Ziegfeld Follies is a 1946 American musical directed primarily by Vincente Minnelli for MGM. Framed by a heavenly Florenz Ziegfeld, played by William Powell, imagining one final Follies production, the film strings together lavish, largely unconnected musical numbers and comedy sketches performed by MGM stars including Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly and Judy Garland. It won the award for best musical comedy at the 1947 Cannes Film Festival. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over.
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1947 Cannes Film Festival Best Musical Comedy (Prix de la meilleure comedie musicale) Won
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Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over.
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