Alfred Cheney Johnston

More photos of those fabulous Ziegfeld girls...

 Mary Pickford

 

 Olive Ann Alcorn, 1925

 

 Peggy Shannon, 1923-26

 

 Ruth Etting, 1929

 

 Tallulah Bankhead

 

  The Dolly Sisters

 

 

 

 

 

Ziegfeld Girls

The Ziegfeld Follies were theatrical productions modeled after the French Folies Bergères.  They have been described as something of a cross between Broadway shows and Vaudeville reviews. Prominently featured in the Follies were the iconic "Ziegfeld girls" who were the mainstay of these shows. They were actresses and dancers, many quite accomplished. [Here's a full-length feature produced by Ziegfeld, titled "Glorifying the American Girl".]

Alfred Cheney Johnston took many photographs of the Ziegfeld girls. Many of these were tasteful nudes; the ones here are all clothed (or at least half-clothed).

 Alexandra Carlisle

 Anne Lee Patterson, 1931

 Anne Lee Patterson

 Barbara Stanwyck

[she became a big Hollywood star]

 Bea Ackerman of the Ziegfeld Follies, 1923-24

 Billie Dove, 1920s

 Claudia Dell

 Dog and Model

 Drucilla Strain

 Frieda Mierse - Ziegfeld girl

 Hazel Forbes - Ziegfeld girl

 Helene Costello

 Kay English, Ziegfeld girl, 1929

 Margaret Horan with dog

Marion Davies, Ziegfeld girl, 1924