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Show Greatest Cast In History of j - Talking Films j Heralded as the "Greatest Show on Earth," with a cast of 205 speak- ! ing roles, 200 Glorified American. Beauties and 5,000 extras topped by the stellar triumvirate of William ; Powell, Myrna Loy and Luise Rainer, i "The Great Ziegfeld." Metro-Gold- i wyn-Mayer's giant caravan of entertainment en-tertainment opens its long-awaited, engagement at the Cameo Theatre ; Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, November No-vember 15, 16 and 17. In preparing this sensational production pro-duction whose cast is studded with such luminaries of the stage and film world as Frank Morgan, Fannie Fan-nie Brice. Virginia Bruce, Reginald Owen, Ray Bolger, Nat Pendleton and Harriet Hoctor, Metro-Gold-wyn-Mayer duplicated the profligacy of Ziegfeld himself, using sixteen heels and 15,300 foot of film. Although "The Great Ziegfeld" is not merely another motion picture pic-ture revue, it has many and elaborate elabo-rate musical incidents which form the background for the story, give authenticity to the plot and recreate the atmosphere of the show world. The story was suggested by Zieg-feld's Zieg-feld's career, his rivalries, successes and failures. Special emphasis is placed on the fact also that the character of Zieg-Ifeld Zieg-Ifeld is not intended as an accurate iustorical study. It has been made partly fictional, consstent with the man himself, but consistent also with the spacious and glamorous legend that surrounded him. "The Great Ziegfeld" was -adapted from an original screen play by William Anthony McGuire. The production was produced by Hunt Stromberg and was directed by Robert Z. Leonard. |