horton ... Noble Sage
Philip Dorn ... Franz Kolter
Paul Kelly ... John Slayton
Eve Arden ... Patsy Dixon
Dan Dailey ... Jimmy Walters (as Dan Dailey Jr.)
Al Shean ... Al
Fay Holden ... Mrs. Regan
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Runtime:
132 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
UK:A (original rating) | UK:U (re-rating) (2005) | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:G | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #7074)
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Planned in 1938 to be made with Eleanor Powell, Joan Crawford, Virginia Bruce and Walter Pidgeon. more
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Mischa: I have no uncle, and he doesn't live in Philadelphia. more
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Featured in Moments in Music (1950) more
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The Wedding March more

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I saw stars...knocked out by cinematic mess, 20 November 2009
Author: (lionel.libson@gmail.com) from United States

I am second to no one in enjoying hokum in films. The loonier the better. Unfortunately, "The Ziegfeld Girl" is a sad waste of talent and energy. Except for the "Chasing Rainbows" number, the other songs are either lackluster or mangled in production.

This brings me to the sad story of Busby Berkely. There is no doubt that his contributions to early movie musicals were immeasurable. But there is also no doubt that in this film he was defeated by technology and, perhaps, lack of sleep.

As to the former point, film lighting and quality took a leap forward in the late 30's and early 40's. Unfortunately, this progress took the glamor and sizzle out of the movie. All the mid-tones lacked the high-key excitement found in the earlier musicals. There was no sense of theatrical lighting, an overall flatness made the production numbers appear as though the house lights had been left on.

On the latter point, lack of energy, much of the production numbers appear to have been focused or composed off-center. We see 2/3 of the screen occupied by stairs and curtains, and slivers or portions of the performers. The Berkeley signature geometry is replaced by poorly-positioned camera work. Compare this film to "Gold Diggers of 1933" and the differences are glaring. And with Judy Garland, no less!!

The story was goofy enough, but everyone seemed to have lost interest in making the film. Lana Turner's beauty was buried by indecision about who she was supposed to be.

It all reminded me of a hilarious Sid Caesar sketch...a movie called"The Termite", in which an injection had made him a wood-eating monster. At the end, before being led away, he's asked, "How do you feel about all the bad things you've done?" "I'm sorry", he replies.

"For all the killing?" "No...for making this movie!" Carl Reiner and the rest of the cast join him in apologizing.

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