1946 ZIEGFIELD FOLLIES with Hume Cronyn and William Frawley
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@edwardjones48702 жыл бұрын
This is the only Fanny Brice performance I’ve ever seen. Now I know why she is considered such a legend!
@lb2.0.454 ай бұрын
Ok I recently saw Funny Girl at playhouse square and I really enjoyed it and I'm just now learning more about Fanny Brice and from watching this clip she truly was what the musical says. What a talent she was!
@jongilchrist7229 Жыл бұрын
The Marx brothers, Mack Sennett's 'Keystone Cops', and Fanny Brice...all come out of the Yiddish theater of the early 20th century in NY's lower east side. A huge contribution to what makes American comedy so great. The sitcom 'Seinfeld' was in a more contemporary tradition but the old Yiddish shtick is still there. Love this stuff.
@WillScarlet1612 жыл бұрын
The funny thing is, out of this whole movie with all those stars, Fanny was the only one who had ever been in an actual Ziegfeld Follies.
@reneastle84472 жыл бұрын
What will it be like if there are other stars from the actual Ziegfeld Follies, that would've been brilliant.
@kbye232110 ай бұрын
@@reneastle8447 One can only dream!
@reneastle844710 ай бұрын
@@kbye2321 Florenz Ziegfeld himself would've been involved with the film version.
@kbye232110 ай бұрын
@@reneastle8447 Imagine Will Rogers in that movie! He would’ve been a hit!
@reneastle844710 ай бұрын
@@kbye2321 Along with Ed Wynn, W.C. Fields, Bert Williams, Eddie Cantor, Marilyn Miller, and other veterans of the Ziegfeld Follies.
@AdamAntiumtv7 жыл бұрын
William Frawley. Destined to be a landlord forever..
@knockshinnoch19509 жыл бұрын
Great to see this Broadway legend. Pity that she is almost forgotten by the majority of people today.
@df52954 жыл бұрын
What great facial expressions Fanny Brice has!
@tkhering14 жыл бұрын
This clip makes me wish Fanny had lived to have her own TV show. What a Funny Lady.
@michaelhorton13509 ай бұрын
Gotta love these timeless Yiddish Theatre skits - gave meaning to drawing-room comedy/drama on music hall stages everywhere. Skelton was prime practitioner as well. For some more fare, the Yiddish selections on yootoob are well worth the viewing. Phil Silvers took it onto TV also.
@smurf902 Жыл бұрын
I'm so glad this exists to show what slapstick comedy she was capable of, probably only half of what she could do in vaudeville and yet so damn funny
@rixx462 жыл бұрын
It’s great to see this. She should have been a film star as well.
@joeyd.61722 жыл бұрын
“Talk, talk talk talk, don’t say a word” 😂 she was so funny.
@johndalton31805 ай бұрын
She was brimming with talent. Wow.
@dudley55339 жыл бұрын
Fanny Brice was a unique one of a kind comedienne. She combined the facial expressions, dialogue delivery and Jewish accent becoming one of the greatest talents of the 20th century. This skit from the 1946 Ziegfield Follies is such a priceless gem that shows it all, and no comedy done today comes anywhere close. Great upload, thanks!
@TheMrboogity2 жыл бұрын
“Jewish” accent? What’s a Jewish accent? No such thing.
@dudley55332 жыл бұрын
@@TheMrboogity Sorry, my mistake it's Yiddish. I stand corrected.
@smurf902 Жыл бұрын
She really was brilliant. Her uncanny ability to incorporate every single big and small subtlety of vaudeville is incredible. I crave for more!
@troygaspard67322 ай бұрын
Rare footage indeed.
@MelanieNLee3 жыл бұрын
I'm watching this for an online lecture tomorrow on Funny Jewish Women, and I'm to write comments. Fanny Brice's humor involves wryness, facial expressions, and sneakiness (at least in this skit)--oh, and that accent! I've seen Funny Girl several times, but I'm not sure I've seen the real Fanny Brice perform before. Yet she seems familiar, so perhaps I have seen her perform without my recognizing her. Besides Funny Girl and Funny Lady, she's mentioned in the song "If Momma Was Married" from Gypsy: "We aren't the Lunts./I'm not Fanny Brice." BTW, it was fun to see a young Hume Cronyn!
@karenrhjackson13318 ай бұрын
I LOVE FANNY BRICE ❤😂😂😂❤
@bojack404 жыл бұрын
Great to get a little insight into this kind of pre TV vaudeville comic style. Not something that really lived on in the movies either although they overlapped. Sophie Lennon in Mrs Maisel clearly harks back to similar artists.
@MatthewPippin12 жыл бұрын
Fred Mertz in COLOR!
@track12192 жыл бұрын
This and red Skelton in “when television comes “ are my favorites from Ziegfeld’s follies 1946, on cd, and “pay the two dollars “
@louisemiller277410 жыл бұрын
"Where somebody ?....I won. I won."... She is hilarious.
@girlunfettered4685 жыл бұрын
Who stops you get me every time
@selinalies13 жыл бұрын
love love her! such a good actor!
@rocistone6570 Жыл бұрын
Is there some sort of Repository for Fanny Brice and her work? Because goodness knows we will never see anything this good on "television" (or whatever) ever again!
@patriciaotoole5930 Жыл бұрын
She was so funny
@satori037 жыл бұрын
my favorite comedienne ever
@robertbarnes77696 жыл бұрын
The skillful nuances of Ms. Brice were brilliant! We will never see the likes of Ms. Brice again-AND THAT INCLUDES MS> STREISAND WHO I ADORE BUT WHOSE COMIC SKILL DOES NOT COMPARE TO FANNY!!!
@kraftpr7 жыл бұрын
Hysterical!!!
@MrSwifts3112 жыл бұрын
Thank You So much for posting this! There are (sadly) very few clips of Fanny,well clips of any length that is. Also other clips are too short or show her singing(which I like) but it is great to see her in comedy too.
@bobbyfrancis89573 жыл бұрын
I read they talked about making a play on Broadway about Fanny' s life when she was still alive, and she said she wanted Joan Davis to play her, but Joan died in the early 1960s.
@caraqueno3 жыл бұрын
Joan Davis was so much like Fanny Brice that it would've been a foregone conclusion that Davis would've been perfect for a Fanny Brice biopic, except that Davis died so young. Davis' "I Married Joan" was the sitcom Brice would've starred in had she lived and would've been 15 years younger. Brice could've starred on television but she would've been a matriarch, a la Molly Goldberg, rather than a Lucy Ricardo/Joan Stevens zany housewife.
@tallulahdarling8 жыл бұрын
She is remarkably unsubtle and "broad" but somehow it all works and you can't take your eyes off her. Priceless gem. Sad that she didn't do more movies but her overplaying was more acceptable on stage I suppose.
@johnlowery31027 жыл бұрын
NMA-T of
@samanthagonzalez85556 жыл бұрын
She’s really charming in a movie called “Be Yourself” which you can also find in here
@unclealand4 жыл бұрын
Didn't anyone direct the woman for film? Damn, she's like Godzilla here.
@reneastle84473 жыл бұрын
@@ladyrose3285 Precisely, if she was in this movie, imagine the performance of comedy she must've provided.
@scotnick598 ай бұрын
All this, and Freddie Mertz, too!
@johnjylanne2143 жыл бұрын
'Oh it's the door' line gets me every time. Wonder if Kristen Schaal is channeling Fanny?
@xXJustMeLovingYouXx12 жыл бұрын
This Was Honestly One Of The Funniest Things I've Ever Seen! Haha! I Absoloutly Love Fanny Brice!
@altonpitts53035 жыл бұрын
Didn't know that Hume Cronyn was capable of doing comedy so well. I remember him as a distinguished dramatic performer, but he played the skit like one of the Stooges. That type of comedy must performed aggressively in order to get the laugh. If Fannie hadn't gone all out, it wouldn't have been so funny.
@kelsxo53196 жыл бұрын
is that fred mertz from i love lucy
@scottmargolin43434 жыл бұрын
This role got him his job as Fred Mertz. Lucy and Desi recalled this sketch when Frawley approached them for the part. Plus, Lucy was in this movie as well and befriended Fanny during the filming.
@cb10811 жыл бұрын
Funny girl. ; )
@fuhoney14 жыл бұрын
It's obvious she was a genius like Lucille Ball...
@TheTylerThorn10 жыл бұрын
Hilarious!
@Robert080103 жыл бұрын
So that is Huge Cronin? I would have guessed Rick Moranis!
@j.w.23912 жыл бұрын
I think Woody Allen took some lessons from Fanny in the Yiddish humour ! Poison, he 'll give us ! Oy.
@TotzkeMike3 жыл бұрын
She kept her lovely figure ...
@track12192 жыл бұрын
The old badger game, lol
@MelanieNLee3 жыл бұрын
BTW, who was the young man who delivered the telegram?
@MelanieNLee3 жыл бұрын
I found it. Arthur Walsh ... Telegraph Boy ('A Sweepstakes Ticket') (uncredited) Ziegfeld Follies (1945) www.imdb.com/title/tt0039116/fullcredits?ref_=tt_cl_sm#cast
@Jasper71820092 жыл бұрын
Is that King Cat Walsh?? He danced the swing dance routine with Lucille Ball in “I love Lucy.” That’s the episode where Ricky goes to the eye doctor and Lucy gets her pupils dilated. Welsh was very good in that episode.
@cannonball25113 жыл бұрын
Now that was funny. Shame she had to leave so young.
@lenagigantes71792 жыл бұрын
UTUBE SMILE BY JOHN BAVAS
@stephenclark32309 жыл бұрын
Have an apple, I don't have any comments XD
@BroadwayBabyyy744 Жыл бұрын
Tv comedy gold gone too soon. I could see her having her own show plus she and Lucy mightve had a few good gags....poor bill frawley...type casted
@magovenor9 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed that, would it be fair to say that without Fanny Brice there would have been no Barbara Streisand ? Just sayin...
@chrisn72598 жыл бұрын
+magovenor Nonsense. Streisand was already the hottest young singing star in America before she opened in Funny Girl. Her talent and appeal would have made her a legend under any circumstances, Funny Girl just acculturated things.
@magovenor8 жыл бұрын
sure she was!
@bartwatts19215 жыл бұрын
magovenor she was, you arrogant jerk. Do a little research.
@mr.k15034 жыл бұрын
barbra---BARBRA
@magovenor4 жыл бұрын
Mr. K thank you for the correction, Barbra.
@islezeus10 жыл бұрын
So wait, a man dies of a heartattack and thats comedy? Whaaaaaa?
@djs94156 жыл бұрын
islezeus He swooned. As yanks would have said at that time-he swounded!
@Jasper71820093 жыл бұрын
The point is … honestly is the best policy !!
@DeanLeonard12 жыл бұрын
Gallows humor. But he may only have fainted.
@DLAbaoaqu Жыл бұрын
He fainted.
@davemattia7 ай бұрын
What's funny is that is exactly how William Frawley died. He dropped dead on a Hollywood Blvd sidewalk while walking into an office building.
@papoocanada14 жыл бұрын
strange slang she talks.......was she a Jewess ??
@dougr31425 жыл бұрын
No, she's a Buddhist.
@lolacole56532 жыл бұрын
She was Jewish...
@jblue70515 жыл бұрын
Not sure if it's just me, but this is out of sync...not to sound ingrateful though
@rodlabbe29766 жыл бұрын
No near as glam as Babs.
@citydweller992 жыл бұрын
She's too over the top
@rebeccajunge2499 Жыл бұрын
It's the direction - they filmed one of her stage routines and didn't tone it down for the camera. If you watch her in "Be Yourself", "The Great Ziegfeld" or "Everybody Sing" she's fine.
@hanschristianbrando5588 Жыл бұрын
Not funny enough (Hume Cronyn is no comedian), but almost worth it just to see Fanny Brice in color.
@poeticjournalism11 жыл бұрын
Stop it.
@unclealand4 жыл бұрын
Fanny Brice must have been great on stage, because she's grotesque on screen. Too huge and even gross at times. Like a moster. Didn't anyone direct her here?
@amnatahan24433 жыл бұрын
That's quite obviously what shes doing for
@Jasper71820093 жыл бұрын
Perhaps your observation is generational. Fanny Brice was one of the greatest comedians and she used her whole body to perform comedy; most of us are thankful that the movie included this famous routine. And Hume Cronyn was right there with Miss Brice all the way.
@randysills44182 жыл бұрын
I know she did a lot of radio work...
@cliftafrizzell46872 жыл бұрын
A lot of stage actors look like they're overdoing it on the screen, for i stance Carol Channing didnt have much of a film career because she was "too much" on film.
@unclealand6 жыл бұрын
My god, she's grotesque. Worse than Carol Channing or Ethel Merman.