Ziegfeld Follies (1945)
Directed by Vincente Minnelli, Lemuel Ayers, Roy Del Ruth, George Sidney, Robert Lewis · Cinematography by Charles Rosher, George J. Folsey
Approved110 min64 frames
MusicComedy
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What is Ziegfeld Follies about?
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld looks down from heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
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.
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What does the cinematography of Ziegfeld Follies look like?
Sampled across 64 frames, the coverage of Ziegfeld Follies leans on medium shots (38% of the sample) and full-body frames (31%). Cinematographer Charles Rosher keeps 59% of it in soft, high-key light. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Deep focus keeps foreground and background readable at once in 75% of the frames. The production design places the film in the 1940s.
What is the color palette of Ziegfeld Follies?
The dominant colors across the sampled frames of Ziegfeld Follies (1945) are #302f2e, #100f10, #f6f5f3, #d0cfcb, #335093, #968d71 — measured from the per-frame color data FrameThrower extracts for every film.
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