Word: ziegfelds
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Simple Simon is the newest enterprise of Florenz (Follies) Ziegfeld. It sets a record for decorum exceeding even that of the latest Fred Stone revel (TIME, Feb. 24), probably not equalled since the belles of another generation swished their skirts naughtily in the direction of bald heads' row. Its dialog scarcely even alludes to any difference between the sexes and whenever any of its chorines appears in tights she is so drenched in colored lights, so safely enrapt in fantasy, that she might as well be wearing a mackintosh...
...cheap ones hitherto issued. They will play many times without sounding worn. They can be dropped without disaster. A new Durium record will be issued each week, one played by a leading Broadway orchestra and chosen as "hit of the week" by a jury composed of Producer Florenz Ziegfeld, Comedian Eddie Cantor and Bandman Vincent Lopez...
...contemplated rash doings; instead, went to see Mr. Ziegfeld. All went well. Said he: "So you're the little lady from Washington who wants to go on the stage are you? Well you are certainly a knock-out for looks I will hand you that. Let us look at your legs." Soon she was sharing a dressing room with Fannie Brice...
...hear the old songs again, this time augmented by one or two new ones. "There's a Silver Lining", "Sally", "Wild Rose", "All I Want to do is Dance" are all good put on with skill reminiscent of Ziegfeld...
...trial of someone else. When, after her confession, her own trial begins, the audience feels assured that she will be unanimously acquitted. Best shot: New Year's Eve in Vienna. Glorifying the American Girl (Paramount). A long time ago, when this picture was first planned. Florenz Ziegfeld was going to direct it himself. Then it was rumored that Erich von Stroheim had the job. Now J. P. McEvoy and Director Millard Webb have done the story and Irving Berlin, with three others, the music. It is a dull, shaky graph of a department store employe's rise...