- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Introduction
-
Part 1 Anna and Flo … and Lillian, 1867–1913 -
1 The Showman, the Strongman, and the Girl with the Eyes -
2 Gloomy Gus and the Petit Bourgeois -
3 “It’s Delightful to Be Married” -
4 A Maelstrom of Mirth -
5 Entrances and Exits -
6 The Girl at the Top of the Stairs -
Part 2 Billie and Flo … and Marilyn, 1914–1923 -
7 Taming an Incorrigible Bounder -
8 Lively Productions -
9 The Past Becomes Ashes -
10 The Ziegfelds’ Xanadu -
11 The Greatest Victory Party America Has Ever Known -
12 Dear Old Zieggy and Company -
13 A New Normalcy -
14 The End of the Glory Days -
Part 3 The Darkest Hour of Success, 1923–1932 -
15 Little Boy Blue -
16 Vacations from Reality -
17 A Shot in the Arm -
18 Splendor and Intelligence -
19 Ziegfeld Laughs … and Cries -
20 “I Can’t Do This Anymore” -
21 Going Home -
Part 4 The Legacy of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., 1932– -
22 Going Hollywood -
23 His Shows Must Go On -
24 Beauty Slain - Epilogue
-
Appendix Shows Produced and Coproduced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. - Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Screen Classics
A New Normalcy
A New Normalcy
- Chapter:
- (p.232) 13 A New Normalcy
- Source:
- Ziegfeld and His Follies
- Author(s):
Cynthia Brideson
Sara Brideson
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
As the chapter begins, Ziegfeld is struggling to get his new musical off the ground. He funds the entire production himself and hires Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse, and Guy Bolton to write the play. Sally is different from Cinderella musicals of the past; it has a distinctly modern feel, for in the end, Sally finds not only love and wealth but also a successful career. Sally is a monumental success. The seemingly unstoppable team of Marilyn Miller and Ziegfeld is threatened when she meets Jack Pickford, former husband of Olive Thomas. To Ziegfeld’s dismay, Pickford and Miller become involved romantically. He encounters more woman troubles when Lillian Lorraine has an accident and severely injures her spine; Ziegfeld secretly pays her bills. The chapter includes a brief description of the Follies of 1920 and 1921 and explains how the lucrative Midnight Frolic was forced to close due to Prohibition. The chapter concludes with rare correspondence between Ziegfeld and his parents and between Burke and Ziegfeld during his time alone in Palm Beach. Despite the enormous success of Sally, Ziegfeld still feels insecure about his finances, his place on Broadway, and his marriage to Burke.
Keywords: Sally, Jerome Kern, P. G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Victor Herbert, Abe Erlanger, Jack Pickford, Marilyn Miller, Leon Errol, Prohibition, Palm Beach
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Introduction
-
Part 1 Anna and Flo … and Lillian, 1867–1913 -
1 The Showman, the Strongman, and the Girl with the Eyes -
2 Gloomy Gus and the Petit Bourgeois -
3 “It’s Delightful to Be Married” -
4 A Maelstrom of Mirth -
5 Entrances and Exits -
6 The Girl at the Top of the Stairs -
Part 2 Billie and Flo … and Marilyn, 1914–1923 -
7 Taming an Incorrigible Bounder -
8 Lively Productions -
9 The Past Becomes Ashes -
10 The Ziegfelds’ Xanadu -
11 The Greatest Victory Party America Has Ever Known -
12 Dear Old Zieggy and Company -
13 A New Normalcy -
14 The End of the Glory Days -
Part 3 The Darkest Hour of Success, 1923–1932 -
15 Little Boy Blue -
16 Vacations from Reality -
17 A Shot in the Arm -
18 Splendor and Intelligence -
19 Ziegfeld Laughs … and Cries -
20 “I Can’t Do This Anymore” -
21 Going Home -
Part 4 The Legacy of Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., 1932– -
22 Going Hollywood -
23 His Shows Must Go On -
24 Beauty Slain - Epilogue
-
Appendix Shows Produced and Coproduced by Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. - Selected Bibliography
- Index
- Plates
- Screen Classics