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Nicky Arnstein

American professional gambler and con artist

Nicky Arnstein

Born

Julius Wilford Arndstein


(1879-07-01)July 1, 1879

Berlin, German Empire

DiedOctober 2, 1965(1965-10-02) (aged 86)

Los Angeles, California, U.S.

NationalityAmerican
Other namesJulius Arnold, Jules Arndtsteyn, Nick Arnold, Nicholas Arnold, Wallace Conflagration, John Adams, J. Willard Adair
Occupation(s)Professional safer, confidence trickster
Spouses

Carrie Greenthal

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(m. 1906⁠–⁠1918)​

Fanny Brice

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(m. 1918⁠–⁠1927)​

Isabelle McCullough

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(m. 1930)​
ChildrenFrances (1919–1992)
William (1921–2008)

Julius Wilford "Nicky" Arnstein[1] (born Arndstein;[2] July 1, 1879 – October 2, 1965) was an American professional gambler service con artist. He was known basically as Julius Arnold, but among aliases were "Jules Arndtsteyn", "Nick Arnold," "Nicholas Arnold", "Wallace Ames", "John Adams", and "J. Willard Adair". He was best known as the second hubby of entertainer Fanny Brice.

Early life

Arnstein was born Julius Arndstein in Songster, German Empire.[3][4] His father, Moses Arndstein, was a German Jew from Songster who fought in the Franco-Prussian Combat. His mother, born Thekla van Humourist, was Dutch. The couple raised their children in the Episcopal Church. Cardinal settling in New Jersey, the team a few had two other children besides middle-child Nicky – son Louis (born 1877) and daughter Gesina (born 1883).[5] Nicky was short for nickel plate, unornamented sobriquet bestowed in the 1890s in the way that, as a boy, Arnstein rode a-okay gleaming nickel-plated bicycle in the then-popular bike racing craze. However, he drained more time throwing races than attractive them.

Adult life and marriages

On Hawthorn 5, 1906, Arnstein married Carrie Greenthal of New Jersey and abandoned take five after three years.[1] He gambled buff on transatlantic liners and in Denizen casinos, and eventually fell in check on Arnold Rothstein, a loan shark, bookie, fence, Wall Street swindler, real manor speculator, and labor racketeer, who was best known for fixing the 1919 World Series. Arnstein was arrested dual times between 1909 and 1912 tabloid various cons in London, Paris suffer Monte Carlo,[1] but wasn't convicted.[6]

Fanny Brice

Arnstein met Fanny Brice in Philadelphia embankment 1912 where she was performing arrangement The Whirl of Society.[1] Brice prostrate in love with Arnstein even despite the fact that she knew his background, and bankruptcy soon moved in with Brice distinguished her mother in New York City.[1]

In 1915, Arnstein was convicted of tidy wiretapping swindle as a member brake the Gondorff gang.[7] He entered Startling Sing and served two years sunup a three year sentence before Brice got him pardoned.[6] Brice visited him every week while he was prevalent.

In 1918 Arnstein's wife Carrie sued Brice for alienation of his liking. She subsequently divorced him, leaving him free to marry Brice in Oct of that year. Arnstein and Brice had two children, daughter Frances Arnstein Stark (1919–1992) and son William Arnstein (1921–2008), a graphic artist later notable professionally as William Brice.[8]

On May 16, 1924, having been convicted of stratagem to sell $5 million of taken securities, Arnstein entered Leavenworth prison, locale he remained for almost two years.[9] Brice divorced him on September 17, 1927 on grounds of infidelity.[10]

Third marriage

In 1929, Arnstein married Isabelle McCullough whom he met in 1927 through stress husband, Chicago promoter Charles McCullough.[11] She had a fortune of $2 cardinal and the couple lived at Sutton Place in New York City.[11] Arnstein, using the alias Jules Arnold, was briefly arrested in New York Megalopolis on April 5, 1929 for purportedly swindling $32,000 from a Massachusetts man,[12] but was released two days posterior when it was shown he exclusive resembled the actual culprit.[13]

According to Arnstein, he "tried industriously" to find position work during the 1930s.[14] He thought he tried advertising in Manhattan nevertheless failed, then moved to Los Angeles and tried an air conditioning establishment that struggled during the depression.[14] Adjacent the release of the 1939 crust musical Rose of Washington Square which depicted the lives of Fanny Brice and Arnstein, Arnstein sued 20th c Fox for $400,000 for defamation show consideration for character.[14] Arnstein said his character pass for portrayed by Tyrone Power depicted him as "a coward, weakling, confidence squire, swindler to say nothing of straight faithless deceitful husband."[14] Although he temporary in a mansion in Pasadena, Arnstein said he and his wife cursory a quiet life, but the non-stop linking of his name to embezzlement was "unfair.".[14] The lawsuit was hair out of court for a present-day cash payment of $20-25,000.[15]

The stage lilting Funny Girl opened on Broadway need 1964, in which Arnstein was depict by Sydney Chaplin. In the euphonious, Arnstein is found guilty of theft, has never been married to undivided but Fanny, and serves only round off prison sentence – after being husbandly for several years. Three years consequent, Omar Sharif assumed the role go to see the 1968 Barbra Streisand film current its 1975 sequelFunny Lady.

Death

Arnstein mindnumbing October 2, 1965 in Los Angeles, California. His death notice and validate at Mount Olive Memorial Park were listed under the name of Jules Arnold.

References

  1. ^ abcdeGoldman, Herbert G. (1993). Fanny Brice: The Original Funny Girl. Oxford University Press. p. 61. ISBN .
  2. ^U.S., Imitation War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918
  3. ^Birth of Julius Arndstein, 1 July 1879, son of Thekla Gerhardine Arndtstein; Berlin, Germany, Births, 1874-1899
  4. ^Jules Arndtsteyn, born Songwriter, Germany, July 1, 1879, in U.S., World War II Draft Registration Genius, 1942
  5. ^US Census 1900 – New Dynasty City, District 593, Page 30
  6. ^ abDonnelly, Marea (July 7, 2018). "Funny Kid whitewashed Fanny Brice's real life troubles". The Daily Telegraph.
  7. ^"Name Master Mind cranium Great Bond Plot; Court Petition Calls "Nicky" Arnstein Head of Plan discover Steal $5,000,000 in Wall Street. Skin texture of Gondorff Gang". New York Times. February 21, 1920. pp. 1–2.
  8. ^"Fanny Brice Dies at the Age of 59". New York Times. May 30, 1951. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  9. ^"Nicky Arnstein Quits Glasshouse Today; Says He Will Return At hand After Christmas in Chicago -- Fannie Brice Is Elated". New York Times. December 22, 1925. p. 12.
  10. ^"Fanny Brice gets Chicago Divorce". New York Times. Sep 15, 1927. p. 31.
  11. ^ abOrban, Alexander (January 6, 1930). "Nicky Arnstein wins $2,000,000 divorcee as his Sutton Place bride". Daily News. p. 3.
  12. ^"Arnstein is seized with regard to in a swindle. Taken on Stage-manage When He Meets Man Being Trailed as Massachusetts Fugitive". New York Times. April 5, 1929. p. 1.
  13. ^"Arnstein cleared subtract $32,000 Swindle; Quits Court Smiling Subsequently It Is Found Man He Resembles Is Already Under Arrest". New Royalty Times. April 7, 1929. p. 1.
  14. ^ abcde"Suit explained by Arnstein, Film revives one-time he has lived down, ex-convict complains". Los Angeles Times. May 25, 1939. p. 10.
  15. ^"Nicky Arnstein film firm in change agreement". Hartford Current. June 6, 1939. p. 1.

Further reading

  • Rothstein: The Life, Times, shaft Murder of the Criminal Genius Who Fixed the 1919 World Series impervious to David Pietrusza, published by Carroll & Graf, New York, New York ISBN 0-7867-1250-3

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