Fannie Brice - It's Gorgeous to be Graceful

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mrkswife

15 жыл бұрын

This is my favorite scene from "Be Yourself."

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@jody024 3 жыл бұрын

The real Funny Girl, what a legend.

@arthurgearheard4701 2 жыл бұрын

Lucille Ball's still the best Comic Actress in history! If Brice had lived, she probably would've appeared on " I Love Lucy! "

@artistphx 7 жыл бұрын

loved they got this wonderful performance by Fanny on film!

@mimosatortie 13 жыл бұрын

Can totally see the inspiration for Funny Girl's Shvan Lake, from the costume to the moves...

@megaswenson 14 жыл бұрын

She was an absolute genius!

@SirChezarie 11 жыл бұрын

Really impressed at what a lovely speaking voice she had.

@freddylubin 3 жыл бұрын

Performers then learned to do everything. That's why it's strange how people are surprised that Chaplin and Keaton had great voices. That the former put off speaking on film, and the latter had his own problems at MGM, is a different matter.

@WillScarlet16 4 жыл бұрын

If I wanted to find someone today who could match Fanny Brice's brand of zaniness onstage, the closest I could come is Andrea Martin. She's the only performer I can think of who has that expertise with physical comedy and just enough sensitivity under it.

@carrotjuse 15 жыл бұрын

Fanny was an attractive and graceful woman, although she played up her faults onstage for comic effect. She was also brilliant and that was translated onstage into comic genius. There will never be another like her.

@hongkongcantonese501 2 жыл бұрын

Generations will only know about Lea Michele and not realize the long tradition she inherited, from Brice to Streisand to Michele.

@outinsider 11 жыл бұрын

I was expecting to hear the words "My shvan girls, whaddareya dumb?"

@SirChezarie 11 жыл бұрын

The woman was and is a goddess -

@daveluttinen2547 7 жыл бұрын

Music by Oscar Levant and lyrics by Billy Rose. (From "The Memoirs of an Amnesiac" by Oscar Levant, 1965)

@waynebrasler 13 жыл бұрын

Only Streisand could have done justice to her and certainly did. In fact, without Streisand there probably would have not been a "Funny Girl." I know Kaye Ballard wanted very much to do it and recorded a brilliant album of Fannie Brice songs. And in the early stages Eydie Gorme was talked about, though I'm not even sure she knew it. On the road, Carol Lawrence, all of people, did the show brilliantly, though when you think of it why should that be a surprise? She could do everything!

@collegealgebravideos9540 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I saw Carol Lawrence in it, and she was great. Too pretty for the part, of course, but it was easy to ignore that.

@voraciousreader3341 Жыл бұрын

Streisand surely captured Brice….both women, true geniuses!

@rylynnhdavis 5 жыл бұрын

my number one inspiration in life. i aspire to be this funny in my lifetime. i aspire everyday to be as original and magnificent as the legend, fanny brice.

@dougklein2378 4 жыл бұрын

Funny... but so ethic and passé.. from the generation of my European grandparents. Azoi wus mehr!

@juliananiagara 14 жыл бұрын

do you know where one might the sheet music or even the lyrics to this song??

@donaldwarren463 5 жыл бұрын

Anne Bancroft was the orig. choice but they were very aware she didn't have much of a singing voice, but the top people involved really wanted her, Fran Stark , (Fanny's daughter) , was not a fan of Barbra ..

@mxylpx 7 жыл бұрын

Robert Armstrong waiting to meet his geatest date...Kong the 8th wonder of the world!

@michaelneel4828 6 жыл бұрын

I have read about everyone except Fanny Brice . How close was the story of Funny Girl ? I know how Hollywood works lol . I also know there has to be a lot of Fanny Brice fans out there . Thanks to who ever can tell me more ...

@collegealgebravideos9540 5 жыл бұрын

Get a copy of The Fabulous Fanny, her biography. You'll learn a lot.

@rusebee7652 4 жыл бұрын

Does ANYONE have the lyrics to this song I cant find it ANYWHERE!!!

@scottmargolin4343 2 жыл бұрын

Hi. The lyrics were never published as sheet music like some of the other songs from the movie (Be Yourself!). But try the New York Public Library, specifically the Billy Rose Theatre Collection in the Lincoln Center branch. They may have them there. There is one line that I can't make out: My dress is a cocoon, if I don't breathe I'll swoon, oh, I can't get the darn thing off too soon...and..... THEN WHAT?!? That's what I'd like to know!!!

@jerseycat7380 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottmargolin4343 -- "I'll take it off, no I wouldn't, yes I will, no I wouldn't."

@scottmargolin4343 2 жыл бұрын

@@jerseycat7380 BLESS YOU!!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!!!!! Now I'm going to watch it!!

@scottmargolin4343 2 жыл бұрын

@@jerseycat7380 Also sounds like she starts to say "...and I don't care if....." something or other

@jerseycat7380 2 жыл бұрын

@@scottmargolin4343 -- I slowed it down and listened through headphones, and I don't hear that. Maybe I was in the wrong place -- do you have a timestamp?