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Ziegfeld101
The Ziegfeld Girls
by John Kenrick
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Much has been said and written about the Ziegfeld
Girls, those now legendary ladies of beauty, elegance and glamour. Here are some memorable
images from the Musicals101 archives. |
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Ziegfeld
never missed an opportunity to publicize his second wife, Billie Burke. Here
she is on the playbill cover for Simple Simon a show she had no connection
with. More photos of her appeared inside, but you won't find one of the show's star,
comedian Ed Wynn.
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Ziegfeld
loved to find no-cost ways for his productions to publicize each other. Marilyn
Miller never appeared in Show Boat, but this portrait of her graced that
musical's program cover. Billie Burke had a full page photo inside, but she could
not have been thrilled to see her husband's sometime mistress on the cover.
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As
early as the 1911 Follies, Ziegfeld spoofed his own ideas of beauty and glamour.
Note the object of this love struck beau's affections.
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Katherine
Burke (no relation to Billie) handles one of the massive headdresses designer John Harkrider turned
into a Ziegfeld girl trademark
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Lillian Lorraine,
who's heavy drinking and scandalous lifestyle took her from
Follies stardom to destitution in her later years.
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When
Marilyn Miller graduated from the Follies, toe dancer Mary Eaton took her
place. Attractive and a superior dancer, she enjoyed immediate
popularity.
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Jean
Ackerman, Jean Audree, Myrna Darby and Evelyn Groves in costumes by
John Herkrider -- some more revealing than others.
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Ziegfeld
had the lovely Dolores silently parade about the Follies stage in
magnificent costumes -- including this much-admired lace fan which she wore in
the Midnight Frolic. Remnants of this delicate piece still exist in
the Museum of the City of New York's costume collection.
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