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I've got to have more steps. I need more steps. I've got to get higher. Higher.

—Florenz Ziegfeld

A 1936 Biopic about Broadway's most famous producer of his day. It is also a showcase for numbers from his most famous shows. And it won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

This film features examples of:

Character as Himself: Ray Bolger, Harriet Hoctor, and Fanny Brice, all veterans of the Ziegfeld Follies.
Costume Porn: Both on and off his stage shows.
Famous Last Words: The page quote; his last words were a bit different.
Oscar Bait
Pretty in Mink: His first wife wears and ermine muff, hat, and trimmed jacket. His second wife is given a chinchilla cape for Christmas.

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-* [[Character as Himself]]: Ray Bolger, Harriet Hoctor, and [[Funny Girl|Fanny Brice,]] all veterans of the Ziegfeld Follies.
+* [[Character as Himself]]: Ray Bolger, Harriet Hoctor, and [[Funny Girl|Fanny Brice]], all veterans of the Ziegfeld Follies.
 * [[Costume Porn]]: Both on and off his stage shows.
 * [[Famous Last Words]]: The page quote; his last words were a bit different.