Florenz Ziegfeld
The genuis behind it all
Florenz Ziegfeld created some of the most influential shows ever to appear on Broadway. Taking inspiration for the Folies Bergeres of Paris, Ziegfeld opened the doors to The Jardin de Paris on July 8, 1907 which was an enclosed roof garden atop New York Theater. This show set the stage for "glorifying the American girl". Ziegfeld understood the idea that sex sells, but girls were not meant to be vulgar, more so admired for their beauty, grace and sensuality. The setting for the shows were always over the top, it featured top stars and songs, stunning costumes, lavished surroundings, and always a bounty of beautiful women.
Busby Berkeley
Choreographer
Irving Berlin
composer-lyricist
Lady Duff Gordon
Costume designer
Gene Buck
Lyricist, script writer and director
Victor Herbert
composer of hit musical comedies and operettas
Jerome Kern
Composer
Joseph Urban
Set designer
Now to introduce some of the Ziegfeld gals.....
Ziegfeld's First Wife Anna Held
Ziegfeld's Second Wife Billie Burke
Olive Thomas
Drucilla Strain
Imogene Robertson
Katherine Burke
Jean Ackerman
Jessie Reed
Muriel Finley
Hazel Forbes
Peggy Hopkins Joyce
Claudia Dell
Marion Benda
Helene Costello
The Dolly Sisters
The Cutter Sisters
Rubye DeRemer
Helen Hayes
Dorothy Knapp
Marion and Madeline Fairbanks
Flo Newton
Billie Dove
Lillian Lorraine
Alice Wilkie
Louise Brooks
