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Director: Morton DaCosta Edit Storyline A matchmaker named Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. While there, she convinces him, his two stock clerks and his niece and her beau to go to New York City. In New York, she fixes Vandergelder's clerks up with the woman Vandergelder had been courting, and her shop assistant (Dolly has designs of her own on Mr. Vandergelder, you see). Written by Randy Goldberg <goldberg@nymc.edu> 16 December 1969 (USA) See more » Also Known As: Ernest Lehman's Production of Hello, Dolly! See more » Filming Locations: 146 min Sound Mix: 70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System)| Mono (35 mm prints)| DTS 70 mm (70mm re-release) Color: Did You Know? Trivia The original Broadway production of "Hello Dolly!" opened at the St.

James Theater on January 16, 1964 and ran for 2844 performances, setting a Broadway longevity record. "Hello Dolly!" also won the 1964 Tony Award for the Best Musical and Best Score. The original Broadway production is the nineteenth longest running show ever as of February, 2013. See more » Goofs In the dance sequence "Elegance", Irene Molloy puts a top hat over the feather already on her head. In subsequent shots, the amount of exposed feather changes between shots. See more » Quotes A Classic not be missed! 7 December 2006 | by musicalphan1216 (United States) – See all my reviews This generation (I'm ashamed to say MY generation) just doesn't seem to appreciate a good musical, much less one that came out when our parents were young-ens, heaven forbid! It will be a sad day when these classic films are forgotten, but fortunately, they are all being remastered and re-released on DVD for this generation to enjoy if only they would give them a chance.

I bought the special edition of 'Hello, Dolly' because I adore musicals, especially those from the 50s and 60s when Hollywood really knew how to do it right! The top 3 billings were all people I had heard off... Streisand may not be the easiest person to love, but her voice is astounding... Who could forget Walter Matthau in 'Dennis the Menace', a film slightly more known to my age group... and last but certainly not least, Michael Crawford, a voice I had been listening to since age 3. I grew up listening to his solo albums as well as the original cast recording of 'Phantom.' I will say, he was my main incentive for seeing this film. 'Dolly' is musically and visually stunning. All the principle cast members sing on their own, always a bonus, and the songs are accompanied by some of the most entertaining and memorable dance numbers next to 'A Chorus Line.' One could expect no less since this film is directed by the infamous Gene Kelly. Need I say more? 'Hello Dolly' is by far my favorite of the classics, and believe me, I've seen them all.

Sure, you can complain that Barbra was too young to play Miss Dolly Levi, but the woman has talent, you can't deny it no-matter how you feel towards her as a human being. She can sing and she can act, why settle for for someone who fails to meet the former and resort to dubbing? That's the one flaw in 'My Fair Lady.' Matthau is astounding as always, and I have already stated how much I love Crawford. He is just so positively adorable in the role of Cornelius Hackl! Understanably, his gorgeous tenor isn't nearly as developed at age 27 as it was at age 44 when 'Phantom' opened in London, but it's pleasant none-the-less, and his acting is superb as always, flawlessly hiding his lovely accent behind the mousy but sweet demeanor of a Yonkers store clerk. I love 'Hello, Dolly!' and I would recommend it to anyone who loves the classics. It's funny, uplifting, and heartwarming... what more could a person want in a movie? Don't miss this movie, you're never too young to enjoy the classics. 23 of 41 people found this review helpful.

Was this review helpful to you? Yes View All Photos (3) Movie Info Twenty-seven-year-old Barbra Streisand seemed an inappropriate choice for middle-aged, match-making widow Dolly Levi, but her energy carries her right through the role and dominates the lackluster movie around her. The plot, drawn from Thornton Wilder's The Matchmaker (itself based on a 19th-century British farce), is set in motion when Yonkers feed store clerk Cornelius Hackl (Michael Crawford) celebrates his promotion by taking his pal Barnaby Tucker (Danny Lockin) to New York City for a "corking good time." But Cornelius and Barnaby can't avoid crossing paths with their boss Horace Vandergelder (Walter Matthau), who'd give them Holy Ned if he saw them in a fancy restaurant with two fancy girls instead of tending the store. Mr. Vandergelder himself is the object of Dolly's affections, though she pretends to have only a professional interest in the widowed merchant, going through the motions of finding him a new wife when in fact she'd like to be the lucky bride herself.

The film's musical set pieces include a show-stopping rendition of the title number, with Louis Armstrong more or less playing himself. The biggest number is "Before the Parade Passes By," in which thousands of costumed marchers and atmosphere extras cavort before a huge replica of a New York City thoroughfare in the 1890s (actually the main entrance of the 20th Century-Fox studio, with period facades adorning the office buildings). An artifact of an era in which Broadway musicals were a significant part of popular culture, Hello Dolly seemed bizarrely irrelevant in the social turmoil of the late 1960s, and it became one of the late-1960s big-budget failures that led Hollywood studios toward a different kind of filmmaking in the 1970s. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi Rating: Watch Hello, Dolly! Online | 1969 Movie | Yidio Sign Up Watch Hello, Dolly! Hello, Dolly! is a comedy musical based upon the Broadway production. Written and produced by Ernest Lehman, the film was directed by Gene Kelly. Starring Barbra Streisand, the movie also features Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford.

The story follows matchmaker, Mrs. Dolly Levi (Streisand) as she travels to Yonkers, New York in 1890. She has been hired to find a mate for the selfish half-millionaire, Horace Vandergelder. On her way, Dolly meets artist Ambrose Kemper who is in love with the niece of Vandergelder, Ermengarde. She promises that she can get Vandergelder's consent for him to marry her, despite him. Vandergelder is set to court a milliner, Irene Malloy in hopes that she will marry him. When Dolly gets there, she tries to dissuade Vandergelder from courting Irene, saying she will set him up with an heiress. He agrees to meet her if he fails with Irene. Dolly also plans on setting up the shop boys with Irene and Minnie. Meanwhile, Irene is waiting for Vandergelder. She tells Minnie that she doesn't love him but wants to find a rich man so that she doesn't have to work anymore. Minnie lets her know that the shop boys, Barnaby and Cornelius are on their way.

Cornelius pretends that he is well off and looking for a hat for a friend. When he finds that she knows Vandergelder and he is on his way, the guys hide, panicked. Later, they are able to get rid of Vandergelder and dine together. The next day, the boys announce they are opening a hay and feed store with Minnie and Irene right across from him, demanding their back pay. Ermengarde demands what is owed to her so that she can run off with Ambrose. Dolly explains to the spirit of her dead husband that she wants to marry Vandergelder. He proposes to Dolly after apologizing for his behavior. They decide to make Barnaby and Cornelius business partners. All is well as everyone succeeds in finding love and the lives they've always wanted. Barbra Streisand's miscasting in "Hello, Dolly!" Follow DL on Barbra Streisand's miscasting in "Hello, Dolly!" Few would argue that she was far too young to play the role of Dolly Levi when the film was made in 1969. The producers also wisely did not cast Carol Channing, who was a disaster on film.

So which age appropriate musical-type actresses should have been considered, given when the film was made? Ann Miller reply 202 01/15/2016 Judy Garland if she had been physically capable would have been great. Betty Grable would have been a good close second. It is too bad they filmed it a few years prior to the nostalgia craze of the early 70s. In hindsight, casting a retired screen goddess in one last cinematic fling would have been perfectly in keeping with the tone and intention of the material. by Butterfly's Fart This is an age-inappropriate thread. by Butterfly's Fart reply 3 04/07/2012 Garland was already too frail and scattered when she appeared in "I Could Go On Singing." She might have been right for Dolly, but only if the character had been rewritten as helplessly neurotic laudanum addict. by Butterfly's Fart reply 4 04/07/2012 Such a disaster on film that I got an Oscar nomination for MILLIE, so fuck you, OP.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 5 04/07/2012 I didn't include Garland on the list since she died the year the film was made. Ethel Merman, like Carol Channing, was a disaster on film. by Butterfly's Fart reply 6 04/07/2012 Pauline Kael pointed out that the problem with a lot of the major Broadway stars who never were able to translate their success onto film was that they projected too big for the camera: Carol Channing, Ethel Merman, Zero Mostel... they couldn't figure out how to tone themselves down for film. by Butterfly's Fart reply 8 04/07/2012 It should have been all-black, with Pearl Bailey, Ben Vereen, Diahann Carroll and James Earl Jones! by Butterfly's Fart reply 9 04/07/2012 Doris Day, seriously. She could have pulled it off with flying colors at the age she was in 1969.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 10 04/07/2012 I would have hated to hear Doris Day sing "Until the Parade Passes By" or "Put on Your Sunday Clothes." She always came off as too loud in strident numbers like that. by Butterfly's Fart Lucille Ball actually would have been a good choice for Dolly by Butterfly's Fart Ah yes, the annual Welcome to Spring Barbra Streisand's Miscasting in Hello Dolly Thread. Can the Lucille Ball's Miscasting in Mame Thread be far behind? by Butterfly's Fart reply 13 04/07/2012 well I guess Ms. Streisand was miscasted b/c Patty Duke beat out Babs for the Golden Globe award that year. by Butterfly's Fart reply 16 04/07/2012 "Garland was already too frail and scattered when she appeared in 'I Could Go On Singing.'" Nonsense. She marched straight through that film like a trouper. -"You like my furs?" Pia Zadora owns this thread. by Butterfly's Fart Audrey Hepburn dubbed by Elaine Stritch.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 19 04/07/2012 I'm glad this superimportant movie is AT LAST being discussed on Datalounge, because it's been so long since we've had a thread on it! Now if someone can also do us the favor and at last create a thread about the casting of Lucille Ball in MAME. by Butterfly's Fart reply 20 04/07/2012 [quote]I didn't include Garland on the list since she died the year the film was made. Garland died in 1969. The film was made in 1968. It didn't get released until late 1969 because David Merrick had a clause put into the movie contract that said they couldn't open the film until the show had closed on Broadway. 20th Century Fox had to pay him extra to nullify that clause because the show ended up running in NY through the spring of 1970.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 22 04/07/2012 I think R20 means to say we need a thread about ON A CLEAR DAY YOU CAN SEE FOREVER, the film not the ill-fated revival. by Butterfly's Fart Sorry thought we were re-casting On A Clear Day You Can Seer forever. by Butterfly's Fart reply 28 04/08/2012 Shirley Maclaine films are awful. The only one I've been able to stand is "The Turning Point". by Butterfly's Fart 04/08/2012 "Judy Garland if she had been physically capable would have been great." LOL. As has been pointed out, Judy was not physically capable. The last time she would have been capable was in the 1940s, and then she would have been too young. Lena Horne turned down the part on Broadway (in the succession of Dollys) because she considered herself too hip for the show. Another LOL. by Butterfly's Fart R31 she had the stems tucked into her jockstrap.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 32 04/08/2012 Weird fact about the original Broadway production of HELLO, DOLLY!: JoAnn Worleyw as Carol Channing's understudy. Maybe they could have had her do the film. It's hard to say--they clearly desperately wanted someone who would appeal to a youth audience, and Carol Channing and the women who had replaced her on Broadway (Ethel Merman, Ginger Rogers, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey) would have all instantly turned off a youth market. But the youth market was already turned off by the film. The problem with it isn't at all Steisand or even Matthau--they're both pretty likable and fun. The problem is the nightmarishly overbusy performances of the secondary roles: Michael Crawford as whiny Cornelius, Joyce Ames as an annoying Ermengarde, and particularly the wretched Marianne McAndrew and E. J. Peaker as Irene Molloy and Minnie Fay, doing all this distracting stage business before the camera. And all the extras primp and mince all over the set like they're on stage at a summer stock production.

Gene Kelly did a dreadful job with this show--he was clearly aiming at some sort of effect that failed. And the whole thing is so fucking long. by Butterfly's Fart 04/08/2012 Gene Kelley packed every scene with too many people and too many over-ornamented sets. The number "Before the Parade Passes By" came across more like "Before the Cortege Passes By." by Butterfly's Fart [quote]Marianne McAndrew and EJ Peaker were both awful. I made sure of that. by Butterfly's Fart 04/08/2012 [quote]Streisand herself thought Elizabeth Taylor should have made her musical debut with this film. I guess Streisand didn't see 'A Date With Judy' featuring Elizabeth Taylor as a 17 year old hussy. by Butterfly's Fart reply 43 04/08/2012 Oh, you all are spot on about the dreadful supporting cast. The first time I saw the film as a wee tot, I knew even THEN that they were overacting all to hell and mincing all over the place.

MUCH too fey, too precious, too preening. Kelly should have reeled everyone in the cast in about 40%. That is, except Streisand. Everyone is a damned cartoon! by Butterfly's Fart reply 44 04/08/2012 Yvonne De Carlo. Maybe some of her fans from THE MUNSTERS would've seen the movie out of curiosity. by Butterfly's Fart Mae West. Same year she did Myra B. by Butterfly's Fart reply 47 04/08/2012 Even the costumes of the supporting women are horrendous whereas Barbra wears the most sumptuous gowns ever. Her lavender dress for Before the Parade Passes By is my favorite costume in film history. Though the brilliant Irene Sharaff is credited as the Costume Designer of the entire film, I believe she only designed Dolly's costumes. by Butterfly's Fart reply 48 04/08/2012 She wasn't miscast. It took place in 1890. People did not live to be 80 and she was a young widow, very common.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 49 04/08/2012 r 40 - Yeah , cause she was such a great singer - what the F are you talking about ? by Butterfly's Fart 04/08/2012 [quote]what the F are you talking about ? And why the F, r50, can't you learn that you DO NOT put a space between the "r" and the "40"? Are you stupid or just plain ignorant? by Butterfly's Fart You tell him, Respondent 51! by Butterfly's Fart reply 53 04/08/2012 Beverly Sills should have been Dolly. You all know that but you act like she never even existed, and she always had ten times the voice of La Streisand, and was a better actress too. Face it bitches, you're all just low class bubble gum wrappers and Hershey's milk chocolate kisses. by Butterfly's Fart reply 54 04/08/2012 R14 why were there so many nominees that year for Best Actress Comedy/Musical?

The nominees were -- 1) Patty Duke ("Me, Natalie"), 2) Ingrid Bergman ("Cactus Flower"), 3) Dyan Cannon ("Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice"), 4) Kim Darby ("Generation"), 5) Mia Farrow ("John and Mary"), 6) Shirley MacLaine ("Sweet Charity"), 7) Anna Magnani ("The Secret of Santa Vittoria"), 8) Barbra Streisand ("Hello, Dolly!"). They only had 5 nominees the previous years and after, so why did they feel the need to nominate 8 that year? by Butterfly's Fart reply 55 04/08/2012 R40. Yes, there were young widows--but the widow Levi and the Widow Molloy should not seem like generational peers. And when Dolly and the gang at the Harmonia Gardens may a big deal about how long she has been away, Streisand's youth makes it seem absurd.

As long as we are invoking Dollys past as possibilties (Shirley Booth in the film, who could sing as well as Carol Channing, as her work on Broadway in "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" and "By the Beautiful Sea" demonstrate--never heard anything from "Look to the Lilies"), why not Ruth Gordon--she was the original Dolly in "The Matchmaker" on Broadway (Ina Claire did an earlier version of the play called "The Merchant of Yonkers") and after "Rosemary's Baby" she might have appealed to the youth market. Of course, she would have made the romance with Horace even creepier than it was in the film (but for different reasons), but never mind. Of all the performers in the film, I find Michael Crawford the most nauseating--did when I was 12 and say it in the theatres and still do. It made me never want to see him in "Phantom"--I still find his nasally voice like fingernails on a blackboard. BTW, when I was a 12 year old gayling-in-training, I thought it the height of great movie making.

I still have a heard time turning it of when it occasionally shows up on cable. The difference between thinking something is actually good and loving something for reasons that are beyond criticism. by Butterfly's Fart reply 60 04/09/2012 [quote]Now if someone can also do us the favor and at last create a thread about the casting of Lucille Ball in MAME. We'll get around to it, but FIRST we have more pressing issues to discuss like Madonna, The Golden Girls and Saturday Night Live. by Butterfly's Fart reply 61 04/09/2012 If you eliminate everyone who had played the role on Broadway, and are looking for a woman with musical comedy credentials, the right age, and a substantial film resume, there is really only one choice. Angela Lansbury. Others one might think of such as Debbie Reynolds, Rita Moreno, Polly Bergen and Barbara Harris (so good with Mathau in Plaza Suite) were still in their 30s.

Lansbury would have been 43 and would have knocked it out of the park as Dolly, playing the role as Wilder originally envisioned it and no doubt Jerry Herman would have approved of one of his greatest stars taking over one of his greatest roles. by Butterfly's Fart reply 62 04/09/2012 Lansbury having been Herman's Mame and Countess Aurelia and winning tonys as both should have been his Dolly in the film. by Butterfly's Fart reply 63 04/09/2012 r61, a thread about the casting of Mame should be 185 one word posts, all of them "Lansbury." by Butterfly's Fart reply 64 04/09/2012 "I love Doris day, but she was much to white bread for the role of Dolly Levi." Isn't Dolly GALLAGHER Levi a gentile who just happened to marry a Jew?

by Butterfly's Fart reply 65 04/09/2012 Doris Day probably wasn't/isn't white bread at all, but her screen persona was too white bread for just about everything other than a quintessential Doris Day vehicle. No Dolly Levi wasn't Jewish (at least not until she married Efraim Levi) but Hello Dolly was not a quintessential Doris Day vehicle. by Butterfly's Fart reply 68 04/09/2012 R7, as usual, Pauline Kael was dead wrong. Both Ethel Merman and Zero Mostel come across just fine on film in roles in which they are well cast -- for example, in CALL ME MADAM and THE PRODUCERS. by Butterfly's Fart reply 69 04/09/2012 Merman was fine when singing in Call Me Madam (if you like/can tolerate her voice), but she had no charisma or oomph in the book scenes.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 70 04/09/2012 Barbra Streisand would have been perfect casting in 1999 or 2009, it was just wrong in 1969. by Butterfly's Fart reply 71 04/09/2012 Sorry r67, I should have said "You are correct in that Dolly Levi was not Jewish (at least prior to her possibly converting to marry Efraim Levi)." But I hope you enjoyed your "Oh Dear"ing me. I know many really get off on that. by Butterfly's Fart The worst casting in that movie was the apparently 60 year old Michael Crawford. by Butterfly's Fart 04/09/2012 [quote]Of all the performers in the film, I find Michael Crawford the most nauseating. ME TOO. It's one of the most bizarre performances I have seen. What he was thinking? No person has ever behaved like he did in that movie. I have never had any use for his weird singing voice, either.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 76 04/09/2012 Oh, dear, not knowing how his name is spelled in the script, I thought it might have been spelled, as the name is often spelled, with an "f" instead of a "ph." And, oh dear, next to "petty' in Webster's Dictionary, one is likely to find a picture of r73. by Butterfly's Fart reply 77 04/09/2012 r55 I do not know why there were so many nominations that year but I guess with that much talent they committee could not decide. But it is a shame that Patty Duke's win didn't make the movie more successful. It is truly a great movie. by Butterfly's Fart reply 78 04/09/2012 After your previous upset over someone "Oh Dear"ing you, r77, it was too much fun to resist the "Oh, dear, dear." Smile, you're on Candid Camera!

by Butterfly's Fart reply 79 04/09/2012 So not a single one of you chose to respond to my "Beverly Sills" suggestion. That it means it was perfect. I stumped Datalounge. by Butterfly's Fart reply 80 04/09/2012 "Merman was fine when singing in Call Me Madam (if you like/can tolerate her voice), but she had no charisma or oomph in the book scenes." I disagree. I think she's very funny in the dialogue scenes. She's also great in IT'S A MAD....WORLD, and she has some very nice moments in THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS as well. by Butterfly's Fart reply 81 04/09/2012 Striesand had a three pic deal at fox...so they had to put her in something or pay her. De Darlo and Worley both did Dolly FOREVER in stock p.s.

Worley was the best dolly I've EVER seen....Hilarious and sympathetic all at once by Butterfly's Fart reply 82 04/09/2012 [quote] So which age appropriate musical-type actresses should have been considered, given when the film was made? Ahem reply 83 04/09/2012 Barbra didn't want the role and knew the material was garbage. But Fox and Merrick were desperate for a major musical star to drive the box office potential because it was a huge gamble in 1968 to do a big-budget period musical. Barbra demanded $1 million for the role, which was huge for the time, and half the set furniture for free. Either way the film was a huge flop. by Butterfly's Fart reply 84 04/09/2012 Streisand had a multi-picture deal at Warner's in the '80s. I respectfully doubt that Streisand had a 3-picture deal at Fox. HELLO, DOLLY! is her only Fox film.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 85 04/09/2012 Elizabeth Taylor was paid 1 million dollars to star as Cleopatra in 1961 so Barbra making that much 8 years later was nothing special. Much of Dolly's humor comes from her desperation which Ruth Gordon and Shirley Booth both brought to the non-singing role so charmingly. Doris Day (and I would even say Angela Lansbury) could never be funny appearing desperate. by Butterfly's Fart reply 86 04/09/2012 Hello Dolly was a one-off deal with Fox. Barbra was contractually obligated to Ray Stark to do three films in addition to Funny Girl. by Butterfly's Fart reply 87 04/09/2012 Mae West was furious when she saw Barbra's impersonation of her in the movie. I think they even had a confrontation at a private party, where Mae told Barbra not to steal from her again. Mae couldn't stand other women, and she fiercely protected her famous persona. by Butterfly's Fart BTW BS hates Patty Duke b/c Patty won that GG award!

by Butterfly's Fart reply 89 04/09/2012 Considering Barbra's standing in 1968 (in films....she was already the biggest-selling female vocalist in music), $1 million was a huge fee for someone with one hit role that she originated on Broadway and successfully parlayed to film. Taylor had been the biggest female box-office movie star for a decade when she got that fee for Cleopatra in 1961. by Butterfly's Fart reply 90 04/09/2012 [quote]$1 million was a huge fee for someone with one hit role that she originated on Broadway and successfully parlayed to film. Except that when Streisand filmed Dolly - spring/early summer of 1968 - she hadn't successfully parlayed anything to film yet, as Funny Girl was not released till after Dolly finished shooting. Streisand was blazing hot in '68, though, but her casting as Dolly was the single biggest element that went toward ruining the film.

Even with the uninspired direction/screenplay, had it been someone who was right for the part - Ginger Rogers, maybe Lansbury (who was also blazing hot in 1968) - it would have been a much better movie. by Butterfly's Fart reply 91 04/09/2012 [quote]Streisand was blazing hot in '68, though, but her casting as Dolly was the single biggest element that went toward ruining the film Bleah. The movie comes to life ONLY when Streisand appears. (Oh, and Louis Armstrong...) The story and the staging are tired and seem to belong to the dreariest efforts of MGM, circa 1949. HD wasn't going to be a good movie with any actress, no matter who was cast. At least with Barbra, it has a few redeeming scenes. by Butterfly's Fart Carol Burnett should have played it. Thread closed, cunts. by Butterfly's Fart reply 95 04/09/2012 R82, you fucking FOOL, the 3 pictures included Dolly, it wasn't because of Dolly.

Jesus, some of you young queens are such dumb assholes. by Butterfly's Fart reply 96 04/09/2012 You're all forgetting the soundtrack factor - in 1968, Barbra was the biggest selling female recording artist in the world. Besides the money the box -office would take in, the producers also were counting on the sondtrack, with Barbra singing several songs, to sell millions. No other singer could have sold as much. by Butterfly's Fart 04/10/2012 Wow, angry queens over this film 40+ years later. I saw Dolly in 70mm a few weekends ago at the AFI and was surprised how entertaining it was. Big cotton candy film just as the stage show was. . The small crowd of (mostly) queens burst into applause after Sunday Clothes and Parade. You all do know that Charles Nelson Reilly and Eileen Brennan were Cornelius and Irene on Broadway? Hello, Dolly! ain't Inge and Barbra is fun and sings the shit out of the score. by Butterfly's Fart woops.

she wasn't in that...but she did play Natalie Schaeffer in SURVIVING GILLIGAN'S ISLAND. by Butterfly's Fart reply 101 04/10/2012 Stark didn't produce Dolly and wasn't involved at all. Barbra did Funny Girl, What's Up Doc, The Way We Were, and Funny Lady under her contract with Rastar Productions. by Butterfly's Fart reply 102 04/10/2012 Babs was sensationally good as Dolly. The true problem with the movie was the oversized production. If it had been scaled back to one-tenth its size, it might have been a truly great show. by Butterfly's Fart 04/10/2012 Did you confuse E.J. Peaker with Joyce Bulifant? Hard to imagine! E.J. was so Love American Style while Joyce was more the bottom row Match Game type!

by Butterfly's Fart reply 105 04/10/2012 Yes, the real question is why Barbra would have accepted the role when she was just in her twenties, undoubtedly white hot with better film offers and smart enough to know how miscast she was as middle-aged Dolly. As gloriously as she inevitably sings the songs, the Jerry Herman music was really not her style in the 1960s at all. I sonetimes think it was simply revenge for losing the Tony for Funny Girl to Carol Channing for Hello Dolly. by Butterfly's Fart reply 106 04/10/2012 Barbra never became Dolly in that film. Every minute she is on the screen, it's Barbra, not Dolly. by Butterfly's Fart It's a mystery why Fox thought Kelly would be a good director. by Butterfly's Fart reply 108 04/12/2012 R 107 - because Channing would immerse herself in her characters, and disappear ! WTF . I love Carol, but her problem has always been she's a personalty -not an actress.

She always is 'CAROL CHANNING', no matter who she plays. Get a grip . by Butterfly's Fart reply 109 04/12/2012 No one else could have held the note at the end of "Before The Parade Passes By" the way she did. Check out her Vegas version on YouTube. Slightly different arrangement, but it's amazing. by Butterfly's Fart reply 110 04/30/2012 The problem, R110, is that "Before the Parade Passes By" was over-produced and over-long (like the film itself.) The note at the end that went on forever was a pointless cherry atop an over-sized sundae. The number is practically a throwaway in the stage version, a quick picker-upper to send the audience out to the lobby feeling peppy at the end of Act One. After the long "Dancing" number that preceded it, they would have done well to keep the movie parade short and sweet. by Butterfly's Fart Ethel on film is something else! "Yeah, but what!?!?" SHUT UP!

by Butterfly's Fart reply 114 04/30/2012 Before the Parade Passes By in the Dolly film was a desperate attempt to recreate the tugboat climax of Don't Rain on My Parade before the intermission of the Funny Girl film. The original number of Before the Parade in the Broadway show was charming. An open trolley car of pastel costumed passengers and a horse made of spat-legged dancers in tights doing a soft shoe. by Butterfly's Fart reply 115 04/30/2012 And another thing, "Before the Parade Passes By" really emphasizes the fact that Barbra is too young for the part. There is something inherently vulgar in having a young widow aggressively court a man for his money. That's why Irene doesn't get Horace in the first place: because it's an unromantic reason for a young woman to wed even if she is a widow. Barbra/Dolly getting Matthau to the altar was like Jackie Kennedy marrying Onassis.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 116 05/01/2012 RE 116 You put way too much thought into a 44 year old movie, that has come, and gone, before most of the people on here were born. by Butterfly's Fart reply 117 05/01/2012 Just watched the doc on Channing, on Showtime. Carol is amazing, and a delight. But when she sang, it was awful. All CC - but you have to love her, to put up with it. Barbra took those songs to a new level, with her singing. You can argue forever about the part of Dolly, but on fim, Channing would have been too much. You can still listen to the songs of Dolly , and be amazed at Barbra's vocals. Lets just say, the soundtrack would never have sold well, if Channing had done the movie - especially since she had already croaked out the songs, for the Broadway cast album. Barbra was THE voice, and shows it off well on these songs.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 118 07/21/2012 Love "Just Leave Everything To Me" , and "So Long Dearie". They both were totally energized by Barbra's versions. Carol was cute, but Bab's knocks you out with her versions. by Butterfly's Fart reply 119 07/22/2012 [quote]Lets just say, the soundtrack would never have sold well, if Channing had done the movie - especially since she had already croaked out the songs, for the Broadway cast album. I agree with you -- but let's not forget that Carol's "croaking" made the "Hello Dolly" OCR the best-selling album of 1964. Streisand's "The Barbara Streisand Album" ranked #4 for the year. by Butterfly's Fart reply 121 07/22/2012 I'm going to start a thread on film adaptations of classic musicals that people actually thought WORKED. I don't agree that she was miscast because of her age or anything else.

I just saw her as a woman who had married a much older man who was a father figure to her, and after he died and left her penniless (which, combined with the fact that she was in her late twenties and no longer a virgin made her a very hard sell in the marriage market) she was thrown on her own resources, including calling on what she'd learned from Ephraim about the art of living to keep her spirits up. by Butterfly's Fart reply 122 07/22/2012 The fact is Hello, Dolly! is one of the most beloved movie musicals of all time. You would be hard-pressed to find a week that Dolly isn't showing somewhere on TV. It's probably in the Top 10 of most shown movies on TV. Of course, it's all due to Streisand's bravura performance. by Butterfly's Fart Nanette Fabray could have nailed this. by Butterfly's Fart reply 124 07/23/2012 True, Streisand was too young and therefore miscast.

But she was a fire engine- she was funny, she was camp, she was winking at the audience even- most of all she performed the shit out of the music and no one, now or in the past, will or could ever do better with the music. She was and is a spectacular talent and voice- even miscast. She dominates every scene she is in- her voice is simple spectacular from the opening number on- as is her timing. by Butterfly's Fart What the film was lacking was an Ephraim voiceover, played by Charlton Heston, answering Dolly's questions. by Butterfly's Fart reply 126 07/23/2012 RE 115 - first of all, "Funny Girl" had not even been released , when "Dolly" was being shot. They couldn't try and 'recreate' something, that had not even been hailed as a great number yet. And a little trolly, with 10-12 people on it, sounds quaint, but movies open up eveything, and that last shot in "Parade Passes By", is great , old time Hollywood moviemaking.

As someone else mentioned, it's before CGI , or any of those effects - where you know the 'thousands' aren't real. When they shot that scene, they put out a casting call, for 3,000 extras -who were all dressed, and placed there, along with the painted false fronts, of all the NYC bldgs., hiding what was essentially, the driveway, to the 20th Century Fox lot, in West L.A. One more note - Gene Kelly (director) and Barbra argued about that final shot - Kelly thought the camera should start, showing the entire scene, then zoom in slowly, finishing on a close-up on Barbra, as she hits the final note. Barbra thought it should start on a close-up, then pull back to show the entire panorama, of the scene. Barbra won - and I think she was absolutely right ! by Butterfly's Fart reply 127 07/23/2012 Barbra was interviewed in London around the time the "Here's to Life" CD came out. She said she didn't want to do "Dolly" but was told she could be sued if she didn't follow through.

She said that in retrospect, she should have just let them sue her. But at that point in her life, she wasn't quite able to think that way. by Butterfly's Fart reply 128 07/23/2012 I don't believe that. " Dolly" was seperate from her Ray Stark deal. At the time , she said something like ' I didn't have the nerve to turn it down'. It looked like a surefire hit - since it had done so well on stage. AND, she was excited because I believe she was going to be paid just over a million dollars for the role, and that would beat Liz Taylor's " Cleopatra" salary, held since 1962. Never once has anyone said she would have been sued. She's reinventing history....again. by Butterfly's Fart reply 132 07/23/2012 Reading all the comments relating to Babs being given the role of Dolly Levi not one comments on whether her co-star Walter Matthau was cast correctly. I have issues with both. One would work either way, but not both. I never feel chemistry.

However, I do enjoy the music and movie from time to time, but I would rather watch Damn Yankees with Gwen Verdon or Gypsy with Roz Russell. Babs was way too young, hence the original question. My reply would be either Shirley Jones, Angela Landsbury, Gwen Verdon, or Ginger Rodgers. by Butterfly's Fart reply 133 07/23/2012 Sorry if this has been repeated a million times, but I really don't feel like reading this whole thread. The reason none of those women you listed were chosen to star in the movie is that they were either considered old news or never weres. by Butterfly's Fart reply 149 12/28/2012 R148 Sorry Mae, but it's a little lump, but it rings.... Lol. Was she really upset????? How dumb. Mae West was having a huge revival back then. Everyone was doing her voice. I was doing her voice back then. I did a character on my campus radio show called Mae, another guy did Richard Nixon. Mae: Why don't you come up some time and show me why they call you tricky Dick.

Inbetcha you're really really good. Dick: Goodness has nothing to do with it. Babs was great in HD. She was not miscast, she would have been miscast for the bway version. Different sort ofeoduction, different sort of Dolly. Carol Channipng would have been all wrong for the movie. She could never have carried off something so "big." I do agree however with the DLer who wrote that they should have hauled out some diva from the.mgm glory days. so am y were sill around, in their 50,s, ready for one last fling. by Butterfly's Fart reply 150 12/28/2012 R150, R148 made that shit up. there's no documented evidence that Mae West did or said any such thing. by Butterfly's Fart reply 151 12/28/2012 Nobody would have seen the film if Bettys Grable, Garrett or Hutton or even Doris Day had been DOLLY. Streisand was the hottest female star in the country when she was signed.

Fox wanted a star that would guarantee an audience. Streisand asked for Elizabeth Taylor's fee - one million dollars - and got it. by Butterfly's Fart 12/28/2012 Um, not quite, r152. Streisand most definitely did NOT get $1 million for Hello Dolly. Streisand hadn't had a movie released when she did Dolly, that's partially why Matthau and the other actors didn't respect her. The other part was because she was such a pain in the ass. by Butterfly's Fart reply 153 12/28/2012 Michael Crawford got $500,000 for Hello Dolly so why do you think that Barbra didn't get a million? Michael Crawford then invested his 500K with a financial adviser recommended to him by John Barry. A year later they were both broke. And Crawford didn't work for nearly two years. He ended up working as an electrical company clerk until he finally got hired to do "No Sex Please, We're British" in the West End.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 154 12/28/2012 [quote]Nobody would have seen the film if Bettys Grable, Garrett or Hutton or even Doris Day had been DOLLY. Who do you think was going to see the movie? Gays and women who enjoyed the Broadway show. In 1969, young people and straight men weren't going to see Hello Dolly just like they didn't show up for Chicago, Dreamgirls or Evita. by Butterfly's Fart reply 155 12/28/2012 Mae West most certainly did confront Barbra at a party. Mae told Barbra that she had just seen HD and that Barbra needed to find her own persona and stop stealing from her. by Butterfly's Fart Was it ever offered to Lucy? What did Gary say? by Butterfly's Fart reply 158 12/28/2012 Some people consider Mary Martin's London 'Hello, Dolly' the best. As with so many Broadway stars, Martin never did well in films.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 159 12/28/2012 Oh R98, what an inspiration you've given us! I want Datalounge to go into the VIDEO GAMING business and I want their first release to be "Angry Queens"! I'll sell a zillion copies! Birds? Schmirds! by Butterfly's Fart 12/28/2012 I must be fucking bored to comment on this. Streisand was inevitable. YUK, and that is that. Blockbuster musicals are never cast well for film. More often cynically. She was not 28 but younger and what "youth market" could there have possibly have been for this film in the late sixties? Pearl Bailey would have slayed it, but would never be allowed. The best choice, not mentioned here would have been Anne Bancroft. She was a current film star, the right age and a sexy funny and musical broad. Interesting match for Matthau too. Lucy also would have been better than Streisand. Lucy could sustain a performance and was always great with little bits of business to do.

Her voice had some pathos and she had that grand artificial manner lady/clown thing down. Barbra could then still do what she has always done. Record the best songs, with her "special" modulations and sustained notes murdering all meaning. I was 3 years old when this movie came out, and it was square to my parents and still terrible today. Streisand was embarrassing, I was not sure that she was a woman. by Butterfly's Fart reply 161 12/29/2012 The movie was an overproduced pile of sweet cement. Streisand's age was the least of its problems. by Butterfly's Fart reply 162 12/29/2012 I agree, "Hello, Dolly," or Streisand did not particularly connect to the youth market...unless you mean the gay youth market. by Butterfly's Fart There can never be enough Hello Dolly threads on datalounge. by Butterfly's Fart reply 168 02/10/2013 If they did it on Broadway today I think Faith Prince would be perfect in the title role.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 169 02/10/2013 I'd love to see Donna Murphy do it, though I can't imagine her sticking through any revival again. by Butterfly's Fart reply 170 02/10/2013 The movie comes to life when BS sings. It doesn't matter that she's not 50. The idea that casting some washed-up middle aged actress in the lead would have improved everything is delusional. by Butterfly's Fart 02/10/2013 "It doesn't matter that she's not 50." It must matter at some level, because the film was not a success. had she been well cast, it would have been successful. by Butterfly's Fart reply 172 02/10/2013 [quote]It must matter at some level, because the film was not a success. had she been well cast, it would have been successful. It was among the top box office hits of the year. by Butterfly's Fart [quote] Shelley Winters would have been terrific! Only if I was playing Irene Malloy.

by Butterfly's Fart reply 196 01/15/2016 I'll watch this movie a million times before you can ever force me to watch so much as a goddamn second that horrible movie where Julie Andrews lugs around an umbrella and acts like a stuck-up cunt. She was miscast in a film that never should have been made in the first place. Streisand, by contrast, was sensational as Dolly; I find her younger self playing older much more convincingly than the 40-year-old teenager she played in [italic]Yentl[/italic]. The haters' bitterness doesn't reflect the reality of the film. And who cares if it flopped in 1969? Nixon just got elected: the majority isn't always right. [italic]Dolly[/italic] doesn't need a remake. [italic]Mame[/italic] does. by Butterfly's Fart Hello, Dolly! on iTunes by Jedi1977 I never knew what Hello Dolly was until I saw Wall-E in theatres, the movie had "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" and "It Only Takes a Moment".

Many months after I saw Wall-E I saw this musical and I must say that I loved it, especially Barbra Streisand (who was perfect for the role). I'm an actor myself and ever since I saw this movie I've been wanting to do the stage musical. Thanks to Pixar, Hello Dolly was introduced to the new generation. Highly Recommend! Hello Dolly! by Platzergraph One of the greatest movies ever! I love Barbara Streisand. (Not her political views though) She has a wonderfully different voice and this role suits her perfectly. Viewers Also Bought Hello, Dolly! - Movies & TV on Google Play Hello, Dolly! Item added to wishlist. Item removed from wishlist. You will receive an email when your movie becomes available. You will not be charged until it is released. ( 150) Synopsis Barbara Streisand is a knockout as Dolly Levi, and Hello, Dolly!, is the blockbuster musical you'll want to see her in again and again.

The famed plot involves Dolly, a young widow and professional matchmaker who sets her sights, and whatever else she can muster, on conquering tight-fisted Yonkers merchant, Horace Vandergeider, beautifully played by Walter Matthau. My review 1 2 Silvia Castaneda I love this move it was the best move I ever seeing To me there no better move Alaina Willis Hello Dolly One of my all time fav musicals ♡♡♡♡ Kate Laracuenta Been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. Probably watched it over a hundred times. Bridget Ellis Lovely This is such a happy go lucky movie! I could watch it over and over.

TF M Extrodinary Best movie that i have ever seen truely one that you will never forget Meredith Boatwright User reviews Silvia Castaneda March 6, 2014 I love this move it was the best move I ever seeing To me there no better move Alaina Willis February 12, 2015 Hello Dolly One of my all time fav musicals ♡♡♡♡ Full Review Kate Laracuenta September 3, 2015 Been one of my favorite movies since I was a kid. Probably watched it over a hundred times. Bridget Ellis February 28, 2014 Lovely This is such a happy go lucky movie! I could watch it over and over. TF M April 4, 2015 Extrodinary Best movie that i have ever seen truely one that you will never forget Meredith Boatwright August 12, 2016 Hello Dolly! Oliver Abrams December 8, 2014 Perfect I loved this movie. Barbara Streisand is absolutely stunning as usually. Nathan Martinez February 16, 2016 Barbra was amazing in this movie.

One of my favorite musicals Jamika Needom November 25, 2016 Best movie I love this musical. Kathryn Phillips September 9, 2016 Hello Dolly Musical Cindy Justice October 12, 2014 Hello Dolly Musical Call On Dolly: | From Carol to Bette! From Carol to Bette! Tell us, Mrs. Levi…What’s in all this for you? There are very few individuals who know more about Dolly Gallagher Levi than I … Oh, and Jerry Herman, of course. However, Richard Skipper certainly comes close. When it comes to the history of Jerry’s brilliant production, beyond the 5000 plus performances of my own, even I turn to Richard Skipper when I have questions about the remarkable ladies who followed me in the role that the world fell in love with over 50 years ago. From the world’s second Dolly, Carole Cook, to the original Broadway production’s last Dolly, Ethel Merman, and all of those talented ladies in between.

Pearl Bailey, who made the role of Dolly her own, Phyllis Diller, who has often been mistaken for me and I her, and Eve Arden, who wore the exact same size as I and stepped in for me so I could film Thoroughly Modern Millie. Oh, and don’t forget JoAnne Worley, who so patently waited in the wings as my standby and did such a remarkable job of it when she eventually donned Dolly’s red gown for herself. Dolly is America’s Hamlet and should be treated with the same respect and played by everyone. I am so glad that Richard has taken the time to chronicle the history of the Dollys. She is theatre’s ultimate Broadway Babe … with all due respect to Maria Van Trapp, Eliza Doolittle, Sally Bowles, Mama Rose and Mame.” – Carol Channing Ken Fallin’s rendition of Bette as Dolly With Bette Midler returning to her musical roots in Broadway AND the first major revival of this show (excluding returns to Broadway with Channing and Bailey), what better time than now to celebrate this landmark musical? It is such an important part of our rich musical theater history.

Call on Dolly: from Carol to Bette is a celebration of the wonderful women (and a few good men) who have returned time and time again to the Harmonia Gardens and into our hearts. Channing related a quotation by Sir John Gielgud to TV host Charles Osgood: “You Americans forget your classic characters–I do Hamlet every fifteen years or so. You should continue to do Hello, Dolly! Your contribution to American art form is the American musical comedy– musical theatre.” And Walter Kerr offered that Carol Channing is “the only creature extant who can live up to a Hirschfeld.” Call on Dolly: From Carol to Bette is based on over 500 interviews that Richard has conducted regarding the various productions and those lucky enough to share the experiences of working with these legendary ladies. On March 25, 1987 Jerry Herman told Variety: “I don’t want Carol Channing’s performance to be lost…. Can you imagine not having the opening night of Carousel or of South Pacific?

” He repeated this in correspondence dated November 8, 1990, on the occasion of Mary Martin’s passing: “Unfortunately, we weren’t even sneaking video cameras into theaters all those years ago.” He lamented the loss of Merman, concluding: “I miss her a lot and now that Mary and Pearl are gone my list of Dollys grows shorter every year.” Call on Dolly, refers to the opening song of Hello, Dolly and is not just about the show. It is about an entire “family” of actors and theater professionals who share this common bond.The foreword is graciously provided by the original Dolly, Carol Channing. From 1964 until 1970, Carol Channing, Ginger Rogers, Martha Raye, Betty Grable, Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller and Ethel Merman would put their individual stamp on a star vehicle which we will never see the likes of again.

Through the genius of David Merrick’s producing and marketing savvy, by constantly rotating his leading lady, and in the case of Pearl Bailey, an entire company, he was able to keep the show a vital part of the Broadway scene for seven years…even as shows such as Hair and Jesus Christ Superstar were arriving upon the scene. During the course of the Broadway run, Carole Cook led the Australian company. Mary Martin led the international tour (which included Japan, Vietnam, and London). There were also various companies traveling throughout the US and major Vegas productions including Betty Grable, Ginger Rogers, Dorothy Lamour, Yvonne de Carlo amongst others. The 1969 movie starring Barbra Streisand as Dolly Levi has now become a classic. There is also the film Wall-E with an incredible homage to the film, Hello, Dolly! There were regional and summer stock companies led by some of the greatest leading ladies in show business. The original Broadway run (January 16, 1964, at the St.

James Theater through December 27, 1970, after 2,844 performances) occurred amidst the historical landscape of the 1960s, including assassinations of the President of the United States, Robert Kennedy and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., the Vietnam War, the Watts Riots, AND the way the world listened to popular music when the Beatles hit American shores, also in 1964! This show was the antithesis of what was going on in the world at that time. When Louis Armstrong recorded Hello, Dolly in 1963, he became the oldest act to top the US charts when his recording reached number one in 1964 knocking the Beatles clear off the charts! Hello, Dolly, with lyrics and music by Jerry Herman and a book by Michael Stewart, was based on Thornton Wilder’s 1938 farce The Merchant of Yonkers. Wilder revised and retitled The Matchmaker in 1955. Carole Cook leads the Australian Company When that became the musical Hello, Dolly, in 1964 history was made. Hello, Dolly surpassed the success of the original source material.

The Theatre Guild and David Merrick had presented Ruth Gordon as Dolly Levi in 1955′s The Matchmaker. Nine years later, thanks to the chemistry of the Messrs. Stewart, Champion and Herman– and most especially Carol Channing– a new dimension was brought to the character. Thornton Wilder had told Carol that he had re-written The Matchmaker for thirty-six years and yet never got it as desired until Michael Stewart, Jerry Herman and Gower Champion brought it to the musical theatre. The story continues to be fascinating to many because of the vibrant personalities associated with the production from Carol Channing to Sally Struthers captured the true essence of Dolly! Sally Struthers The Goodspeed Opera House had a highly successful SOLD OUT run starring Klea Blackhurst as Dolly Levi opposite Tony nominated Tony Sheldon as Horace Vandergelder . This celebration obviously didn’t stop with the curtain going down on Ethel Merman that long ago December of 1970. The show keeps on giving. There are productions of Hello, Dolly in regional theatres and high schools on any given day of the week.

It is still one of the most sought out productions in regional, community, stock, and even in high schools and colleges! The stories and experiences of those who are part of this legacy show the vast changes in the entertainment world over the past fifty years and will be hopefully enjoyed by theater professionals and fans for years to come. In closing, it was my love of Carol Channing that led me to performing as her in the first place. The icing on the cake was not only becoming a close friend of her and her last husband Harry (even staying in their home!), but becoming friends of her allies and co-stars and friends. Getting to know these co-stars, especially from Hello, Dolly! led me to the desire to archive their stories in this website, and eventual book. These experiences of the theater should be remembered by new generations, especially since the theater and how it is performed and perceived is constantly evolving. We will NEVER see that kind of theater and dedication to a particular role ever again. I want the legacy of ALL of the players both on and off-stage to be remembered. I feel on some cosmic level that I will carry that mantle forward to future artists and theater-goers alike.

I do miss performing as Carol but it was time to move on, but who knows? Maybe some day you will see me descend those stairs at the Harmonia Gardens just one more time! Richard Skipper

Question: Who played Dolly Levi in the 1969 film ‘Hello Dolly’?
Answer: Barbra Streisand