Dolores was a British-born dressmaker's model who moved from Lucile's New York salon to the Broadway stage in June 1917, where she began performing in both the
Ziegfeld Follies and the after-hours show Midnight Frolic (fig.
The song, written For the
Ziegfeld Follies of 1919, featured inserted refrains from well-known classical compositions with lyrics by Berlin about lost love.
The final
Ziegfeld Follies opens at the Winter Garden Theatre, 25 years after its namesake's death.
The song was written for
Ziegfeld Follies that year but dropped from the show, and no music has survived to go with its zany lyrics.
The
Ziegfeld Follies even created a sketch in homage to her art.
As a member of Denishawn, she toured with the
Ziegfeld Follies in 1927-28 and then joined the first Humphrey-Weidman Company.
The biography chronicles Marshall's middle class upbringing; his TV variety show, Broadway, and live performances (including with the
Ziegfeld Follies and Frank Sinatra); his time in the US Army; his personal life; and his career as a writer, ventriloquist, puppeteer, musician, publisher, historian, comedian, and in other roles, integrated with memories of his own life as his son.
Having left school at 13, she joined the chorus of the
Ziegfeld Follies, aged 15.
Known for her long legs and sophisticated looks, Texas-born Charisse found fame in MGM's musicals In the Rain and Brigadoon with Kelly and
Ziegfeld Follies with Astaire.
Previously, my only knowledge of Will Rogers was the Broadway musical "The Will Rogers Follies" and his performance in "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court." I knew he had written newspaper columns and been in radio, as well as film and the
Ziegfeld Follies, but I had no idea of the full extent of his career.