- 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
Lively Productions
Lively Productions
- Chapter:
- (p.153) 8 Lively Productions
- Source:
- Ziegfeld and His Follies
- Author(s):
Cynthia Brideson
Sara Brideson
- Publisher:
- University Press of Kentucky
Critics complain that Ziegfeld has begun to imitate himself in his shows, and this chapter tells how he pulls the Follies out of their rut. He joins the rooftop entertainment craze by transforming the New Amsterdam roof into a top-notch venue for an offshoot of the Follies, the Midnight Frolic. Ziegfeld employs Viennese designer and architect Joseph Urban to design the rooftop, beginning a long association; he hires Lucile Duff Gordon to design the costumes. Ziegfeld enlivens the Follies when he hires cowboy philosopher Will Rogers to perform his lariat act. The first bump in the Ziegfelds’ marriage occurs when Burke learns of Ziegfeld’s infatuation with a new showgirl, Olive Thomas. But Burke becomes his sole focus when he learns he is about to be a father. Ziegfeld plans his next two shows—the Ziegfeld Follies of 1916 and his first non-Follies musical since his union with Held, The Century Girl—to be celebrations of his child.
Keywords: Joseph Urban, Lucile Duff Gordon, Dolores, New Amsterdam Roof, Midnight Frolic, Olive Thomas, Will Rogers
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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