The Washington times., 1932-07-23
THEATER WORLD
KIND AND COLD
To MAESTRO
Successes, Failures Trail
Each Other in Notable,
Bizarre Career
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he achieved his greatest trlumphS,
for interment.
Rogers AS Comforter
While Miss Burke was comfort
ing her daughter, Will Rogers ar
rived with Mrs: Rogers.
He comforted the wife and
daughter of his old friend and
patron and a few minutes later
Miss Burke and Miss Ziegfeld left
the hospital to spend the night
with the Rogerses.
DR.. E. o. Fishbaugh, one OF the
attending physicians, ordered an
autopsy, which was being per-
formed today by DR.. Herman
Zeiler, pathologist. at the Cedars
OF Lebanon Hospital.
The producer died amid com.
paratively lonely surroundings.
In the modest little hospital room
when the END came were only
his physician, DR.. Marcus Rad
win, and nurse.
Wife Making Picture
His wife was working on a
picture at a film studio when she
was summoned to the telephone
and informed by hospital attend
ants that her husband had Sut-
fered a heart attack and was sink
ing rapidly.
Not hesitating even to don a
wrap, Miss Burke dashed out OF
the studio and hurried in an
automobile to the hospital
Only a few days ago Miss
Burke had arranged to have zieg-
field transferred to the local hos
pital from a Sanitarium in New
Mexico where he had been con-
fined several weeks.
ziegfeld's illness was not
known to his friends until his
wife recently revealed his pres
ence in the New Mexico sani-
tarium. The pleurisy had de-
veloped from an attack Of pneu-
monia suffered in New York last
winter while Ziegfeld was en-
gagged in his theatrical activities.
Ill on Birthday
When the producer was brought
to the hospital here, his con-
dition became grave, but dur.
ing the last three days he was
beginning to show Improvement
and the journey toward recovery
was believed by his physicians to
have started.
Ziegfeld celebrated his last
birthday March 81 in bed in New
York suffering from a severe
cold.
Miss Burke arrived in Holly
wood July 6 with her daughter
and Katherine Hepburn, a New
York millionairess, to make a
picture, Bill of Divorcement,"
and had worked steadily for two
weeks on the film.
When Miss Burke arrived IN
Hollywood she declared she
wanted to desert Broadway for
ever for a chicken ranch in Santa
Monica, where she has a home.
She declared she wanted ziegfeld
to retire, join her in the venture
and reside here the rest OF MS
life. Ziegfeld, she said, had
worked too hard in New YORK.
Born in Chicago
BEGINNING with the Chicago
Worlds Fair of 1893, Ziegteld's
career spanned an entire genera,
ton of theatergoers who thrilled
tn his spectacular musical shows.
He was born in Chicago on
March 81, 1869. And in his native
city he embarked on his lifelong
work as Snowman in 1892. His
first professional feat was the
bringing of the European military
bands to Chicago to perform at
the Worlds Fair.
During the fair he organized
and managed the universally ia
nous Trocadero. :
It was Is years ago that he
contributed to the American stage
that combination of gayety. song,
and dancing known as "The Fol
lies"
Miss Burke was his second wife.
She was married to ziegfeld in
1914. His first wife was Anna
Held.
A Distinguished Father
With the distinction of his
fathers reputation behind him,
at "a young Florenz had done
very little. In addition to being
head of the great Chicago Musi-
cal College, his father, the late
DR.. Florenz ziegfeld, was chair
man of the board of judges Of
the musical exhibits. He saw an
opportunity for his son to gradu-
ate from his odd job vaudeville
and stage work by presenting
more ambitious kind of enter
tainment.
Young Florenz was sent to
Europe to assemble talent for
the amusement of visitors to the
Worlds Fair. He returned with
a German band, the Ivanoff Rus
sian singers and dancers. a Hun
garian string orchestra. and an
English dancer. This strangely
assorted program opened and
promptly scored a complete fail
ure. The name of DR.. Ziegfeld
was featured as director. An old
armory served as theater.
SandOw Saves Show