Word: ziegfelds
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Mima. David Belasco is the grand old man of the U.S. theatre. To prove this, he wears a turn-around collar and permits himself to be photographed frequently with a benign facial expression. Like Flo Ziegfeld, George M. Cohan and certain other producers, he is never publicly designated as ridiculous. For the last few weeks, articles have appeared in news-sheets telling how "the Dean of the American Stage is working day and night, transforming his theatre into a veritable Hades," how "Belasco's version of Ferenc Molnar's Mima costs $300,000 to present," and lastly...
...course you do run out of Ziegfeld adjectives after awhile. . . . Why not just call them 'Zigs'? queried he. . . ." - Burns Mantle, in the Daily News...
...that opulently festive corner of the earth where Maestro Ziegfeld gathers his bards. . . . The swiftest, most lighthearted, loose-limbed show for miles and years around. . . ."-Gilbert Gabriel, in the American...
...Dear Flo Ziegfeld: . . . What, my dear Flo, is your secret? . . . Thank you, my dear Flo Ziegfeld, for the musical comedy the town's been waiting for. . . ." -Robert Garland, in the Telegram...
...peer of all spectacle sponsors, the paramount figure of America's entertainment impresarios, the amazingly adroit F. Ziegfeld. ... It is swift, sure and steadily sparkling. It is better described as one of the grandest things Mr. Ziegfeld has ever done. He is truly a great man, this Ziegfeld. This [reviewer] . . . kneels at his toes and thanks him for having had a superb evening. . . ."-Walter Winchell, in the Evening Graphic...