FLORENZ "FLO" ZIEGFELD JR. - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 11/15/1914 - HFSID 102564
Price: $750.00
FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, JR. Rare ALS: "Flo", 1p, 8½x11.
Baltimore, 1914 November 15. On stationery imprinted: "Nixon &
Zimmerman/Academy of Music Co./The New Academy of Music, Baltimore". To
Charles [Dillingham]. In full: "Telegram received-dont kid me-If I
had been in your place I certainly would have protected you-You were the one who
objected their going with me and you personally told me if your show played
Amsterdam, it would be allright (sic). I could have been reached any
minute". During the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893,
FLORENZ ZIEGFELD, Jr. (1867-1932) managed Sandow, the strong man. In
1896, he turned to theatrical management. His promotion of a French beauty, Anna
Held, using press releases about her milk baths, brought her fame and set a
pattern of star-making through publicity. Held and Ziegfeld were married from
1897 until they divorced in 1913. In 1907, Ziegfeld produced his first revue,
The Follies of 1907, modeled on the Folies-Bergère of Paris but less
risqué. The New York revue's combination of semi-nudity, pageantry and comedy
was repeated successfully for 23 more years in the Ziegfeld Follies,
until the Great Depression ended the annual spectacles. CHARLES
DILLINGHAM (1868-1934) managed the Globe Theatre (1910-1934), the Hippodrome
(1914-1923) and owned the Century Theatre with Ziegfeld. Lightly creased.
Minor stains in blank areas. Overall, fine condition.
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