Ziegfeld was as great as the great Gatsby. He was as great as the shows he produced. Like Gatsby, the public titled him as great.
A different kind of musical for the 1930's, it pretty much sums up the entire genre in a nut shell. The larger than life stage shows with hundreds of women as objects. The big budgets and the introduction to the Great Depression. As Ziegfeld dies, so does the genre of the 1930's that kept the public happy through the times of grief and depression.
A different kind of musical for the 1930's, it pretty much sums up the entire genre in a nut shell. The larger than life stage shows with hundreds of women as objects. The big budgets and the introduction to the Great Depression. As Ziegfeld dies, so does the genre of the 1930's that kept the public happy through the times of grief and depression.