The story concerns a reunion in a crumbling Broadway theatre, scheduled for demolition, of the past performers of the " Weismann's Follies ," a musical revue ( based on the Ziegfeld Follies ), that played in that theatre between the World Wars.

He began appearing in motion pictures in a comedy series pairing him with silent film legend Buster Keaton and continuing with The Wet Parade ( 1932 ), Broadway to Hollywood ( 1933 ), The Man Who Came to Dinner ( 1942, playing " Banjo ", a character based on Harpo Marx ), Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ), Billy Rose's Jumbo ( 1962, based on the 1935 musical ) and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World ( 1963 ).

In 1980, the CTW began to produce a touring stage production based upon the show, written by Connell and performed by the Ice Follies.

The company used the release of " Vogues of 1938 " in August 1937 and 5 months later " The Goldwyn Follies ", the second film to use the make-up, to commercially release Pan-Cake to the public, backed by a color based national advertising campaign.

* Borzoi can also been seen in cameo roles in the films Love at First Bite, Legends of the Fall (" Notchee Boy "), Excalibur, All Dogs Go to Heaven ( 1989 ), Bride of Frankenstein, Easter Parade, Wolfen, Ziegfeld Follies, Onegin ( 1999 ), Gangs of New York ( 2002 ), Chaplin, The Avengers ( TV series ), JAG, Maverick ( 1994 ), Sleepy Hollow, Last Action Hero, and A Knights Tale ( on the DVD deleted scenes ).

* 1936 – Baby Snooks, played by Fanny Brice, debuts on the radio program The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air.

It was Prince who changed the title to Follies ; he was " intrigued by the psychology of a reunion of old chorus dancers and loved the play on the word ' follies '".

* 1907 – Florenz Ziegfeld, Jr. staged his first Follies on the roof of the New York Theater in New York City.

Described by Frank Rich of the New York Times as " now the greatest and perhaps best-known artist in the American musical theater ", his most famous works include ( as composer / lyricist ) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George and Into the Woods.

In 1942, Phyllis Dixey formed her own company of girls and rented the Whitehall Theatre in London to put on a review called The Whitehall Follies.

Similarly, Isabella appears in Jean Plaidy's novels The Follies of the King and The Vow on the Heron as an antagonist.

* Fishbein, M., The Medical Follies: An Analysis of the Foibles of Some Healing Cults, including Osteopathy, Homeopathy, Chiropractic, and the Electronic Reactions of Abrams, with Essays on the Anti-Vivisectionists, Health Legislation, Physical Culture, Birth Control, and Rejuvenation, Boni & Liveright, ( New York ), 1925.

* Hale, A. R., " These Cults ": An Analysis of the Foibles of Dr. Morris Fishbein's " Medical Follies " and an Indictment of Medical Practice in General, with a Non-Partisan Presentation of the Case for the Drugless Schools of Healing, Comprising Essays on Homeopathy, Osteopathy, Chiropractic, The Abrams Method, Vivisection, Physical Culture, Christian Science, Medical Publicity, The Cost of Hospitalization and State Medicine, National Health Foundation, ( New York ), 1926.

While Follies was a hit, Yolanda bombed at the box office and Astaire, ever insecure and believing his career was beginning to falter, surprised his audiences by announcing his retirement during the production of Blue Skies ( 1946 ), nominating " Puttin ' on the Ritz " as his farewell dance.

* Karen Kresge ( born 1948 ), former star solo ice skating performer for Ice Follies and Holiday on Ice, currently ice skating choreographer, ice show director and producer

* Ziegfeld Follies of 1923 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on October 20 and ran for 233 performances

* Ziegfeld Follies of 1920 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 22 and ran for 123 performances, but ran most years until 1927.

* Ziegfeld Follies Of 1916 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 12 and ran for 112 performances

* Ziegfeld Follies Of 1915 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 21 and ran for 104 performances

* Ziegfeld Follies of 1913 Broadway revue opened at the New Amsterdam Theatre on June 16 and ran for 108 performances

* Ziegfeld Follies Broadway revue opened at the Jardin de Paris on June 15 and ran for 120 performances

Follies began as decorative accents on the great estates of the late 16th century and early 17th century but they flourished especially in the two centuries which followed.

She was a former Ziegfeld Follies Girl who went on to greater fame on Broadway and in the emerging medium of sound films.

At the age of sixty-seven, she appeared back on stage in the Tony Award winning Broadway musical, Follies.

Follies is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and a book by James Goldman.

Stuart Ostrow, who had ties with Sondheim with The Girls Upstairs ( later titled Follies ), agreed to produce the musical, now entitled A Play By Brecht ( later titled The Race to Urga ).

* " I'm Still Here ", a song from Stephen Sondheim's 1971 musical, Follies: " I've slept in shanties, guest of the WPA, and I'm here.

Her maternal grandparents were Millicent Green, a dancer with the George White's Scandals, a series of 1920s musical revues similar to the Ziegfeld Follies, and Johnny McAfee, a multireedist and vocalist of the big band era ; her grandparents met while touring with Johnny Hamp and his orchestra.

His next partner, Lucille Bremer, was featured in two lavish vehicles, both directed by Vincente Minnelli: the fantasy Yolanda and the Thief, which featured an avant-garde surrealistic ballet, and the musical revue Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ), which featured a memorable teaming of Astaire with Gene Kelly to " The Babbit and the Bromide ," a Gershwin song Astaire had introduced with his sister Adele back in 1927.

Much later, it was reprised in the ballet " Limehouse Blues " featuring Fred Astaire and Lucille Bremer in the musical film Ziegfeld Follies ( 1946 ).

Comden and Green's final musical hit was 1991's The Will Rogers Follies, providing lyrics to Cy Coleman's music.

This began a lifelong friendship between Remick and Sondheim, and she later appeared in the landmark 1985 concert version of his musical Follies.

* In the song " Broadway Baby " from the musical Follies, aging chorus girl Hattie wishes she could be a star all over Manhattan, " from Battery Park to Washington Heights!

In 1987 she took a leading role in the West End production of Stephen Sondheim's musical Follies.

In the 1930s, many musical sequels had the year included in the title ( Gold Diggers of 1933 ), in the style of Broadway revues such as the Ziegfeld Follies.

He is most noted as the author of The Lion in Winter and author of the book for the Broadway musical Follies.

He starred in multiple editions of the Follies and in the Broadway musical comedy Poppy, where he perfected his persona as a colorful small-time confidence man.

In addition to composing about 55 full scores for stage works, Herbert produced a considerable body of musical numbers for variety shows such as the Ziegfeld Follies and the sophisticated private entertainments for the Lambs theatrical club.

It was published on March 15, 1913 and it featured in the 1913 musical Ziegfeld Follies.

They are mentioned in Stephen Sondheim's list song " I'm Still Here " from his 1971 musical Follies.

However, the first musical to hint at what was to come had been the final edition of the Ziegfeld Follies in 1957.

From 1985-2001, the company hosted a Winter Solstice party at the Cocoanut Grove in Santa Cruz featuring a live musical show known as " The SCO Follies.

Moments after his men are cured, Jolyon Wagg arrives with his musical troupe the Jolly Follies, who intend to perform at the upcoming carnival in San Theodoros.