Saturday, March 13, 2010

The Great Ziegfield (1936) - 1 Star

One sentence plot summary: A biopic about the life of musical producer Florenz Ziegfield.

Starring: William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer


Best of:
The end credits.

Worst of: Dear sweet Lord this is a long movie. I suppose all of the musical sequences were seen as elaborate and impressive in 1936, but now they just come off as overlong distractions from an already meager plot. I never really cared, but I stopped caring even a little bit halfway through the three hour film.

I would have liked it better if: they cut out every single musical feature.

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