The read
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do. The highest scoring of the 2 titles in its series. It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
The life of famed 1930s comedienne Fanny Brice, from her early days in the Jewish slums of New York, to the height of her career with the Ziegfeld Follies, as well as her marriage to the rakish gambler Nick Arnstein.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes95%
Metacritic88/100
Critics rate it 14 points higher than audiences do.
442 audience votes
Key crew
- Isobel LennartScreenplay
- William WylerDirector
- Jule StyneOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Barbra StreisandFanny Brice
- Omar SharifNick Arnstein
- Kay MedfordRose Brice
- Anne FrancisGeorgia James
- Walter PidgeonFlorenz Ziegfeld
- Lee AllenEddie Ryan
- Mae QuestelMrs. Strakosh
- Gerald MohrBranca
- Frank FaylenKeeney
- Mittie LawrenceEmma
- Gertrude FlynnMrs. O'Malley
- Penny SantonMrs. Meeker
Stills
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Themes
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