Funny Girl (Columbia Pictures) (1968)

Barbra Streisand, ‘Funny Girl’ Award Winner ole olelolelolele/ olelelolololelolelolelelolelojelololelolelojelejlelejleleleleleleleleleelelelelelelelelelelele\elele\e]e\e\e\e\e\e) Just a few short years ago, Barbra Streisand was an ambitious young woman in a fever to become an actress, who daily “made the rounds” on Broadway. Meeting only callous rebuffs from casting agents oblivious to her talent, Barbra “gave up” the theatre. She determined ‘they” would come to her; she would make it on her own. Now America’s leading female singer and a major star of Broadway and television, Miss Streisand marked her motion picture debut by winning the Academy Award as Best Actress of the Year. She stars with Omar Sharif in the film version of her Broadway hit, “Funny Girl,’ the William Wyler-Ray Stark production, a Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation in Technicolor and Panavision. “Funny Girl” is now in general release, at the Theatre. Barbra’s undeniable talent as a performer originally surfaced in a Greenwich Village nightclub when she won an amateur talent contest which led to a nearby night club booking, the Bon Soir. eoeee eee eee Barbra sang her heart out there and, within days, hitherto indifferent agents and _ producers were dropping in to hear this remarkable young Brooklyn girl. Barbra’s first stage appearance was in an off-Broadway revue. It lasted exactly one evening, but it was followed by night spot bookings and the role of Miss Marmelstein, in the musical comedy, “I Can Get It For You Wholesale.” Her performance won Barbra the Best Supporting Actress award from the New York Drama Critics, and a Tony nomination. Barbra’s albums for Columbia Records invariably became Gold Albums and her specials on the CBS-TV Network became show business legends. She repeated her spectacular “Funny Girl” success on Broadway in London and, now, she is proving to the world, in the screen version of “Funny Girl,” that she is truly a star. By Barbra’s definition, “being a star is being a movie star.” Miss Streisand will be soon in “The Owl and The Pussycat,” a romantic comedy produced by Ray Stark, producer of “Funny Girl.” Mat 2A; Still No. 7 Barbra Streisand, winner of the Academy Award as Best Actress of the Year, stars with Omar Sharif in "Funny Girl,"' which is now in general release. In Panavision and Technicolor, "Funny Girl" is the Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation based on Miss Streisand's Broadway and London musical stage success. Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld co-star in "Funny Girl," which was directed by William Wyler and produced by Ray Stark. ‘Funny Girl’—Nothing But Success ofele/ elololelolelelelolololo elolelelojolelejolelelejelelejlelelelelelelelelo\elejelelejelelelelelejelelele “Funny Girl,” starring Academy Award winner Barbra Streisand and Omar Sharif in Panavision and Technicolor, is a motion picture with a built-in reputation for successful entertainment. A William Wyler-Ray Stark production based on the spectacular Broadway and London stage success, “Funny Girl’ is now in general release at the ef ae Theatre. It ran for well over a year in reserved seat engagements on Broadway and elsewhere. The people involved in making “Funny Girl” are among the world’s most illustrious at their crafts. Miss Streisand, for example, not only is America’s most heralded young singer-actress, she also is the girl whose television “specials” made ratings history and whose records sell in the millions. Her performance in “Funny Girl,” her debut film, won her the Oscar as Best Actress of the Year. Omar Sharif, who plays Nick Arnstein, playboy-gambler who weds Miss Streisand as Ziegfeld Follies comedienne Fanny Brice, is the internationally-famous romantic figure of “Lawrence of Arabia,” “Dr. Zhivago” and “Mackenna’s Gold.” William Wyler, director of “Funny Girl,” is a three-time Academy Award winner, for his direction of “Mrs. Miniver,” “The Best Years of Our Lives” and “Ben Hur.” Ray Stark, producer of the film version, also produced “Funny Girl” on Broadway. A major Hollywood filmmaker, responsible for such pictures as “The Night of the Iguana” and “The World of Suzie Wong,” among other hits, Stark is married to Frances Brice, daughter of Fanny Brice whose story is told in “Funny Girl.” He currently is producing “The Owl and the Pussycat,” romantic comedy starring Barbra Streisand and George Segal for Columbia Pictures release. One of Broadway’s most exciting young’ choreographers, Herb Ross, who created the dances on Broadway for “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever,” “The Apple Tree” and “Do I Hear A Waltz?” among others, and “Dr. Dolittle,” created and directed the musical numbers for the “Funny Girl” film. Isobel Lennart, who wrote the book for the stage production, also wrote the screenplay for the film. Miss Lennart has done the screen plays for 26 motion pictures and received Academy Award nominations for “Lost Angel,” “The Sundowners” and “Love Me Or Leave Me,” for which she received the Screen Writer’s Guild Award. Jule Styne is the composer of Mat 2D; Still No. 75 Academy Award Winner as Best Actress of the Year, Barbra Streisand is starred as Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, and Omar Sharif as Nick Arnstein, the playboy-gambler to whom she was wed, in “Funny Girl," which is now in general release. "Funny Girl" was directed by William Wyler and produced by Ray Stark. In Panavision and Technicolor, “Funny Girl" is a Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation which co-stars Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld. “Funny Girl" is based on Miss Streisand's Broadway and London musical stage success. Page 10 “Gypsy,” “Bells Are Ringing,” “High Button Shoes” and “Peter Pan,” among other stage hits. “Funny Girl’ marks the first instance in which Bob Merrill devoted all his time to lyrics, and it’s also the first time he ever worked with another composer on a Broadway musical score. Singly, he was responsible for the music and lyrics of such musicals as “New Girl in Town,” “Carnival” and “Take Me Along.” Jule Styne and Bob Merrill have penned additional songs for the “Funny Girl” film, “Roller Skate Rag,” “The Swan” and “You’re A Funny Girl.” One of Hollywood’s most celebrated cinematographers, Harry Stradling has been nominated for 13 Academy Awards, including “Funny Girl.” He won the Oscar in 1945 for “The Picture of Dorian Gray” and in 1964 for “My Fair Lady.” A Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation, “Funny Girl” co-stars Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld. Prettier Today OOONNNONONDNDN00000000000C “Women today are more beautiful than ever before,” observes five-time Academy Award-winning costume designer Irene Sharaff. “That’s why the Ziegfeld Girls in ‘Funny Girl’ are more spectacular than the great beauties of the original Ziegfeld Follies.” “Funny Girl,” starring Barbra Streisand, Academy Award winner as Best Actress of the Year, and Omar Sharif, is the William Wyler-Ray Stark production in Panavision and Technicolor released by Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions in Panavision and Technicolor. Co-starring Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld, “Funny Girl’? now is in general release at the.... Theatre. According to Miss Sharaff, who has designed for some of the loveliest on Broadway and in Hollywood, there need be no ugly women today. Inexpensive beauty aids are available to any woman who is willing to devote the time necessary to create the illusion of beauty and attractiveness. “Regular features are not a prerequisite for being a_ beauty. Barbra Streisand is proof of that. She is an elegant original and one of the great beauties of our day.” Miss Streisand also is one of those rare talents who won the “best actress” Oscar with her first film role. Reel Beer IOOOOOOO0OO0Q00000 Forty-five gallons of beer (15 kegs) were required for a gala party sequence filmed for the William Wyler-Ray Stark production of “Funny Girl.” Setting for the soiree was a turn of the century lower East Side of New York Saloon representing a bar belonging to Fanny Brice’s mother. Academy Award winner as Best Actress of the Year, Barbra Streisand stars with Omar Sharif in “Funny Girl,” the Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation in Panavision and Technicolor now in general release at the ..... Theatre. With 45 actors working in the scene, each one averaged a gallon of beer. Much of the beer, however, ended up down the drain because under the hot lights it quickly went flat. Although tea or colored water is substituted for any scenes in which hard liquor is involved, it is impossible to re-create the looks of beer by using any substitute. “Funny Girl’ co-stars Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld. Herbert Ross directed the musical numbers for “Funny Girl,” produced by Ray Stark and directed by William Wyler from a screenplay by Isobel Lennart. Jule Styne wrote the music and Bob Merrill the lyrics. Walter Scharf supervised the music. Omar Sharif ol olelololelolelelelolelelelelele‘e; Omar Sharif possesses that rare romantic appeal which radiated from Valentino and Gable, and very few other male stars. This was obvious to movie-goers the moment he first burst on the screen as a wild, desert sheik in “Lawrence of Arabia.” Today, one of the screen’s most-sought-after stars, Sharif co-stars with Barbra Streisand, Academy Award Winner as Best Actress of the Year with her debut performance in the William Wyler-Ray Stark production, “Funny Girl.” A Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation, in Technicolor and Panavision, “Funny Girl” is now in general release at the...... Theatre. Sharif’s work won him accolades throughout the world and there was no dissenting note till producer Ray Stark chose him to play Nick Arnstein, the playboy-gambler spouse of famed entertainer Fanny Brice, the “Funny Girl?’ played by Miss Streisand. The Arab press, incensed at the idea of one of their own enacting love scenes with Brooklyn’s answer to Nefertiti, even suggested his Egyptian citizenship be revoked. To such heated Arab attacks, Omar coolly responded: “lve never asked a woman her nationality or religion before kissing her.” And, the Oscarwinning Barbra added, “If you think Cairo was upset, you should have heard my Aunt Rose!” Most recently, Sharif has been seen as an Arizona Territory bandit in “Mackenna’s Gold,” as an Argentinian revolutionary in “Che!” and an Austrian prince in “Mayerling.” Co-starring in “Funny Girl” are Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld. Herbert Ross directed the musical numbers for “Funny Girl,” produced by Ray Stark and directed by William Wyler. Who Dealt! IOOOOOOOOC00CO0OCOCO: Omar Sharif, who plays Nick Arnstein, the playboy-gambler wed to Barbra Streisand, whose performance as Fanny Brice in “Funny Girl,” won her the Academy Award as Best Actress of the Year, is internationally famous as a bridge tournament player. “Funny Girl” is the William Wyler-Ray Stark production release by Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions in Panavision and Technicolor now in general release at the ..... Theatre. Between takes on the set, Sharif and the Oscar-winning Miss Streisand played an almost continuous game of gin rummy. Sharif didn’t win a single hand. Mat 2C; Still No. 137 Academy Award Winner as Best Actress of the Year for her performance as Ziegfeld Follies star Fanny Brice, Barbra Streisand is questioned by reporters about the arrest of her playboy-gambler husband, played by Omar Sharif who also stars in "Funny Girl." Now in general release, "Funny Girl was directed by William Wyler and produced by Ray Stark in Panavision and Technicolor. "Funny Girl co-stars Kay Medford, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon as Florenz Ziegfeld. The musical, a Columbia Pictures and Rastar Productions presentation, is based on Miss Streisand's Broadway and London stage hit.