BARBRA ARCHIVES 'FUNNY GIRL’ PAGES:

DEVELOPING SCRIPT; CASTING; PRE-PRODUCTION; SCREEN TESTS

FILMING; LOCATIONS; LIP-SYNCHING

SELLING “FUNNY GIRL” — ROADSHOW, POSTERS, SHORTS, TIE-INS

CUT SCENES & TRIMS

COSTUMES BY IRENE SHARAFF

RESTORATION — 2001 & 2013

AWARDS ... & LIST OF SOURCES USED ON THESE PAGES

• Academy Award winner for Best Actress: Barbra Streisand (1969)
• Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Cinematography, Best Supporting Actress: Kay Medford, Best Sound, Best Music, Best Original Song (“Funny Girl”), Film Editing, and Sound (1969)
• Golden Globe Award winner for Best Motion Picture Actress: Barbra Streisand (1969)
• Golden Globe Award nominations for Best Motion Picture – Comedy/Musical, Best Motion Picture Director, and Best Original Song (1969)
• David di Donatello — Best Foreign Actress (Migliore Attrice Straniera): Barbra Streisand (1969)

2016 — Funny Girl added to The National Film Registry (25 films are selected each year showcasing the range and diversity of American film heritage to increase awareness for its preservation.)

Sources Used on These “Funny Girl” Pages

• “An Open Letter to Barbra” by Anne Francis. Annefrancis.net, February 2002. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
• “Audiences Test ‘Funny Girl’” by Wayne Warga. The Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1968.
• “Barbra Streisand on Hollywood's Double Standard: ‘What Does ‘Difficult’ Mean, Anyway?” by Barbra Streisand as told to Gregg Kilday.  The Hollywood Reporter, December 9, 2015.
• Cosmopolitan Magazine, February 1968. “Barbra The Great: Talented Girl On A Triumphal March” by Pete Hamill.
• Diffen, R. (2011). Ray Diffen Stage Clothes. United States: Xlibris US.
• “Director Wyler, the Streisand-Tamer” by Vernon Scott.
• Edwards, A. (2012). Leaving Home: A Hollywood Blacklisted Writer's Years Abroad. United States: Scarecrow Press.
• Feldman, E. S., Barton, T. (2014). Tell Me How You Love the Picture: A Hollywood Life. United States: St. Martin's Publishing Group.
• Freedland, M., Scharf, W. (1988). Composed and Conducted by Walter Scharf. United Kingdom: Valentine, Mitchell.
• “‘Funny Girl’ Fashion Fantasy” by Jackie Krug. The Post-Crescent Sun, August 18, 1968.
• “Gene Callahan: Louisiana Legends.” Louisiana State Archives, 1983. Retrieved December 15, 2020. http://ladigitalmedia.org/video_v2/asset-detail/LLOLG-0120
• Helmick, P. (2001). Cut, print, and that's a wrap! : a Hollywood memoir. United Kingdom: McFarland.
• “Herb Ross, the Play Doctor, Comes West” by Joyce Haber. The Los Angeles Times Calendar, January 26, 1969. 
• Herman, J. (1997). A Talent For Trouble: The Life Of Hollywood's Most Acclaimed Director, William Wyler. United States: Hachette Books.
• Huebner, Mentor official website.  Retrieved December 16, 2020. http://www.mentorhuebnerart.com/filmproductiondesigns/funnygirl.shtml
• “Kay Medford: She Sounds Like Barbra’s Mother” by Susan Stark. Detroit Free Press, October 20, 1968.
• Kellow, B. (2016). Can I Go Now? The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent. United States: Penguin Publishing Group.
• LoBrutto, V. (1991). Selected Takes: Film Editors on Editing. United Kingdom: Praeger.
• The Director’s Chair, 2018 interview with Robert Rodriguez.
• LoBrutto, V. (1994). Sound-on-film: interviews with creators of film sound. Westport: Praeger.
• “Perfection Important to Barbra Streisand” by Charles Champlin. The Los Angeles Times, November 27, 1967.
• Riese, Randall. Her Name is Barbra. Secaucus, NJ: Birch Lane Press, 1993.
• Sharaff, I. (1976). Broadway & Hollywood: Costumes Designed by Irene Sharaff. United States: Van Nostrand Reinhold Company.
• “They Still Remember ‘Mr. Miniver’” by Jack Brodsky. Courier-Post, December 30, 1967.
• “Will Barbra Make It Big In Movies?” by Norma Lee Browning. New York Daily News, September 24, 1967.
• Yore, J. (2014). Within the Winds of Hollywood. United States: Dorrance Publishing Company.