If you have ever been remotely interested in Barbra Striesand, or Fanny Brice, or Florenz Ziegfeld, or musical theater, or musicals in general, this is a film you absolutely must see!
Released in 1968, Barbra Striesand make one of history’s most stunning screen debuts. This film also features Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein, and Walter Pidgeon as the Great Ziegfeld.
The musical numbers are like no other, the story line will captivate you, and when the flim is over you will walk away feeling as if you have known the characters for all of your life. The raw honesty and realism displayed in their relationship and struggles couldn’t possibly feel more authentic.
Here are a few of my favorite quotes from this great movie.
Nick Arnstein: I’d be happy to wait while you change.
Fanny: I’d have to change too much, nobody could wait that long.
Fanny Brice: He’s a gentleman. A gentleman fits in anyplace.
Rose Brice: A sponge fits in any place.
Fanny Brice: You think beautiful girls are going to stay in style forever? I should say not! Any minute now they’re going to be out! Finished! Then it’ll be my turn!
Fanny Brice: I’m a bagel on a plate full of onion rolls!
Fanny Brice: You could get lonesome being that free.
Nick Arnstein: You could get lonesome being that busy.
Fanny Brice: Now who’d think to look at us that we got the same problem!
Fanny Brice: “No law against waiting,” I said, “people do it all the time.” For once, I didn’t say too much, I didn’t say too little, I said just what I said and then walked.
Florenz Ziegfeld: Miss Brice, do I have to remind you this is my theatre?
Fanny Brice: So, what, nobody argues with the landlord?
Rose Brice: When you look at him, you only see what you want to see.
Fanny Brice:: I see him as he is. I love him as he is!
Rose Brice: Fanny. Love him a little less. Help him a little more.
