“Ziegfeld Follies” 1945 an MGM musical comedy film starring Fred Astaire, Lucille Ball, Judy Garland, Gene Kelly & others, also featured Fanny Brice, from the original Ziegfeld Follies. Producer Arthur Freed wanted a film along the lines of Ziegfeld Follies Broadway, the film is a sequence of unrelated lavish musical numbers and comedy sketches, released in 1946 to box-office success. Enjoy the two Masters At Play…. Listen to the Clarity & Ease of their Rhythmic Musicality… Class… Time to get it back….
In this clip – “The Babbitt and the bromide” MGM’s “Ziegfeld Follies” is the only film that paired Astaire and Kelly… Enjoy them and the historic moment…