The Great Ziegfeld

The Great Ziegfeld is a 1936 film. Although Florenz Ziegfeld[?]'s life provides a plot thread for this movie, it's really meant to showcase a series of spectacular musical productions. The film includes original music by Walter Donaldson and Irving Berlin. In its cast were William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan, Fanny Brice[?], Ray Bolger and Virginia Bruce[?]

The movie managed to win three Oscars:

• Academy Award for Best Picture - Hunt Stromberg[?], producer
• Academy Award for Best Actress - Luise Rainer
• Academy Award for Best Dance Direction - Seymour Felix[?] - For "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody".

It was nominated for an additional four:

• Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Cedric Gibbons[?], Eddie Imazu[?] and Edwin B. Willis[?]
• Academy Award for Directing - Robert Z. Leonard[?]
• Academy Award for Film Editing - William S. Gray[?]
• Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay - William Anthony McGuire[?]