405 Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
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This article is from the Movie Trivia, by Murray Chapman muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au with numerous contributions by others.
405 Ziegfeld Follies (1946)
- Head director 'George Sidney' (qv) quit after one month of filming and was
replaced by 'Vincente Minnelli' (qv).
- The initial version shown to preview audiences in 1944 was almost 3 hours
long.
- Cut from film:
- Musical number ``If Swing Goes, I Go Too,'' directed by Sidney, danced and
sung by 'Fred Astaire' (qv).
- Musical/comedy number ``Start Off Each Day with a Song,'' directed by
'Charles Walters' (qv), performed by 'Jimmy Durante' (qv).
- Musical number ``A Cowboy's Life,'' directed by 'Merrill Pye' (qv), sung by
'James Melton' (qv).
- Musical number ``Liza,'' directed by Minnelli, sung by 'Avon Long' (qv).
- Cut from film: Comedy sketch "Baby Snooks and the Burglar," directed by
'Roy Del Ruth' (qv), performed by 'Fanny Brice' (qv).
- Comedy sketch ``Death and Taxes,'' directed by Minnelli, performed by
Durante and 'Edward Arnold' (qv).
- Musical number ``We Will Meet Again in Honolulu,'' directed by Pye, sung by
Melton. The 'Esther Williams' (qv) water ballet from this number was
retained in the film.
- Finale musical number ``There's Beauty Everywhere,'' directed by Minnelli,
sung by Melton, danced by Astaire, 'Lucille Bremer' (qv) and
'Cyd Charisse' (qv). A fragment with Charisse was retained in the reshot
finale.
- The horse ridden by 'Lucille Ball' (qv) is the Lone Ranger's Silver.
- The ``Great Lady'' sketch was written as a self-parody intended for
'Greer Garson' (qv), but she refused the role.
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