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Married. Fannie' Brice (real name: Borach), 37, famed Jewish comédienne (Ziegfeld Follies, Music Box Revue, Fio-retta), onetime wife of famed bond-thief "Nicky" Arnstein; and Billy Rose (real name: Rosenberg), 29, Manhattan song writer (Barney Google, Me and My Shadow); in New York City Hall, by Mayor James John Walker. Songwriter Rose offered the Mayor $1, promised him another if the marriage was successful...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Feb. 18, 1929 | 2/18/1929 | See Source »

Sued for Divorce. "Nicky" Arnstein, famed bond-thief and gam- bling-house-man, by Actress Fanny Brice. For years she sang a song, Mon Homme, with the line, "For whatever my man is, I am his forevermore...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Sep. 19, 1927 | 9/19/1927 | See Source »

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