American History

BootinUp

(49,818 posts) Tue Apr 8, 2025, 10:12 PM Apr 8

The Ziegfeld Follies

And a substack article

Ziegfeld Girls And How They Changed Beauty- Not safe for work.

https://open.substack.com/pub/classicsofthesilentscreen/p/ziegfeld-girls-and-how-they-changed

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The Ziegfeld Follies (Original Post) BootinUp Apr 8 OP

I watched a movie today on Retro-TV House of Roberts Apr 8 #1

The article on substack is several months old BootinUp Apr 8 #2

House of Roberts

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1. I watched a movie today on Retro-TV

Reply to BootinUp (Original post)

Tue Apr 8, 2025, 10:18 PM

Apr 8

called 'Glorifying the American Girl' from 1929. It was about a Ziegfeld show of the same name. Funny this should come up today after I watched it this afternoon.

BootinUp

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2. The article on substack is several months old

Reply to House of Roberts (Reply #1)

Tue Apr 8, 2025, 10:25 PM

Apr 8

someone must have kicked it to where it showed up on my feed. I like seeing old film. And it kind of feels appropriate being from 1927 and with the economy about to crash.

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