Seymour Felix

The Great Ziegfeld -- Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. 'How's business, Ziggy?' a rival taunts.

Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. "How's business, Ziggy?" a rival taunts. This winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture provides the career-chronicling answer. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s business was good (with Broadway's legendary Follies and more), bad (including times the showman could scarcely rub two nickels together) and rarely lacking optimistic excess.

An ambitious chorus girl seeks a career on Broadway by entering a magazine's Cover Girl contest.

Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly star in this magical musical about a showgirl who becomes highly successful and hugely unhappy.