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Funny Lady was a musical film of 1975, starring Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (493x755, 57 KB) Summary movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film funny Lady (1975) Source URL: http://www. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (493x755, 57 KB) Summary movie poster for the American theatrical release of the film funny Lady (1975) Source URL: http://www. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... Barbra Streisand (born April 24, 1942) is an iconic two-time Academy Award-winning American singer, theatre and film actress, composer, film producer and director. ...


The film was a sequel to the more successful Funny Girl, and dealt with the later career of the leading figure, real-life entertainer, Fanny Brice, including her marriage to songwriter and stage producer Billy Rose (played in the film by James Caan). A main critique of the film is that Billy Rose was made to look like an "All-American," when in fact he was as Jewish-looking as Brice. Funny Girl is a 1964 semi-biographical musical that tells the story of Broadway star Fanny Brice. ... Fanny Brice, early Ziegfeld Follies portrait photograph // Biography Fanny Brice (October 29, 1891 – May 29, 1951) was a United States comedienne, singer, and entertainer. ... Billy Rose (September 6, 1899–February 10, 1966) was an Jewish-American theatrical showman. ... James Langston Edmund Caan (born March 26, 1940 in The Bronx, New York). ...


Streisand was contractually bound to producer Ray Stark (Fanny Brice's one-time son-in-law) for one more film; he had to sue her to make this movie after she initially refused to do so.


She also initially considered Robert Blake for the part of Billy Rose but after a disagreement, James Caan was chosen.


This was legendary cinematographer James Wong Howe's final film.


Nominated for 5 Academy Awards (Sound; Cinematography; Costume Design; Original Score; Song, "How Lucky Can You Get?"). It won none.


Had a Royal Premiere in London.


External links

  • Visit a large gallery of images from the career of Fanny Brice
  • "Fanny Brice" from Women in American History by Encyclopædia Britannica

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DVD Verdict Review - Funny Lady (1168 words)
Funny Lady is a lot like Barbra Streisand: a mysterious beast, clearly talented but nonetheless constantly towing the line between endearing and annoying.
Funny Lady tries to recreate the charms of the first film, but in doing so succeeds only to highlight some of the trappings of a musical when there's no story to hang the songs on.
Funny Lady makes the mistake of making Fanny little more than a soldier of love, and we never sense her pain, or her fear of one day not being loved, by Billy or by an audience.
Barbra Streisand - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2087 words)
Her recording success continued, and at one time, Streisand's first three albums appeared simultaneously on Billboard's pop albums Top Ten - an unusual feat considering it was at a time when rock and roll and The Beatles dominated the charts.
Jule Styne's and Bob Merrill's Funny Girl (1964), based upon the life of Fanny Brice, was fashioned for Streisand after Styne saw Streisand's Wholesale performance, though the wife of Ray Stark (the show's producer), daughter of Fannie Brice, was strongly opposed, and preferred Carol Burnett.
Her first film was a reprise of her Broadway hit, Funny Girl (1968), a stunning artistic and commercial success, for which she won the 1968 Academy Award for Best Actress, sharing it with Katharine Hepburn (The Lion in Winter), the first time there was a tie in this Oscar category.
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