Watch: Ziegfeld Girl 1941 123movies, Full Movie Online – Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl’s life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes..
Plot: Discovery by Flo Ziegfeld changes a girl’s life but not necessarily for the better, as three beautiful women find out when they join the spectacle on Broadway: Susan, the singer who must leave behind her ageing vaudevillian father; vulnerable Sheila, the working girl pursued both by a millionaire and by her loyal boyfriend from Flatbush; and the mysterious European beauty Sandra, whose concert violinist husband cannot endure the thought of their escaping from poverty by promenading her glamor in skimpy costumes.
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take three girls …
There are actually three girls who get into the Ziegfeld Follies in this b/w MGM feature. Judy Garland of course has a fabulous voice (especially when singing ‘I’m Always Chasing Rainbows’ so quietly); Lana Turner has false poise; and Hedy Lamarr looks stunning.As the men in their lives, we have James Stewart, Jackie Cooper (all grown up!), Ian Hunter, Dan Dailey, Tony Martin plus Charles Winninger as Garland’s father and vaudeville partner of Al Shean (playing himself).
The Follies numbers look good, but the film cries out for colour. Imagine how overblown, preposterous, and perfect it would have been then. As it is, it is a pleasant distraction, nothing more, and I found it quite distracting when towards the end some sequences were obviously taken from 1936’s ‘The Great Ziegfeld’!
A Backstage Musical Soaper
Lana Turner, Heddy Lamar, and Judy Garland get into the Ziegfeld Follies and promptly go to pot in this backstage soaper about the pitfalls of celebrity.Lana is a saucy elevator operator who aspires to marry Jimmy Stewart–until a Ziegfeld talent scout sweeps her up. She soon turns into a fast-living, mean-tempered lush. Heddy accompanies violinist husband Philip Dorn to an audition; he doesn’t get the job, but she gets snatched up to become a beauty queen. Offended by her admirers, Heddy’s husband believes she is unfaithful and leaves her. Judy has worked her way up through the ranks of show business and is hired for her way with a song–but Ziegfeld doesn’t want to the hire other half of her act, Judy’s father Charles Winninger. How can she desert her father?
To say the actors are typecast is a gross understatement, and in truth Heddy is merely there for decoration and Judy tucked into the film for the occasional musical number. The film really belongs to Lana Turner, who–although somewhat wooden–has the most interesting role of the three, and to James Stewart, who like Lana is a good boy gone bad. Will Lana and Jimmy reform and get back together? Will Heddy be able to convince Philip that her love is true? Will Judy’s father ever forgive her? Even though the movie is hokey and a bit overlong, it is still rather fun to watch–and such numbers as “Minnie From Trinidad” are lots of fun. But this is not one of MGM’s great musicals by any stretch of the imagination, and it is pretty much for die-hard musical fans only.
Gary F. Taylor, aka GFT, Amazon Reviewer
Original Language en
Runtime 2 hr 12 min (132 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Drama, Musical, Romance
Director Robert Z. Leonard, Busby Berkeley
Writer Marguerite Roberts, Sonya Levien, William Anthony McGuire
Actors James Stewart, Judy Garland, Hedy Lamarr
Country United States
Awards N/A
Production Company N/A
Website N/A
Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory N/A
Film Length 3,637.18 m (14 reels)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm