Alfred Cheney Johnston: The Photographer Who Glorified the Ziegfeld Girl
Alfred Cheney Johnston photographed the Ziegfeld Follies for a dozen years. His studio method, his letters, his failures, and why his pictures outlived him.
Ziegfeld Girls: Beauty, Fame, and Life in the Follies
The Ziegfeld Girls were showgirls selected for Florenz Ziegfeld’s Broadway revues and promoted as ideals of American beauty, glamour, and modern womanhood. A century ago, a line of women glided languidly into the glow of the footlights on a Broadway stage. Some nearly nude, they shimmered with feathers, jewels, satin, and sequins. The audience watched…
The Ziegfeld Follies: Broadway’s Great Revue, 1907–1931
The Ziegfeld Follies changed American entertainment in a big way. When Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr., introduced the Follies of 1907 at the New York Theatre on Broadway, he took spectacle to a whole new level. This article is about the Broadway revue that Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. produced from 1907 to 1931 — not the 1945 MGM…
