ZIEGFELD-THE MAN AND HIS WOMEN - Trailer

"ZIEGFELD: THE MAN AND HIS WOMEN" Trailer, featuring Paul Shenar, Samantha Eggar, Pamela Peadon, Valerie Perrine, Walter Willison, Inga Swenson, Ron Husmann, Catherine Jacoby, Cliff Norton. Miriam Nelson. Starring as Florenz Ziegfeld is Paul Shenar [Broadway: "TARTUFFE", "SIX CHARACTERS IN SEARCH OF AN AUTHOR", Variety Critics-nominee for "TINY ALICE" and "THE THREE SISTERS"; a founding member, actor, director and teacher with William Ball's American Conservatory Theatre for more than 10 years, Orson Welles in "The Night That Panicked America"]; Samantha Eggar [Oscar nominee, Golden Globe and Cannes Film Festival winner for "The Collector"] as Billie Burke; Barbara Parkins [60s icon from her starring roles as Betty Harrington Anderson in "Peyton Place" (1964) on TV and Ann Wells in the cult classic film "Valley of the Dolls" (1965)] as Anna Held [Parkins has often said that the role is her favorite because it gave her the opportunity to showcase her singing and dancing talents, as well as her acting]; Pamela Peadon ["CELEBRATION", "ON THE TOWN", "IRENE", "RODGERS AND HART", and at the time of filming Cassie in the Los Angeles comoany of "A CHORUS LINE"] as Marilyn Miller; Valerie Perrine [Oscar and Golden Globe nominee, Cannes Film Festival/New York Film Critics Award winner for "Lenny"] as Lillian Lorraine. Broadway, film, and TV notables who guest starred as Ziegfeld stars also includes Inga Swenson ["NEW FACES OF 1956", Theatre World Award and Variety Critics Poll Award winner for "THE FIRST GENTLEMEN" Tony Award nomination/London Theatre Critics Award as Lizzie in "110 IN THE SHADE" Tony-nomination for "BAKER STREET"; films including "Advise & Consent," "The Miracle Worker," "The Betsy," television appearances including Richard Rodgers' "Androcles And The Lion," and best known to TV fans as housekeeper Gretchen Kraus on "Benson"] as Nora Bayes; Ron Husmann [Tony nominee and Theatre World Award winner for "TENDERLOIN", "ALL AMERICAN" "LOVELY LADIES, KING GENTLEMEN", "IRENE", feature debut in "Love Has Many Faces," TV appearances including The Hallmark Hall of Fame's "The Music of Richard Rodgers", "The Gershwin Years," as Tony Merritt on "Days of Our Lives", and opposite Bernadette Peters in "Once Upon a Mattress"] as Jack Norworth,; Walter Willison [Tony Award nominee and Theatre World Award winner for Richard Rodgers & Martin Charnin's "TWO BY TWO", "NORMAN, IS THAT YOU?", the title role in "PIPPIN", Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Schwartz' "MASS" opening The Kennedy Center, "GRAND HOTEL", who had recently starred as Dr. Calvin Campbell in the hit NBC Saturday morning series "McDuff, The Talking Dog"] as Frank Carter; and Catherine Jacoby as Fanny Brice [a role she was familiar with, having recently played the famed diva in Donn Arden's spectacular "HALLELUJAH, HOLLYWOOD" at the original MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas]. Also in the stellar cast are Frances Lee McCain, Cliff Norton, David Opatoshu, Nemiah Persoff, Richard B. Schull, Tara Talboy, Dan Tullis, Jr., David Dowling, Gene McLaughlin, Richard Shea, Jesssica Rains, David Levy, Ken Kuehn, Lilyan Chauvin, Leon Charfles, Marti Stevens, Penny Ciarlo, Miriam Nelson, Dick DeBenedictis, Davis Knapp, Victor Rogers, William Bogert, David Griffiths, Lola Mason, Roger Til, Jim Veres, Louise Fitch, Milt Oberman, Sari Price, Burr Smidt, Michael F. Blake, Bob Fraser, Hy Pyke, Howard Dayton, Jessica Biscardi,, Jenifer Newman, Alyson Reed, Stacy Sackett, Valeri Walker, James Francis. Choreographed by Emmy-nominated choreographer Miriam Nelson, assisted by Tad Tadlock, the16 production numbers were filmed on the largest sound stage at Columbia Pictures which had not long before housed the gigantic set for The Poseidon Adventure. Executive Producer, Mike Frankovich, Produced & Directed by Buzz Kulik, Screenplay by Joanna Lee; Original Music by Richard DeBenedictis, Cinematography by Gerald Perry Finnerman, Film Editing by Les Green, Production Design by John DeCuir, Set Decoration by Richard C. Goddard, Costume Design by Grady Hunt, Makeup Department: Rassi, Title Designers: John DeCuir, Maury Nemoy, Technical Adviser: Patricia Ziegfeld, Produced by Columbia Pictures, Mike Frankovich and Buzz Kulik, the multi-million dollar three-hour move, which had its US television premiere on May 21, 1978, is the longest musical ever filmed for television. After a European theatrical release and network repeats, the original 147-minute version went on to be seen on Showtime, and an edited 100-minute version, which retains the majority of the musical numbers, has been aired in recent years on cable TVs Encore e Channel. The film received a Golden Globe nomination as Best Motion Picture Made for Television, eight Emmy Awards nominations, and won two 1978 Emmy Awards.

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• Florenz Ziegfeld
• Follies
• Paul Shenar
• Samantha Eggar
• Barbara Parkins
• Pamela Peadon
• Valerie Perrine
• Walter Willison
• Inga Swenson
• Ron Husmann
• Catherine Jacoby
• Cliff Norton
• Tony Award
• Theatre World Award
• Anna Held
• Marilyn Miller
• Frank Carter
• Billie Burke
• Lillian Loraine
• Fanny Brice
• Nora Bayes
• Jack Norworth
• Abe Erlanger
• Mike Frankovich
• Buzz Kulik
• John DeCuir
• Grady Hunt
• Broadway musicals
• choreography
• 1920s
• gay interest