The Great Ziegfeld

Directed by Robert Z. Leonard

With William Powell, Myrna Loy, Luise Rainer, Frank Morgan and Fanny Brice

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows