For Streisand Collectors …

Besides Barbra Streisand's major movies and CDs, there are some more collectible items that fans may want to add to their collections — some with rare or unique qualities!

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Streisand DVDs


Hollywood Biographies: The Leading Ladies Disc 5 contains rare behind-the-scenes footage from The Owl and the Pussycat, Funny Girl, The Way We Were, and Funny Lady.	Great Entertainers: The Show Stoppers Contains good-quality clip of Streisand singing “Cry Me A River” from The Dinah Shore Show in 1963.	Listen Up!: The Lives of Quincy Jones (1991) Streisand appeared in this documentary talking about working with Quincy Jones. You can read about it at the Barbra Archives film page.	Hit Man: David Foster And Friends (CD+DVD) Barbra Streisand makes a pre-taped, speaking appearance (no singing!) on the CD/DVD.

Streisand Collectible Tin Nothing new here, but cool packaging! Four of Ms. Streisand's films are packaged in a tin box: The Prince of Tides, The Way We Were, The Mirror Has Two Faces, and Funny Girl.	Inside the Actors Studio The entire interview with Streisand which aired on Bravo with James Lipton.	The Directors - Barbra Streisand This documentary is part of a series on directors produced by the American Film Institute. Streisand discusses her work on Yentl, The Prince of Tides, and The Mirror Has Two Faces. Appearing to discuss their work with Streisand are Nick Nolte, Lauren Bacall, Brenda Vaccaro, and Marvin Hamlisch. Interspersed with clips from her films are interview segments with Streisand. Out of Print, but used copies available.	Tony Bennett - American Classic (2006) Streisand appears (looking gorgeous!) in the first scene, singing “Smile” with Tony Bennet. Also included is some black-and-white footage of Streisand working with director Rob Marshall in the documentary section. Also available in Blu-Ray disc format.

Judy Garland Show DVD Vol. 2 of the 2009 release of Judy Garland's variety show begins with the famous episode (recorded October 4, 1963) featuring a 21-year-old Barbra Streisand singing such songs as "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" and "Down with Love" by herself, then a number of songs with Garland, including the medley of "Get Happy" and "Happy Days Are Here Again" in counterpoint.	Barbra Streisand: The Television Specials The Television Specials collects five one-hour programs Streisand recorded between 1965 and 1973. The five DVDs are: My Name is Barbra, Color Me Barbra, and Belle of 14th Street, Barbra Streisand: Happening in Central Park, and Barbra Streisand...And Other Musical Instruments.

Streisand Books, Printed Matter


Lid Magazine #6 Lid number six starts with 40 pages of photographs and a new interview with photographer Steve Schapiro. Steve shares his rarely published photographs of two people we love: Andy Warhol and Barbra Streisand.	Dressed: A Century of Hollywood Costume Design by Deborah Nadoolman Landis, book features Streisand's costumes in Funny Girl and Hello, Dolly! have their own pages. Irene Sharaff's costume design drawings appear, too.	Schapiro's Heroes Photographer Steve Schapiro's hard-cover book featuring several black-and-white photographs of Streisand.	Making Records: The Scenes Behind the Music Phil Ramone, the noted music producer, wrote this book about his life in the business. Streisand is referenced, as Ramone has worked with her since 1967's Central Park concert.

Broadway Musicals: 101 Greatest Shows of All Time This handsome hardcover book features several color and black and white photos of Barbra on the Broadway stage in FUNNY GIRL and WHOLESALE. If you love Broadway, there will be plenty in this book to salivate over.	Performance: Richard Avedon More than 200 stars and artists are portrayed in Performance, many in photographs that have been rarely or never seen before. Hepburn and Chaplin, Monroe and Garland, Brando and Sinatra, and Streisand.

The Streisand Biographies & Picture Books

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The Films of Barbra Streisand Chris Nickens and Karen Swenson wrote this wonderful book which covers all of Streisand's films, including rare and color photographs.	The Barbra Streisand Scrapbook by Allison Waldman. Great collection of rare photos and facts about Streisand's career by former publisher of The Barbrafile.	The Barbra Streisand Companion: A Guide to Her Vocal Style and Repertoire More of a technical book about Barbra's singing and phrasing, author Linda Pohly also includes a discography. It's an expensive book, but an interesting one.	Barbra Streisand: The Woman, The Myth, The Music Shaun Considine's book was notable because he offered an insider's view of Columbia Records, where he used to work. The 1986 paperback version is best to have: it contains Considine's updated material. The original hardcover, however, contains some great, rare photos—some of which were not duplicated in the paperback.

Streisand: The Pictorial Biography by Diana Karanikas Harvey and Jackson Harvey, this 1997 large hard-cover book contains about 200 color and black-and-white photos. [Out of Print. Used copies available]	Streisand: Her Life James Spada's second (and best) Streisand biography. [Out of Print. Used copies available]	Streisand: The Woman and The Legend James Spada's 1981 biography features loads of black-and-white photos. [Out of Print. Used copies available]	Streisand: Through the Lens This is one of my favorite Streisand book! From 1984, it features loads of rare photos, color & black-and-white. Frank Teti and Karen Moline interviewed paparazzi who've photographed Streisand over the years. [Out of Print. Used copies available]

Barbra: The First Decade Spada's amazing 1974 book covers Streisand's work in film, record, and television. [Out of Print. Used copies available]	Barbra: The Second Decade Karen Swenson's 1989 follow-up to Spada's first book. Rare photos, amazing research and interviews. [Out of Print. Used copies available]	Barbra: An Illustrated Biography Frank Brady's 1979 book has many words, but you'll find yourself looking at the big, black-and-white pictures, mostly. [Out of Print. Used copies available]	My Life With Barbra: A Love Story Barry Dennen wrote this book in 1997 and fans either love it or hate it. (I think Barbra doesn't like it ...) But there's good stories and rare photos, too!

The 90's Biographies... Streisand: A Biography (Anne Edwards) and Her Name is Barbara an Intimate Portrait of the Real Barbra Streisand (Randall Riese) [Out of Print. Used copies available]	Barbra Streisand by Nick Yapp Published in Sept. 2009, this oversized "picture book" tells the story of Streisand and illuminates it with rare images from Terry Fincher, Bill Eppridge and Terry O'Neill. The photos are rare and remarkable! Note: Available from the UK from Amazon.co.uk

Miscellaneous Streisand Collectibles


“What Would Barbra Do?” T-Shirt Heeb Magazine, subtitled “The New Jew Review, is a hip, young magazine publishing from the East Village in New York.” Their online store features a T-shirt with a Hebraic take on the Christian slogan, “What Would Jesus Do?”

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