The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 American musical drama film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Hunt Stromberg. It stars William Powell as the theatrical impresario Florenz "Flo" Ziegfeld Jr.,
Theatrical release poster
William Powell as Ziegfeld
Powell and Myrna Loy as Billie Burke
Luise Rainer as Anna Held
The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the Academy Awards presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences since the awards debuted on May 16, 1929. This award goes to the p
The Great Ziegfeld
…as the greatest musical biography to be made in Hollywood and still remains a standard in musical film making. It won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture for producer Hunt Stromberg, Best Actress for Luise Rainer, and Best Dance Direction for Seymour Felix, and was nominated for four others. MGM made two…
The 98th recipients: Paul Thomas Anderson (pictured), Adam Somner (posth.), and Sara Murphy
Harvey Weinstein (pictured in 2014)
Jeffrey Katzenberg (pictured in 2022) was responsible for Beauty and the Beast being nominated for Best Picture