The Great Ziegfeld poster

Movie · 1936

The Great Ziegfeld

Released 8 April 1936 More from 1936 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

At the 1893 Chicago World's Fair, sideshow barker Florenz Ziegfeld turns the tables on his more-successful neighbor Billings, and also steals his girlfriend. This pattern repeats throughout their lives, as Ziegfeld makes and loses many fortunes putting on ever-bigger, more spectacular shows

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How old were they?

Oldest first
Joseph Cawthorn
as Dr. Ziegfeld
68
Robert Greig
as Ziegfeld's Butler (uncredited)
56
Raymond Walburn
as Sage
48
Nat Pendleton
as Sandow
40
Myrna Loy
as Billie Burke
30
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
38years between the oldest and youngest billed
68Joseph Cawthorn — oldest on the call sheet
30Myrna Loy — youngest billed
48average age of the credited cast
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