The Great Ziegfeld

1936 film by Robert Zigler Leonard
Movie film Q470218
The Great Ziegfeld
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Summary

The Great Ziegfeld is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,670 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Academy Award for Best Actress[4]
  • Director: Robert Z. Leonard[5]
  • Screenwriter: William Anthony McGuire[6]
  • Composer: Walter Donaldson[7]
  • Genre: biographical film[8], musical film[9], drama film[10]
  • Cast member: Luise Rainer[11], Myrna Loy[12], William Powell[13], Frank Morgan[14], Fanny Brice[15], Virginia Bruce[16], Reginald Owen[17], Ray Bolger[18], Nat Pendleton[19], Harriet Hoctor[20], Herman Bing[21], Charles Judels[22], Dennis Morgan[23], Gertrude Astor[24]
  • Producer: Hunt Stromberg[25]
  • Production company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[26]
  • Director of photography: Oliver T. Marsh[27], Ray June[28], George J. Folsey[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Commons category: The Great Ziegfeld (film)[31]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[32]
  • Review score: 6.1/10[33], 71%[34]
  • Color: black-and-white[35]
  • Country of origin: United States[36]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1936[37], October 16, 1936[38]
  • Distributed by: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer[39], Netflix[40]
  • Narrative location: New York City[41], San Francisco[42], Chicago[43]
  • Film editor: William S. Gray[44]

Why It Matters

The Great Ziegfeld has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]

FAQs

What awards did The Great Ziegfeld receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3] and Academy Award for Best Actress[4].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] ↑ . filmportal.de. wikidata.org.
  2. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [3] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [4] ↑ . oscars.org. oscars.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [45] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [46] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 10h ago · Quesotiotyo · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'arz', 'ast', 'azb', 'bg', 'bn', 'ca', 'commons', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de',
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  2. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 21378
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  3. 9w ago · Davidultra · 2026-08-08 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Tv spielfilm film id → 1299167
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  5. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Production designer → Cedric Gibbons
    Publication date → +1936-01-01T00:00:00Z, +1936-10-16T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → William Anthony McGuire
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+176'}
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