Ziegfeld follies

Ziegfeld Follies is a Technicolor explosion of MGM’s talent and stunningly over-the-top production values. Originally intended to premiere in 1944 as part of MGM’s 20th anniversary cele…

Ah, Sunny Spectacular Las Vegas. Here lies a confession. I miss Las Vegas. Don't get me wrong! I mean, I'm glad I left, for moral reasons and avenues unexplored... But I do miss a few things about it. (By the way, if I WAS going to be a showgirl I would totally have gone the Esther Williams path instead. At least some of her outfits are borderline modest. Also colorful and shimmery.) How about having having one wardrobe? - Summer. And that meant that your main dress piece was usually: A…

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Doris Eaton Travis (1904-2010) was an American dancer, stage and film actress, dance instructor, writer, and rancher, who was the last of th...

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A young Barbara Stanwyck as a Ziegfeld girl, 1924*

vintagegal : Bessie McCoy Davis 1917 Ziegfeld Follies *Night people…* * * Some people, no matter w...

Claire Luce, a famous American dancer, donned the "famous feather costume of Mistinguett," a famous French dancer, in Paris - photo The New York Times [Aug. 20, 1925]

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I guess we will stick with the theme of "tragic" girls of the silent screen and see about Gladys Brockwell. She was a lovely lady who had her life tragically cut short in a car accident, much like fellow actress, Florence Labadie. But unlike Florence, Gladys had a chance to make it to the talkies before her death. Gladys Brockwell was born Gladys Lindeman on September 26, 1893 in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother, Billie, was a former show girl and sometimes film actress, and she pushed Gladys…