Opening and Closing to Ziegfeld Follies VHS (1983) (USA)

Printed on March 7, 1985, fourteen months or so ahead of the cut-off date for Ted Turner's portion of the MGM library. A cast of MGM greats star in this recreation of the elaborate theatrical revue series that ran in New York from 1907 to 1931 with two brief renewals.

MGM/UA Home Video #MV600173

Contents:
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Warning: "The owner of the copyright in this motion picture has authorized its use in this cassette for the purpose of private home viewing without charge of any kind. Any other use of this cassette, including any copying, reproduction or performance of any of the material in it, is an infringement of copyright and may result in civil liability or criminal prosecution as provided by law."
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Opening credits:
Metro—Goldwyn—Mayer Presents "Ziegfeld Follies"
Copyright MCMXLV in U.S.A. by Loew's Incorporated. All Rights in this Motion Picture Reserved Under International Conventions.
A Metro—Goldwyn—Mayer Picture
Produced by Loew's Incorporated
Starring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, Red Skelton, Esther Williams and William Powell re-creating his role as "The Great Ziegfeld"
With Edward Arnold, Marion Bell, Bunin's Puppets, Cyd Charisse, Hume Cronyn, William Frawley, Robert Lewis, Virginia O'Brien, Keenan Wynn
Dance Direction: Robert Alton
Songs by Harry Warren and Arthur Freed, George and Ira Gershwin, Ralph Blane and Hugh Martin, Kay Thompson and Roger Edens
Musical Adaptation: Roger Edens
Musical Direction: Lennie Hayton
Orchestration: Conrad Salinger, Wally Heglin
Vocal Arrangements: Kay Thompson
Photographed in Technicolor
Directors of Photography: George Folsey, A.S.C., Charles Rosher, A.S.C.
Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus
Associate: Henri Jaffa
Recording Director: Douglas Shearer
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Merrill Pye, Jack Martin Smith
Puppet Sequence: William Ferrari
Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis
Associate: Mac Alper
Costume Supervision: Irene
Costumes Designed by Helen Rose
Make-Up Created by Jack Dawn
Hair Styles Created by Sydney Guilaroff
Film Editor: Albert Akst
Approved by the MPAA; Certificate No. 10439
Western Electric Sound System
This Picture Made Under the Jurisdiction of I.A.T.S.E., Affiliated with American Federation of Labor
The events, characters and firms depicted in this photoplay are fictitious. Any similarity to actual persons, living or dead, or to actual firms, is purely coincidental.
Produced by Arthur Freed
Directed by Vincenti Minnelli
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Slide: "The End—A Metro—Goldwyn—Mayer Picture"
Text: "ZIEGFELD FOLLIES—(C) Copyright 1946 by Loew's Inc. Renewed 1973 by Metro—Goldwyn—Mayer, Inc."
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