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Jan 21, 2014akirakato rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Released in 1936, this film is one of the biggest successes in the 1930s. It is supposed to be a standard in musical film making. As a matter of fact, it won three Academy Awards, including Best Picture for producer Hunt Stromberg, Best Actress for Louise Rainer, and Best Dance Direction for Seymour Felix. Since then, however, it seems to have become a glory in the film industry. To the eyes of the present-day movie-goers, it looks excessively showy and unreasonably long---185 minutes. The DVD includes the 13-minute documentary "Ziegfred on Film" made in 2002. It shows Luise Rainer who remained the only actress in history to have won the Best Acrtress Oscar two years in a row until Katherine Hepburn, who won it in 1967 and 1968. Born in Janusary 1910, Luise Rainer still lives now. As of January 2014, she is 104 years old. Amazing!