Ziegfeld Follies (film)

Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 film about Flo Ziegfeld who imagines the kind of Follies he could produce with MGM's musical stars. Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Written by Charles Walters. Flashing...smashing Screen Entertainment! Dazzling in Its Beauty...Packed With Glorious Melodies!  (taglines) Dialogue Fred Astaire: I'm sorry, I can't quite place you. What line of business are you in? Gene Kelly: Well, I dance. Fred Astaire: Oh, at home, for the folks? Picnics and that kind of thing? Gene Kelly: Oh, no, no. In public. Fred Astaire: On street corners? Gene Kelly: Oh, no. On the screen. Motion pictures! You do go to pictures that have dancing in them, don't you? Taglines Flashing...smashing Screen Entertainment! Dazzling in Its Beauty...Packed With Glorious Melodies! Greatest Production Since The Birth Of Motion Pictures! Cast Fred Astaire — Fred Astaire Lucille Ball — Lucille Ball Lucille Bremer — Princess Fanny Brice — Norma Edelman Judy Garland — The Star Kathryn Grayson — Kathryn Grayson Lena Horne — Lena Horne Gene Kelly — Gentleman James Melton — Alfredo Victor Moore — Lawyer's Client Red Skelton — J. Newton Numbskull Esther Williams — Esther Williams William Powell — Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. External links 0039116 Ziegfeld Follies Category:1945 American films Category:American musical comedy films