Florenz Ziegfield produced his first of these extravaganzas in 1907 & would continue them for the next 24 years
The Shubert brothers produced their first successful slapstick 
comedy in... [DOC] [TLE] Florenz Ziegfeld - Revolvy [PAR] His father, Florenz Ziegfeld, Sr., was a German immigrant whose father was the 
mayor of ... notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907
1931), ...