Funny Girl (1968)


Funny Girl
Release Date18 September 1968
Budget$14,000,000
TaglinePeople who see FUNNY GIRL are the luckiest people in the world!
GenreBiography, Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsColumbia/Sunset Gower Studios - 1438 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish
Sound Mix70 mm 6-Track, 4-Track Stereo
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Comedy, Biopic [feature]
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesActor's Life, Ladder to the Top, Rags To Riches
TonesWitty, Humorous, Affectionate, Bright, Irreverent, Upbeat, Warm
TagsBad Guy, Beer, Bonds [investments], Comedian, Con/scam, Cruise, Ex Convict, Flowers, Fraud, Gambling, Horse Racing, Love, Mansion, Marriage, Music, Pregnancy, Prison, Roller Skating, Songwriter, Star, Tugboat, Woman

Funny Girl is a 1968 romantic musical film directed by William Wyler. The screenplay by Isobel Lennart was adapted from her book for the stage musical of the same title. It is based on the life and career of Broadway and film star and comedienne Fanny Brice and her stormy relationship with entrepreneur and gambler Nicky Arnstein.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Fanny Brice

Nick Arnstein

Rose Brice

Georgia James

Florenz Ziegfeld

Lee Allen
Eddie Ryan

Mrs. Strakosh

Tom Branca

Keeney

Mittie Lawrence
Emma

Gertrude Flynn
Mrs. O'Malley

Mrs. Meeker

John Harmon
Company Manager

Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

Virginia Ann Ford
Ziegfeld Girl

Alena Johnston
Ziegfeld Girl

Karen Lee
Ziegfeld Girl

Mary Jane Mangler
Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

Sharon Vaughn
Ziegfeld Girl

Charles Akins
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Fanny Cousin

Bobbie Bates
Ballet Dancer

Western Union boy

Paul Bradley
Card player

Chris Cranston
Ziegfeld Girl

Hal K. Dawson
Doorman at Keeney's

George DeNormand
Card player

Bill Fallon, Lawyer

Keeney Chorus Girl

Lester Mack
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Prince in 'Swan Lake' parody

Frank Sully
Bartender

Card player

Caroline Williams
Ziegfeld Girl

Ziegfeld Girl

Dick Winslow
Violinist at Keeney's

Enid Yousen
Pushcart shopper

Director

Writer

Isobel Lennart
,

Producer

Ray Stark
producer

Cinematographer

Harry Stradling Sr.

Editor

William Sands
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Maury Winetrobe
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Production Designer

Gene Callahan
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Art Director

Robert Luthardt
-

Linus Aaberg
-

Set Decorator

William Kiernan
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Makeup Department

Virginia Darcy
hair stylist

Ben Lane
makeup supervisor

Frank McCoy
makeup artist

Vivienne Walker
hair stylist

Jan Van Uchelen
hair stylist

Production Manager

Paul Helmick
unit production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Ray Gosnell Jr.
assistant director

Jack Roe
assistant director

Michael Blum
assistant director

Art Department

Richard M. Rubin
property master

Sound Department

Joe Henrie
sound effects editor

Arthur Piantadosi
sound

Charles J. Rice
sound supervisor

Jack Solomon
sound

Special Effects

special photographic effects

Camera and Electrical Department

Richard Borland
key grip

Doug J. Campbell
best boy grip, key grip: second unit, New York

Wally Meinardus
camera operator

Roy H. Wagner
assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

costumes: Barbra Streisand

Editorial Department

Jeff Smithwick
color timer: Technicolor

Robert Swink
supervising editor

Music Department

orchestrator

director: musical numbers

Walter Scharf
conductor, orchestrator, music supervisor

Ted Sebern
music editor

Leo Shuken
orchestrator

Herbert W. Spencer
orchestrator

Betty Walberg
music arranger: dance vocals

Jack Lesberg
musician: bass

Other Crew

Jack Brodsky
public relations

David Dworski
assistant to producer

Lorry McCauley
assistant to producer

Marshall Schlom
script supervisor

title designer

Dominic Santarone
caterer

Ruth Santarone
caterer

Lee Solters
publicist

Production Company

Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Rastar Pictures
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Distributor

Columbia Pictures
,

Columbia Film-Verleih

American Broadcasting Company (ABC)

LK-TEL

Columbia TriStar Home Video
,

LK-TEL Vídeo
,

Miscellaneous

ChapmanLeonard Studio Equipment
cranes and dollies

Columbia Records
soundtrack

LepardNeuhart
titles

Reiss & Fabrizio
furs

Solters & Digney
publicity