Fanny Brice

The Great Ziegfeld -- Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. 'How's business, Ziggy?' a rival taunts.

Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. "How's business, Ziggy?" a rival taunts. This winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture provides the career-chronicling answer. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s business was good (with Broadway's legendary Follies and more), bad (including times the showman could scarcely rub two nickels together) and rarely lacking optimistic excess.

Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. "How's business, Ziggy?" a rival taunts.

Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. "How's business, Ziggy?" a rival taunts.

Flo Ziegfeld's midway attraction isn't drawing flies. "How's business, Ziggy?" a rival taunts. This winner of three Academy Awards including Best Picture provides the career-chronicling answer. Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.'s business was good (with Broadway's legendary Follies and more), bad (including times the showman could scarcely rub two nickels together) and rarely lacking optimistic excess.

Broadway star Fanny Brice belts out show tunes as a nightclub singer while her rival suitors duke it out in this entertaining, sentimental romance featuring Ms. Brice's final starring film performance.

In the nightclub where entertainer Fannie Field sings, two rivals for her favors, Jerry Moore and Mac McCloskey come to blows before either realizes the other is a Boxer. Jerry loses the fight but wins Fannie, who becomes his trainer with the aid of her schlemiel brother.

Broadway star Fanny Brice belts out show tunes as a nightclub singer while her rival suitors duke it out in this entertaining, sentimental romance featuring Ms. Brice's final starring film performance.

In the nightclub where entertainer Fannie Field sings, two rivals for her favors, Jerry Moore and Mac McCloskey come to blows before either realizes the other is a Boxer. Jerry loses the fight but wins Fannie, who becomes his trainer with the aid of her schlemiel brother.

Comic chanteuse Fannie Brice stars as a nightclub singer in love with a thick-witted boxer (Robert Armstrong) in this delightful musical from the dawn of the talkies. Highlighted by five musical numbers co-written by Billy Rose (including "When a Woman Loves a Man"), BE YOURSELF showcases the unique blend of sophisticated grace, broad comedy and Yiddish pluck that made Brice a superstar of stage, screen and radio.