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Movie
Funny Lady
Synopsis
Barbra Streisand's 1975 follow-up to her star-making 1968 vehicle Funny Girl is a lot more worthwhile than most movie sequels. Funny Girl was a fanciful retelling of the first forty years or so in the life of fabled comedienne Fanny Brice (1891-1951); Funny Lady picks up where the first film leaves off, following Fanny into the 1940s. Far more sophisticated and imperious than she'd been in Funny Girl, Streisand's magnetic performance compensates for her character's decreased charm. Fanny's first husband, gambler Nick Arnstein (Omar Sharif), makes a few token appearances, while the lion's share of the film's romantic angle is dominated by Fanny's second hubby, impresario Billy Rose (James Caan). The best sequence involves a disastrous out-of-town tryout for one of Fanny's stage vehicles, replete with collapsing sets and a runaway bull. Most of the songs included herein are old standards, with the notable exceptions of Kander and Ebb's "How Lucky Can You Get?" and "I Like Him/I Like Her". The film was produced by Ray Stark, the real life son-in-law of Fanny Brice.
Cast
- Barbra Streisand
- James Caan
- Omar Sharif
- Roddy McDowall
- Ben Vereen
- Carole Wells
- Larry Gates
- Heidi O'Rourke
- Samantha Huffaker
- Matt Emery
- Joshua Shelley
- Corey John Fischer
- Corey Fischer
- Garrett Lewis
- Don Torres
- Raymond Guth
- Eugene Troobnick
- Gene Troobnick
- Royce Wallace
- Cliff Norton
- Paul Bryar
- Colleen Camp
- Lilyan Chauvin
- Ken Sansom
- Byron Webster
- Jodean Lawrence
- Arnold Schulman
- Don MacDougall
- Bob Mackie
- James Wong Howe
- Maury Winetrobe
- George Jenkins
- Albert Whitlock
- Peter Matz
- Curly Thirlwell
- Jack Solomon
- Shirley Strahm
- Albert J. Whitlock
- Richard Portman
- Jay Presson Allen
- Ray Aghayan
- Marion Rothman
- Betty Walberg
- Fred Ebb