---
title: 'Ziegfeld Follies (1945)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Lewis'
released: '1945-02-18'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Music'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/ziegfeld-follies-1945'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039116/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Ziegfeld Follies (1945)

1945 · 110 min · Music · United States


## Synopsis

Ziegfeld Follies is a 1945 American musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), primarily directed by Vincente Minnelli, with segments directed by Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, Robert Lewis, and George Sidney, the film's original director before Minnelli took over. Other directors that are said to have made uncredited contributions to the film are Merrill Pye, Norman Taurog, and Charles Walters. It stars many MGM leading talents, including Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Lucille Bremer, Fanny Brice, Judy Garland, Kathryn Grayson, Lena Horne, Gene Kelly, James Melton, Victor Moore, William Powell, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lewis), [Vincente Minnelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vincente-minnelli), [Norman Taurog](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-taurog), [George Sidney](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-sidney), [Roy Del Ruth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-del-ruth), [Charles Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-walters), [Merrill Pye](https://cinepixo.com/people/merrill-pye)
- **Screenplay:** [Charles Walters](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-walters), [Samson Raphaelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/samson-raphaelson), [Harry Tugend](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tugend)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Roger Edens](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-edens)
- **Producer:** [Arthur Freed](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-freed)

## Cast

- [Feodor Chaliapin Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/feodor-chaliapin-jr)
- [Hazel Brooks](https://cinepixo.com/people/hazel-brooks)
- [Red Skelton](https://cinepixo.com/people/red-skelton)
- [William Bailey](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-bailey)
- [Robert Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-lewis)
- [James Melton](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-melton)
- [Peter Lawford](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lawford)
- [Lucille Ball](https://cinepixo.com/people/lucille-ball)
- [Jimmy Durante](https://cinepixo.com/people/jimmy-durante)
- [Harry Hayden](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-hayden)
- [Edward Arnold](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-arnold)
- [Fanny Brice](https://cinepixo.com/people/fanny-brice)
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)
- [Kathryn Grayson](https://cinepixo.com/people/kathryn-grayson)
- [Van Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/van-johnson)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/ziegfeld-follies-1945
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