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Julius Wilford " Nicky " Arnstein[1] (born Arndstein; [2] July 1, 1879 – October 2, 1965) was an American professional gambler and con artist. He was known primarily as Julius Arnold, but among his aliases were "Jules Arndtsteyn", "Nick Arnold," "Nicholas Arnold", "Wallace Ames", "John Adams", and "J. Willard Adair".
Dec 11, 2020 · Funny Girl (US/UK), with its sweeping score, grand romance and side-splitting bits, chronicles the rise of comedian Fanny Brice and her marriage to the suave Nicky Arnstein. But behind the iconic score and glittering costumes were real people with dramas that extend beyond the stage.
Her second husband was professional gambler and con man Nicky Arnstein. [1] Brice and Arnstein lived together for three years before he was convicted of a wiretapping swindle in 1915. Brice visited Arnstein in prison every week during the 14 months he served in Sing Sing, pawned her jewelry to pay for appeals and eventually secured him a pardon ...
In 1918 she was married to Jules W. (Nicky) Arnstein, only to divorce him in Chicago in 1927, after she had stood by him during his two years' imprisonment, starting in 1924, in...
Mar 27, 2008 · Brice's adult life contained much more unsavoury material, and her criminal husband, Nick Arnstein, was still alive. With such potential for lawsuits and domestic strife, Stark contrived a...
Sep 13, 2012 · Fanny Brice was in Chicago, and she was divorcing Nicky Arnstein. The date was September 13, 1927 — 85 years ago today. Brice was the beloved musical comedy star of Broadway’s Ziegfeld Follies....
Jun 20, 2024 · The show fixates on Brice’s time with her second husband Nicky Arnstein, to the extent that it acts as if she never had a first husband. (Her third husband, Connecticut island-owning...
The birth name of her second husband, better known as Nick Arnstein, was actually Jules W. Arndt Stein. Returned to work two months after giving birth to her daughter Frances in order to begin performing on the Broadway production of "Ziegfeld Midnight Frolic".
Jul 23, 2024 · The musical theater actor plays ne’er-do-well gambler Nicky Arnstein in the national touring company of “Funny Girl” that opens at the Fox Theatre on July 30. When he had just enrolled in New...
Sep 24, 2018 · “Funny Girl” is based on the real life of comedienne/entertainer Fanny Brice and her gambling husband Nicky Arnstein. The musical was originally brought to Broadway in 1964 and follows Brice (Barbra Streisand) from the start of her career to her separation from her husband, Arnstein (Sydney Chaplin).
