Fanny Bryce was a very influential comedian in the 1920s and 1930s in the United States. She came from humble backgrounds and had no good looks. She conquered the audience entirely with her comedic talents. However, because she was mainly active on the stage, there was not much video and audio information circulating. More than ten years after her death, her son-in-law Ray Stark decided to adapt her life anecdotes into the musical "Funny Girl" and put it on the stage. He invited the play Writer Isobel Reinart, composer Julie Stein and lyricist Bob Merrill form the creative team. The story revolves around her intense love affair with entrepreneur Nikki Arnstein. After 17 previews, "Funny Girl" premiered on Broadway. heroine. Although won the 1964 Tony Award for Best Musical, Best Lyrics, Best Actor in a Musical, Best Actress in a Musical, Best Supporting Actor in a Musical, Best Supporting Actress in a Musical, Best Choreography, Best Musical Producer and many other nominations. But "Funny Girl" was narrowly defeated by "I Love Matchmaker", which became the biggest winner of the Tony Award that year, and "Funny Girl" won nothing.
Siegfried star Fanny Bryce waits for her husband Nikki Arnstein to be released outside a New York prison after the First World War, as she recalls the moments of their life together . The film tells the legendary story of a musical star. New York, underclass Fanny Bliss has big ambitions, she wants to become a top star on Broadway. Fanny Bliss pursues the man she likes wholeheartedly, but is not favored by men. The repeated setbacks have not made Fanny depressed. She often smiles to hide her inner sadness. In the end, after arduous and unremitting efforts, her talent finally won the appreciation of the song and dance king Siegfried, achieved the long-awaited success, and became a smash hit star. But her success cannot make up for the misfortunes of her private life. Fanny is of Jewish descent, born at the bottom of the society, but she is full of comedy talent and acting talent. She devoted herself to the acting career. At first, because of her appearance, she was subservient to the dance troupe, but her unique charm gradually showed and became an influential comedy. actress, and her moving voice made her a Broadway superstar. She met entrepreneur Nikki Arnstein, and the two fell in love and got married in a flash. Fanny's popularity grows, but Nikki's career struggles and he resorts to gambling, only to be arrested for mounting debt. At the end of the story, after being released from prison, Nicky Arnstein insisted on divorce from Fanny Bryce. Fanny Bryce, who was sad, changed his style on the stage and sang a song full of tears. Sad love song...but Fanny knew she would love him forever.
In 1967, Fanny Bryce's son-in-law, now the producer of "Funny Girl", Ray Stark, decided to further put the play on the big screen, and the heroine was still Barbara. Streisand, directed by William Wheeler. Since Barbara herself believed that to be a real star, she must be a movie star, so she naturally refused to let go of the opportunity to be in the film industry, so although it was less than five months after giving birth to a child, she still immediately From London to Hollywood. The truth is that William Wheeler, who was already quite prestigious at the time, was reluctant to accept Barbra Streisand in his film anyway. He auditioned actress after actress, but none of them were satisfactory. People recommended Barbra Streisand to him repeatedly, but how could she make it to the screen? Where to put her big nose? But in the end he was persuaded, because the legendary Fanny Bryce was not a beauty herself, let alone Barbra Streisand's ability to sing and dance. "Columbia asked me to find a more traditional movie star for the lead actress, but I turned it down," says producer Ray Stark. "I told them: If I don't pick Barbra Streisand, I'll take her to another party. After that, the debate really evaporated." During the filming, Barbra Streisand was very skilled and seemed very sophisticated. She knew what to do and how to sing and dance, and she often quarreled with William Wheeler. Once she said to the director, "This is your first time, right? It's already the seven hundred and ninety-eighth time I've played this role.
"Funny Girl" is the most decisive comedy film in Barbra Streisand's acting career. In the film, she accurately grasped the inner world of the characters and portrayed the complex inner world of the heroine Fanny Bryce in detail. world. Because of her superb performance, the crown of the 41st Academy Award for Best Actress was undisputedly worn on Barbara's head. Since then, she has miraculously entered the ranks of America's leading movie stars. There is also a rumor that when filling out the Oscar ballots, Barbra Streisand filled in her name in the Best Actress column, which led to the rare "double yolk egg" incident in the Oscars. The accounting firm was very embarrassed, and they couldn't argue. This time, the Oscars will not allow the "double yolk egg" to be staged again. Streisand's fate embodies an attitude of Oscar. In the 1960s, shortly after she came to Hollywood from Broadway, she impressed the judges with her singing and dancing skills in "Funny Girl", playing the role of a nympho, and she even got the same votes as Katherine Hepburn, the queen of "Winter Lion", tied. Became the queen of 1968. Afterwards, the ecstatic little girl also sent a telegram to the old Hepburn: "It's an honor to be side by side with you. But did you sing in the film?" Maybe God was going to blow Streisand's arrogance, although she Gradually became the most powerful woman in Hollywood, but never again won the favor of Oscar. Whether it is the song and dance film "Yantel" starring in the opposite role, or the literary film "The Prince of Tide" with a strong humanistic atmosphere, as long as it is a work she directed and performed, all of them will be defeated. Talking about this, she reluctantly said: "In Hollywood, a woman can sing, dance and act in movies, but she can't do anything else."
This is the last work of William Wheeler's career, another classic in the musical genre. Watching this film is a very pleasant audio-visual enjoyment. William Wheeler abandoned the tradition of separating the plot from singing and dancing, and the songs and dances were too long in the 1950s musical films, and perfectly combined the singing and dancing with the story with a fresh and natural directing technique. , the rhythm is fast, and the viewing and entertainment are very strong. What is particularly noteworthy is that this film breaks through William Wheeler's previous works in structure, adopts the technique of flashbacks, and organically integrates memory and reality, making the simple story also appear ups and downs and vivid. In the film, the queen Barbra Streisand's acting skills have been unprecedentedly developed. She plays an ordinary-looking girl who has struggled from the bottom of society to a Broadway star. She is responsive, witty, and has a unique sense of humor. Sense, on the screen, her cooperation with the Egyptian-born acting superstar Omar Sharif is very successful, which also has William Wheeler's credit. Because of the success of this film, William Wheeler has also proved his ability to be competent in various types of films, and has become a rare all-around director in the history of American films. Omar Sharif, whose real name is Michael Shalhoub, was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and graduated from Victoria College in Cairo. In 1953, he began to participate in Egyptian film performances, and later won the Oscar nomination for supporting actor in "Lawrence of Arabia". Since then, he has entered the world film circle and became an international star. "Doctor Zhivago" is his most famous masterpiece. Since the 1980s, he has turned to the TV industry, performing many mini-series. In bridge, he is also quite accomplished.
"No one can deny Fanny Bryce's entertainment for the audience, and although she has left us forever, Barbra Streisand has brought her back to life through the musical itself." --------- - Howard Tauman. Barbra Streisand is one of Hollywood's most characterful actors, with an extraordinary talent for singing, dancing and comedy. Barbra Streisand, known as the "Queen of Broadway", in "Funny Girl", she will be a young girl who blindly pursues a man, but cannot be loved by a man. The inner sadness and sorrow that are often concealed with a smile , the performance is vivid and touching. For this reason, Barbara, who appeared in the movie for the first time, won the 41st Oscar "Best Actress" award in one fell swoop, ranking among the top stars in the United States. Musical films are one of the most popular movie genres in the United States, but since the 1950s, there has been hardly a single outstanding female musical star, and Barbra Streisand has just filled this gap. With her talent and hard work, she quickly ascended to the throne of the new generation of song and dance queens in the United States. Barbara on the screen is undoubtedly beautiful, but her beauty is not ordinary, and at first glance her character is stupid and ridiculous, without the slightest charm. But in the ridiculous you will slowly discover a beauty that attracts you. Her jumps, her pauses, her humour as she shows off her shapely legs on stage and on screen will captivate you, and she will hit you in the simplest and most effective way.
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