Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1936 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ya fitar da wani fim mai ban mamaki, "The Great Ziegfeld", tare da William Powell. Billie Burke ne da kansa ya zaɓe shi don rawar, wanda ya ji cewa yayin da Powell ba ta da kamannin mijinta na ƙarshe, yana da halin da ya dace. "Abin da na yi ƙoƙari na yi shi ne na nuna ainihin ruhun mutumin", in ji Powell daga baya, "ƙaunarsa ga kasuwancin nishaɗi, da dandano mai kyau, da sha'awarsa ga kyawawan mata. Ya kasance ba shi da amfani a fannin kudi amma ba shi da kyau a fannin fasaha - gwanin gwaninta a fagen da ya zaɓa. " An zabi shi don Academy Awards bakwai
, "Babban Ziegfeld" ya sami Oscars don Mafi Kyawun Hotuna, Mafi kyawun 'Yar wasan kwaikwayo (Luise Rainer a matsayin Anna Held), da Mafi Kyawun Dance Direction (Seymour Felix), don lambar samarwa mai ban mamaki, "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody" <unk> ɗayan shahararrun jerin waƙoƙin da aka taɓa yin fim. Ya kasance MGM ta mafi tsada samarwa tun "" (1925), kuma shi ya mayar da sau biyu da kudin.