[on her husband,
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.] Ziegfeld has been portrayed as a man
who pursued women. I have even come across a word which, in regard to
him, is not only vulgar but incredibly inaccurate. The word is
"Chaser." By all the pink-toed prophets, Flo Ziegfeld was never that!
Flo never pursed any woman. He was cool and aloof and difficult. But
there were times, more times than I prefer to recall, when he made a
woman eager for his approval by a mere look, or a small expression, or
by a slight grasp of her elbow, a low mumbling request to dance. That
was all the effort he ever had to make. The story of one noted dancing
girl about how Flo Ziegfeld used to batter down her door is a
confection of sheer poppycock. I tell you: I know better.