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You will fall in love with this Funny Girl
The continuing story of Fanny Brice following that depicted in Funny
Girl (1968) is presented. An established star on Broadway as a
headliner for the Ziegfeld Follies, Fanny and the rest of the world
are hitting difficult times entering into the 1930s. Her marriage to
Nicky Arnstein, who she still loves is ending in divorce, and even
Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. is having trouble coming up with money to
continue to produce the Follies. Along comes brash nightclub owner,
song lyricist and wannabe impresario Billy Rose, who says he can raise
the money and has the material to produce his own revue, which he
wants to star Fanny. Fanny is both attracted to and repelled by Billy
because of his chutzpah, his stubbornness and knowing that underneath
his outer veneer is the soul of a true hustler... much like she was
when she was first starting out and much like she still is now.
Through their professional trials and tribulations, they slowly start
to fall for each other. But Fanny admits that Nicky is still never far
from her mind...—Huggo