The Great Ziegfeld

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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).

Luise Rainer in The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld

film by Leonard [1936]

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Robert Z. Leonard
Dancing Lady to Ziegfeld Girl
Next was The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Leonard’s best and biggest hit. The lavish biopic of flamboyant showman Flo Ziegfeld starred MGM’s number-one team, Powell and Myrna Loy. However, it was Rainer in the tear-suffused role of Flo’s neglected wife, Anna Held, who stole the show, winning the…
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Next was The Great Ziegfeld (1936), Leonard’s best and biggest hit. The lavish biopic of flamboyant showman Flo Ziegfeld starred MGM’s number-one team, Powell and Myrna Loy. However, it was Rainer in the tear-suffused role of Flo’s neglected wife, Anna Held, who stole the show, winning the…
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Luise Rainer
…next portrayed Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld (1936), about the impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. (played by Powell). Her emotional performance in the film—highlighted by a scene in which her character telephones her ex-husband to congratulate him on his new marriage—earned Rainer an Academy Award for best actress. In 1937…
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…next portrayed Anna Held in The Great Ziegfeld (1936), about the impresario Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. (played by Powell). Her emotional performance in the film—highlighted by a scene in which her character telephones her ex-husband to congratulate him on his new marriage—earned Rainer an Academy Award for best actress. In 1937…
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