Tuesday, January 13, 2015

The Great Ziegfeld


The Great Ziegfeld (1936) – This is a wildly extravagant film (yes, the running time is rather extravagant, too), and though it’s loaded with clichés, it’s worthwhile if only for the spectacle; the acting is a mixed bag: Powell does a good job, although he only ever plays one type of character, Rainer is over the top, Loy doesn’t do much, and you could probably play a drinking game with Frank Morgan’s guffawing. 6

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