Only her mother believes Fanny Brice can make it in show business until she gets her first break at Keeney’s Music Hall. However, Fanny’s marriage to the dashing gambler Nick Arnstein is tested as her career soars and Nick’s debts mount.
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Synopsis
In this bittersweet, classic musical drama, the vibrant and beautiful young Fanny Brice (Barbra Streisand) starts out as a bit player on the New York City vaudeville stage, but works her way up to stardom on Broadway. Valued for her vocal and comedic talents by the renowned theater impresario Florenz Ziegfeld (Walter Pidgeon), Fanny thrives, but her relationship with her suave, imprisoned businessman husband, Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), is another story.
Credits
Rating: U
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama
Director: William Wyler
Stars: Barbra Streisand, Omar Sharif, Kay Medford
