Ziegfeld Follies

Fred Astaire as Fred Astaire / Raffles / Tai Long / Gentleman Lucille Ball as Lucille Ball (segment "Here's to the Ladies") Judy Garland as Star (segment "A Great Lady Has an Interview") James Melton as Alfredo (segment "La Traviata") Fanny Brice as Norma Edelman (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") Kathryn Grayson as Kathryn Grayson (segment "Beauty") Lena Horne as Lena Horne (segment "Love") Gene Kelly as Gentleman (segment "The Babbit and the Bromide") Cyd Charisse as Ballerina (segment "Beauty") Hume Cronyn as Monty (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") Keenan Wynn as Caller (segment "Number Please") Red Skelton as J. Newton Numbskull (segment "When Television Comes") Esther Williams as Esther Williams (segment "A Water Ballet") Edward Arnold as Lawyer (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") William Frawley as Martin (segment "A Sweepstakes Ticket") Noreen Nash as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) Eve Whitney as Ziegfeld Girl (uncredited) William Powell as Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. Lucille Bremer as Princess ("This Heart of Mine") / Moy Ling ("Limehouse Blues") Victor Moore as Lawyer's Client (segment "Pay the Two Dollars") Robert Lewis as Gentleman ("Limehouse Blues") / Man (voice) ("Number Please") Virginia O'Brien as Virginia O'Brien (segment "Here's to the Ladies")

Charles Rosher Director of Photography Cedric Gibbons Art Direction George Sidney Director Roy Del Ruth Director Ira Gershwin Songs Irene Costume Supervisor George J. Folsey Director of Photography Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist Helen Rose Costume Design Robert Lewis Director Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration Kay Thompson Songs, Vocals Harry Warren Songs, Original Music Composer Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision Vincente Minnelli Director George Gershwin Songs Irene Sharaff Costume Design