Glorifying the American Girl (1929)

Stars: Mary Eaton, Eddie Cantor, Helen Morgan, Rudy Vallee
Director: Millard Webb

Broadway impresario Florenz Ziegfeld brings his legendary Follies to the silver screen in this landmark film about the rise of a showgirl culminating with her starring in a Ziegfeld extravaganza.

From time to time, the camera cuts away to the many celebrities enjoying the show, including jNew York mayor Jimmy Walker, Paramount Pictures head man Adolph Zukor, and Flo Ziegfeld himself, accompanied by his then-wife, Billie Burke. And yes, that's Johnny Weissmuller on-stage as a provocatively undraped "Nature Boy."