The Great Ziegfeld

I've got to have more steps. I need more steps. I've got to get higher. Higher.

—Florenz Ziegfeld

A 1936 Biopic about Broadway's most famous producer of his day. It is also a showcase for numbers from his most famous shows. And it won the Academy Award for Best Picture.

Tropes used in The Great Ziegfeld include:

• Character as Himself: Ray Bolger, Harriet Hoctor, and Fanny Brice, all veterans of the Ziegfeld Follies.
• Costume Porn: Both on and off his stage shows.
• Famous Last Words: The page quote; his last words were a bit different.
• Oscar Bait
• Pretty in Mink: His first wife wears and ermine muff, hat, and trimmed jacket. His second wife is given a chinchilla cape for Christmas.