Ziegfeld, A-Z (A Finding Aid for Flo)

Today is the birthday of the great showman Flo Ziegfeld! I thought I would use the occasion of to present you without a little finding aid to help you navigate our several post about the great impresario.

Our essay on Ziegfeld’s background and connections to vaudeville.

On the Great Broadway Revues

On the many Ziegfeld related movies

The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air (radio show)

A review of the book Ziegfeld and His Follies

Cranky Review of Ziegfeld themed show

Follies of 1915

Follies of 1917

Ziegfeld’s Women:

Anna Held

Lillian Lorraine

Billie Burke

Some Key Ziegfeld Featured Performers:

Eugene Sandow

Fanny Brice

Eddie Cantor

Will Rogers

W.C. Fields

Bert Williams

Leon Erroll

Marilyn Miller

Some Key Ziegfeld Girls:

Doris Eaton Travis, the Last Follies Girl

Marion Davies

Louise Brooks

Olive Thomas

Mae Murray

Billie Dove

There are scores of other Ziegfeld Girls and featured acts represented on Travalanche, though they are not in a dedicated section of their own. Use the search feature with keywords like “Ziegfeld”, “Follies”, “Frolic”, “girl”, “chorus” and “dancer”, and/or browse the section Art Models/ Bathing Beauties/ Beauty Queens/ Burlesque Dancers/ Chorines/ Pin-ups/ Sexpots/ Vamps and you will find many there.

And for more on vaudeville and show business history,consult No Applause, Just Throw Money: The Book That Made Vaudeville Famous, and please stay tuned for my upcomingElectric Vaudeville: A Century of Radio and TV Variety