Ziegfeld Girl

The film "Ziegfeld Girl" (1941) tells the parallel stories of three women who become performers in the renowned Broadway show the Ziegfeld Follies. Sandra Kolter, a European beauty, is spotted and recruited while accompanying her violin virtuoso husband Franz to his audition for the show's orchestra. Susan Gallagher, a seventeen-year-old from a theatrical family, is discovered performing a vaudeville act with her aging father, and becomes a featured star after showcasing her enormous singing talent. Sheila Regan, a working class elevator operator, is torn between her love for truck driver Gil Young and her luxurious lifestyle as a showgirl, but ultimately struggles with the consequences of her choices, including a descent into depression and alcoholism.