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...remainder of the show is spread with a prodigal profusion that only Florenz Ziegfeld can maintain. There are numerous minor luminaries of musical comedy in the cast, an unobtrusive plot, a succession of amiable melodies. In fact the only objection that can be raised against the show is the practical impossibility of obtaining tickets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: New Plays: Jan. 14, 1924 | 1/14/1924 | See Source »

Engagement denied. Carl Wiedemann, of Newport, Ky., brewer, owner of the race horse In Memoriam, to Miss Allyn King, formerly of the Ziegfeld Follies, Ladies' Night (TIME, Dec. 17). Said he: "I am neither married nor engaged...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Jan. 7, 1924 | 1/7/1924 | See Source »

...Ziegfeld Wagner, son of the Great Richard, was the author of a new opera presented last week at Rostock, The Blacksmith of Marienburg. The audience was not thrilled. "A mediocre son of a famed father," sighed the critics...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Battistini | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

Neither the orchestra score nor the libretto had the force of art. It was too ambitious a project for the modest talents of Ziegfeld, the son. The opera as it was savored only of a poor imitation of Richard, the father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Battistini | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

...Year's resolution embracing a determination to see only the best in musical comedy would include the following entertainments: Poppy, Music Box Revue, Ziegfeld Follies, Topics of 1923, Wildflower, Mr. Battling Buttler, Runnin' Wild...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theatre: The Best Plays: Dec. 31, 1923 | 12/31/1923 | See Source »

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