7 Results found for "Ziegfeld".

follies

scenery. The most famous Broadway theatrical revues of all time were the Ziegfeld Follies. The theatrical sense is probably influenced by the French usage...


Floradora

The Unembarrassed Muse: The Popular Arts in America, page 177: Florenz Ziegfeld, who learned much from the Floradoras, produced his first Follies in 1907...


pearlescent

ceramics for electronics, all of which will be given attention, [Robert L.] Ziegfeld said. 1983, “The Colourless colours”, in Helen Varley, editor, Colour,...


Babbitt

Bromide”, first featured in the 1927 musical Funny Face and later in the film Ziegfeld Follies (1945). Babbitt (plural Babbitts) (US, dated) A person who subscribes...


rematchmaker

(plural rematchmakers) One who reunites a couple. 1933 April 30, “These Ziegfeld Blondes Were So Alike that Wally Won, Starred and Lost Them Both: First...


deluxe

The Reforma is Mexico’s deluxest hotel—and it is about as Mexican as the Ziegfeld Follies. 1950 July 20, “We Kaint Make No Five Spot out of a Plain Dollar...


babbitt

Bromide”, first featured in the 1927 musical Funny Face and later in the film Ziegfeld Follies (1945). babbitt (plural babbitts) (US, dated) Alternative letter-case...