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Rose of Washington Square (1939) DVD

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Rose of Washington Square (1939)

Director:

 Gregory Ratoff

Writers:

 Nunnally Johnson (screenplay), John Larkin (based on a story by)

Stars:

 Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Al Jolson
 
This barely-disguised portrait of singer Fanny Brice led to Brice's lawsuit against 20th Century Fox for defamation of character, a case which was settled out of court. Alice Faye plays Rose Sargent, a New York singer of the 1920s who falls for handsome, cocky wheeler-dealer Bart Clinton (Tyrone Power in a role patterned on Brice's troubled real-life paramour Nicky Arnstein). Rose's new romance is much to the dismay of her pal and former partner Ted Cotter (Al Jolson), who doesn't trust the slick, smooth-talking Bart. Eventually, Rose and Bart marry, but as the entertainment careers of Rose and Ted take off, Bart's tendency to get over his head in get-rich-quick schemes evolves into a bona fide criminal career. Rose finally makes the big time, becoming a popular star with the Ziegfeld Follies, and Bart skips town in order to preserve her reputation. However, Bart is nabbed by the authorities and sentenced to five years in jail. Despite the public scandal, Rose and Bart's devotion remained undiminished. Songs include the classics "California, Here I Come", "Toot Toot Tootsie Goodbye", "I'm Just Wild About Harry" and the perhaps unwise inclusion of "Funny Lady" Brice's signature song, "My Man".
 
Here is the link to the film at the Internet Movie database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031877/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

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  1. "You've got to let the audience know you love him from here until breakfast": Fanny Brice sued 20th Century Fox over this movie. 3 Star Review

    Posted by on Feb 11th 2024


    There are so many overtones of Fanny Brice's ill-fated romance with shady con-man Nick Arnstein in "Rose Of Washington Square" (1939) that Fanny sued 20th Century Fox for defamation of character/invasion of privacy! Brice reportedly quipped to the screenwriter, "You write it pretty fancy, kid, but at least you got some of it right."
    The film's biggest crime is that there is too much Al Jolson and not enough Alice Faye. Believe me, a shameless, hammy Al Jolson singing "Rockabye Your Baby With A Dixie Melody", "Mammy" and "California, Here I Come", all in blackface, strains tolerance.
    We never really know or see why Alice Faye's Rose Sargent becomes a Ziegfeld star-- she just does. And boy, has she got it bad for super sexy bad boy Bart Clinton (Tyrone Power), who just can't stay on the right side of the law. Jolson hates Bart, but ridiculously tells Rose, "You've got to let the audience know you love him from here until breakfast. "
    Twenty nine years later, the official Fanny Brice film biopic "Funny Girl" (1968) had the star power of Barbra Streisand and used "My Man" better for its finale. "Rose Of Washington Square" does have the overwhelming sex appeal of Tyrone Power going for it. But even Power's potent, powerful sex appeal isn't enough to sustain what is obviously, even in 1939, an old-fashioned "toxic romance."


  2. The Fanny Brice/Nick Arnstein story before there was "Funny Girl" 4 Star Review

    Posted by on Dec 16th 2023

    an earlier version of the later hit musical "Funny Girl", but without Streisand, of course, and not particularly funny. The story, in this case, is dull, but the musical numbers are great, with Faye and Jolson singing a number of old time hits, including the "big one", "My Man".



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