Tuhia he haere tonu mō tēnei wāhanga - I te tau 1936 i whakaputaina e Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer tētahi pikitia haurua-tōku kōrero, "The Great Ziegfeld", ko William Powell te kaiwhakaari. I whiriwhiria e ia mo te mahi na Billie Burke, i whakaaro ia ahakoa kaore a Powell i rite ki tana tane kua mate, kei a ia te tikanga tika. "Ko te mea i ngana ahau ki te mahi ko te whakawhiti i te wairua nui o te tangata", ka mea a Powell i muri mai, "tona aroha ki te pakihi whakaaturanga, tona reka tino pai, tona whakamiharo mo te ataahua o nga wahine. He kore rawa ia i te taha pūtea, engari i te taha ātaahua - he pūkenga i roto i tana mara i whiriwhirihia". I tohua mō ngā Tohu Academy e whitu
I riro i a "The Great Ziegfeld" nga Oscars mo te Whakaahua Pai rawa atu, te Kaitoi Pai rawa atu (Luise Rainer hei Anna Held), me te Whakaaturanga Kanikani Pai rawa atu (Seymour Felix), mo te tau whakangao whakamiharo, "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" <unk> tetahi o nga raupapa puoro rongonui kua oti te kiriata. Ko te mahinga tino utu a MGM mai i te "" (1925), a, e rua nga wa i utua ai.