Florenz Ziegfeld posing with the Follies Girls at a rehearsal in 1931.                  The Albertina Rasch Dancers in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1931           I n 1931 Ruth Etting appeared in the very last Follies , which opened at the Ziegfeld Theater on July 1, 1931,...

  Ziegfeld Folies   "Fred Astaire: Here's to the beautiful ladies, Here's to those wonderful girls, Adele's and Molly's, Lucille's and Polly's. You'll find them all at the Ziegfeld Follies."  Cyd Charisse in the 1945 Hollywood musical ~ Ziegfeld Follies Bonjour chéris! I just finished...

Ziegfeld Follies Girls (1907 - 1931)   Inspired by the Parisian Folies Bergère, Florenz Ziegfeld and his wife Anna Held, founded the Ziegfeld Follies in New York, in 1907.   The Follies produced lavish revues mingling the aesthetic of top Broadway shows and vaudeville variety. The productions...