Ziegfeld Follies：Full Cast & Crew

Directed by

Lemuel Ayers
(segment "Love"): Roy Del Ruth
(segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket"): Robert Lewis
(segment "Number Please"): Vincente Minnelli
(segments "This Heart of Mine", "Limehouse Blues", "A Great Lady Has an Interview", "The Babbitt and the Bromide", "Beauty"): George Sidney
(segments "Here's to the Girls", "Pay the Two Dollars", "When Television Comes"): Merrill Pye
(segment "A Water Ballet") (uncredited): Charles Walters
(segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview") (uncredited)

Writing Credits

David Freedman
(written by) (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket"): Hugh Martin
(written by) (segment "Love") and: Ralph Blane
(written by) (segment "Love"): John Murray Anderson
(uncredited): Lemuel Ayers
(uncredited): Peter Barr
(written by) (segment "Number Please") (uncredited): Guy Bolton
(uncredited): Allen Boretz
(uncredited): Irving Brecher
(written by) (segment "The Babbitt and the Bromide") (uncredited): Eddie Cantor
(uncredited): Erik Charell
(uncredited): Harry Crane
(uncredited): Roger Edens
(uncredited): Devery Freeman
(uncredited): Everett Freeman
(uncredited): E.Y. Harburg
(uncredited): Lou Holtz
(uncredited): Cal Howard
(uncredited): Al Lewis
(writer "Ziegfeld Days" sketch) (segment "Bunin's Puppets") (uncredited): Robert Lewis
(uncredited): Max Liebman
(uncredited): Eugene Loring
(uncredited): Wilkie C. Mahoney
(uncredited): Jack McGowan
(uncredited): William Noble
(uncredited): James O'Hanlon
(uncredited): Samson Raphaelson
(uncredited): Philip Rapp
(uncredited): William Schorr
(uncredited): Joseph Schrank
(uncredited): Red Skelton
(segment) (segment "When Television Comes") (uncredited): Frank Sullivan
(uncredited): Kay Thompson
(uncredited): Harry Tugend
(written by) (segment "When Television Comes") (uncredited): Charles Walters
(uncredited): Billy K. Wells
(written by) (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") (uncredited): George White
(written by) (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") (uncredited): Edgar Allan Woolf
(uncredited): Joseph Erens
(uncredited): Edna Skelton
(segment) (segment "When Television Comes") (uncredited)

Cast

Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire ('Here's to the Ladies') / Raffles ('This Heart of Mine') / Tai Long ('Limehouse Blues') / Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide'): Lucille Ball
Lucille Ball ('Here's to the Ladies'): Lucille Bremer
Princess ('This Heart of Mine') / Moy Ling in 'Limehouse Blues'): Fanny Brice
Norma Edelman ('A Sweepstakes Ticket'): Judy Garland
The Star ('A Great Lady Has An Interview'): Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson ('Beauty'): Lena Horne
Lena Horne ('Love'): Gene Kelly
Gentleman ('The Babbit and the Bromide'): James Melton
Alfredo ('La Traviata'): Victor Moore
Lawyer's Client ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Red Skelton
J. Newton Numbskull ('When Television Comes'): Esther Williams
Esther Williams ('A Water Ballet'): William Powell
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.: Edward Arnold
Lawyer ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Marion Bell
Violetta ('La Traviata'): Cyd Charisse
Ballerina ('Beauty'): Hume Cronyn
Monty ('A Sweepstakes Ticket'): William Frawley
Martin ('A Sweepstakes Ticket'): Robert Lewis
Chinese Gentleman ('Limehouse Blues' / Telephone Voice ('Number Please'): Virginia O'Brien
Virginia O'Brien ('Here's to the Ladies'): Keenan Wynn
Caller ('Number Please'): Bunin's Puppets
Puppets: Rod Alexander
Chorus Boy: Robert Ames
Masked Man ('Limehouse Blues'): Gloria Joy Arden
Dancer: Jean Ashton
Dancer: Irene Austin
Dancer: William Bailey
Subway Passenger ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Juliette Ball
Club Patron ('Love'): Bonnie Barlowe
Dancer: James Barron
Couple with Banners in 'Limehouse Blues': Eleanor Bayley
Couple with Branches in 'Limehouse Blues': Judi Blacque
Dancer: Lennie Bluett
Dancer ('Love'): Karin Booth
Ziegfeld Girl: Norman Borine
Dancer: Helen Boyce
Countess ('This Heart of Mine'): Hazel Brooks
Dancer: Ed Brown
Dancer: Marie Bryant
Woman Getting Her Man Taken in ('Love'): Kathleen Cartmill
Dancer: Lucille Casey
Ziegfeld Girl: Jack Cavan
Dancer: Elise Cavanna
Tall Woman: Feodor Chaliapin Jr.
Lieutenant ('This Heart of Mine'): Naomi Childers
Duchess ('This Heart of Mine'): Milton Chisholm
Chorus Boy: Marilyn Christine
Dancer: Charles Coleman
Majordomo ('This Heart of Mine'): Aina Constant
Ziegfeld Girl: Laura Corbay
Dancer: Joseph Crehan
1st Judge ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Dick D'Arcy
Chorus Boy: Elizabeth Dailey
Ziegfeld Girl: William B. Davidson
2nd Judge ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Jack Deery
Man: Dante DiPaolo
Chorus Boy: Frances Donelan
Ziegfeld Girl: Natalie Draper
Ziegfeld Girl: Eddie Dunn
3rd Subway Policeman ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Rita Dunn
Dancer: Meredyth Durrell
Dancer: Mary Jo Ellis
Couple with Banners in 'Limehouse Blues': Rex Evans
Butler ('A Great Lady Has An Interview'): Shawn Ferguson
Dancer: Sam Flint
Majordomo's Assistant ('This Heart of Mine'): Jeanne Francis
Dancer: Sean Francis
Ensemble in 'Limehouse Blues': Jean French
Dancer: Mary Jane French
Dancer: Sam Garrett
Roping / Twirling Act (uncredited): Karen X. Gaylord
Ziegfeld Girl: Sidney Gordon
Masked Man ('This Heart of Mine'): David Gray
Dancer: Aileen Haley
Ziegfeld Girl: Carol Haney
Ziegfeld Girl: Suzette Harbin
Flirt ('Love'): Avanelle Harris
Club Patron ('Love'): Maggie Hathaway
Dancer ('Love'): Charles Hawkins
Club Patron ('Love'): Bill Hawley
Dancer: Harry Hayden
Warden ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Doreen Hayward
Dancer: Cleo Herndon
Dancer ('Love'): George Hill
2nd Subway Policeman ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Shirlee Howard
Ziegfeld Girl: Don Hulbert
Chorus Boy: Charlotte Hunter
Dancer: Virginia Hunter
Dancer: Patricia Jackson
Dancer: Margaret Kays
Dancer: James King
Rooster ('Limehouse Blues'): Laura Knight
Dancer: Laura Lane
Dancer: Margaret Laurence
Ziegfeld Girl: Peter Lawford
Porky ('Number Please'): Harriet Lee
Bar Singer ('Limehouse Blues'): Dale Lefler
Dancer: Eugene Loring
Costermonger ('Limehouse Blues'): Charles Lunard
Masked Man ('Limehouse Blues'): Herb Lurie
Chorus Boy: Patricia Lynn
Ensemble in 'Limehouse Blues': Wilbur Mack
Subway Passenger ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Melvin Martin
Dancer: Matt Mattox
Chorus Boy: Bert May
Chorus Boy: Diane Meredith
Dancer: Ruth Merman
Ensemble in 'Limehouse Blues': Lorraine Miller
Dancer: Joyce Murray
Dancer: Noreen Nash
Ziegfeld Girl: Janet Nevis
Dancer: Ray Nyles
Dancer: Helen O'Hara
Ziegfeld Girl: Billy O'Shay
Dancer: Garry Owen
1st Subway Policeman ('Limehouse Blues'): Jack Purcell
Chorus Boy: Tommy Rall
Chorus Boy: Ellen Ray
Couple with Parasols in 'Limehouse Blues': Elynne Ray
Dancer: Jane Ray
Dancer: Dorothy Raye
Dancer: Jack Regas
Masked Man ('Limehouse Blues'): Beth Renner
Dancer: Ricky Ricardi
Chorus Boy: Alex Romero
Chorus Boy: Billy Shead
Couple with Parasols in 'Limehouse Blues': Elaine Shepard
Ziegfeld Girl: Silver
Horse in 'Here's to the Girls': Melba Snowden
Dancer: Walter Stane
Dancer: Ronald Stanton
Couple with Branches in 'Limehouse Blues': Ivon Starr
Dancer: Larry Steers
Magistrate ('Pay the Two Dollars'): Count Stefenelli
Count ('This Heart of Mine'): Wanda Stevenson
Ensemble in 'Limehouse Blues': Grady Sutton
Texan ('Number Please'): Ray Teal
2nd Subway Policeman ('Limehouse Blues'): Kay Thompson
Ziegfeld Girl: Audrey Totter
Phone Operator ('Number Please'): Robert Trout
Dancer: Dorothy Tuttle
Ziegfeld Girl: Dorothy Van Nuys
Ziegfeld Girl: Arthur Walsh
Telegraph Boy ('A Sweepstakes Ticket'): Robert Wayne
Dyseptic ('This Heart of Mine'): Eve Whitney
Ziegfeld Girl: Kay Williams
Girl ('Number Please') / Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited): Katherine Yorke
Ziegfeld Girl

Produced by

Arthur Freed
producer

Music by

Roger Edens
(uncredited): Lennie Hayton
(uncredited): Conrad Salinger
(uncredited)

Cinematography by

George J. Folsey
director of photography (as George Folsey): Charles Rosher
director of photography: Ray June
(uncredited)

Editing by

Albert Akst

Art Direction by

Cedric Gibbons
: Merrill Pye
: Jack Martin Smith
: Lemuel Ayers
(uncredited): Edward C. Carfagno
(uncredited): Harry McAfee
(uncredited)

Set Decoration by

Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by

Helen Rose
: Tony Duquette
(uncredited): Irene
(uncredited)

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup artist: Sydney Guilaroff
hair stylist: Florence Erickson
hair stylist (uncredited): Dorothy Ponedel
key makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management

Gilbert Kurland
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Jack Greenwood
assistant director: Al Shenberg
assistant director: Lou Bunin
assistant director (uncredited): Arvid Griffen
assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

Mac Alper
associate set decorator: William Ferrari
art director: puppet sequence: Henry Greutert
sculptor: Irene Sharaff
art director: "Limehouse Blues" sequence (uncredited)

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording director: Joe Edmondson
unit mixer (uncredited): William Steinkamp
re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited): Michael Steinore
re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited): John A. Williams
re-recording and effects mixer (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

Mark Davis
matte paintings camera (uncredited): A. Arnold Gillespie
miniatures (uncredited) / transparency projection shots (uncredited): Warren Newcombe
matte paintings (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Robert J. Bronner
first assistant camera (segment "When Television Comes") (uncredited): John M. Nickolaus Jr.
second camera operator (uncredited): Sidney Wagner
photographer (uncredited)

Animation Department

Lou Bunin
animator: Lou Chuten
animation supervisor (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Irene
costume supervisor: Florence Bunin
puppet costume designer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") (uncredited): Eugene Joseff
costume jeweller (uncredited) / jeweller (uncredited): George Petty
costume designer: Ziegfeld girls (uncredited)

Editorial Department

Henri Jaffa
associate color director: Technicolor: Natalie Kalmus
color director: Technicolor

Music Department

Ted Duncan
music arranger: Roger Edens
musical adapter: Lennie Hayton
musical director: Wally Heglin
orchestrator: Calvin Jackson
music arranger: Paul Marquardt
music arranger: Conrad Salinger
orchestrator: Kay Thompson
vocal arranger: Earl Cates
music mixer (uncredited): Fletcher Henderson
music arranger (uncredited): M.J. McLaughlin
music mixer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Robert Alton
dance director: Roy Del Ruth
additional choreographer: Eugene Loring
additional choreographer: Charles Walters
additional choreographer: Helen Auer
secretary: Mr. Freed (uncredited): Belva Lannan
secretary: Mr. Edens (uncredited): Joe Niemeyer
stand-in: Fred Astaire (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") (uncredited): Norman Taurog
director of prologue and retakes (uncredited)