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Also Known As Robert Zigler Leonard
Born October 7, 1889 • Chicago • Illinois
Died August 27, 1968 (aged 78) • Los Angeles • California
Notable Works “After Office Hours” • “Cynthia” • “Dancing Lady” • “Escapade” • “Everything I Have Is Yours” • “Her Twelve Men” • “Maytime” • “Outcast Lady” • “Pride and Prejudice” • “Susan Lenox (Her Fall and Rise)” • “The Bachelor Father” • “The Divorcee” • “The Great Ziegfeld” • “The King’s Thief” • “We Were Dancing”

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William Powell in a tuxedo holds Luise Rainer's foot as she reclines and laughs in an ornate room, in a scene from The Great Ziegfeld (1936).
Greer Garson and Laurence Olivier stand facing each other in an arched garden walkway, holding hands, in a scene from the 1940 film Pride and Prejudice.
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George Balanchine.
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