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What was the screenplay The Great Ziegfeld about?
The screenplay by William Anthony McGuire was a novelty to many audiences who were familiar with the theatrical Broadway shows of the follies.
What were the differences with the The Great Ziegfeld screenplay and real life?
The script, although fictionalized with embellishments needed for the motion picture, did show some accuracies in the life of Ziegfeld.

Question: Was the screenplay successful1?
Self-contained rewrite: Was the The Great Ziegfeld screenplay successful?