If you're a Ziegfeld Girl, you're on top of the world. With many luminous shots of Hedy Lamarr and Lana Turner and a few Judy Garland numbers thrown in, this film chronicles the three stars' meteoric rise to fame in the Ziegfeld follies; some handle it better than others. Jimmy Stewart and Eve Arden also appear.
This is a women's musical, and there is a fair amount of talk about what a woman wants and what makes her happy. Although the film takes it for granted that most women will find fulfilment by being someone's wife, there is room for an alternative: of the three aspiring showgirls, one knows that she really only wants a husband's love, and one has to hit bottom before she realizes it; the third has no need for it whatsoever.
This is a women's musical, and there is a fair amount of talk about what a woman wants and what makes her happy. Although the film takes it for granted that most women will find fulfilment by being someone's wife, there is room for an alternative: of the three aspiring showgirls, one knows that she really only wants a husband's love, and one has to hit bottom before she realizes it; the third has no need for it whatsoever.