Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Director:

Gene Kelly

Writers:

Ernest Lehman (writer)
Michael Stewart (stage musical)
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Release Date:

16 December 1969 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Comedy | Musical | Family

Plot:

A matchmaker named Dolly Levi takes a trip to Yonkers, New York to see the "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder...

Plot Keywords:

Broadway Musical | Based On Musical | 1890s | Hat | Wealthy

Awards:

Won 3 Oscars. Another 1 win & 13 nominations

Cast

Barbra Streisand	...	Dolly Levi
Walter Matthau	...	Horace Vandergelder
Michael Crawford	...	Cornelius Hackl
Marianne McAndrew	...	Irene Molloy
Danny Lockin	...	Barnaby Tucker
E.J. Peaker	...	Minnie Fay
Joyce Ames	...	Ermengarde Vandergelder
Tommy Tune	...	Ambrose Kemper
Judy Knaiz	...	Gussie Granger / Ernestina Simple
David Hurst	...	Rudolph Reisenweber
Fritz Feld	...	Fritz, German waiter
Richard Collier	...	Joe, Vandergelder's barber
J. Pat O'Malley	...	Policeman in Park
Louis Armstrong	...	Louis, Orchestra Leader
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Ahdar	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Will Ahern	...	Dancer (uncredited)
William 'Billy' Benedict	...	News vendor (uncredited)
James Chandler	...	Sullivan, ticket seller (uncredited)
Ron Cisneros	...	Waiter (uncredited)
John Command	...	Dancing Waiter (uncredited)
Jimmy Cross	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Scatman Crothers	...	Mr. Jones, redcap railroad porter (uncredited)
Linda Dano	...	(uncredited)
Sam Edwards	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Morgan Farley	...	Workman / onlooker (uncredited)
Jessie Garnier	...	Woman with groceries (uncredited)
Art Gilmore	...	Trailer Narrator (uncredited)
Bern Hoffman	...	Harmonia Gardens patron (uncredited)
Ken Hooker	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Shep Houghton	...	Dancer / singer (uncredited)
Jim Hutchison	...	Stanley (uncredited)
Jerry James	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen	...	Extra (uncredited)
Hubie Kerns	...	Keystone Kop (uncredited)
Ross Kimbrough	...	Onlooker (uncredited)
Charles Lampkin	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Ted Mapes	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Michael Mark	...	Pushcart man (uncredited)
Robert Neal Marshall	...	Boy With Hoop (uncredited)
Bert May	...	Dancing waiter (uncredited)
James McEachin	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Tyler McVey	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Harry Monty	...	(uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore	...	Officer Gogarty (uncredited)
Sanita Pelkey	...	Girl on Float (uncredited)
Alex Plasschaert	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Eddie Quillan	...	Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
Ralph Roberts	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Tucker Smith	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Cecil Lester Stout III	...	Drummerboy (uncredited)
Clay Tanner	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Lisa Todd	...	Rhine maiden (uncredited)
Jerry Trent	...	Dancer (uncredited)
USC Trojan Marching Band	...	Band (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim	...	Pushcart man (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson	...	Laborer (uncredited)
Bart Williams	...	News Vendor (uncredited)
Judith Woodbury	...	Dinner guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Gene Kelly

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ernest Lehman		writer
Johann Nestroy		play "Einen Jux will er sich machen" (uncredited)
Michael Stewart		stage musical
Thornton Wilder		play "The Matchmaker"

Produced by
Roger Edens	....	associate producer
Ernest Lehman	....	producer

Original Music by
Jerry Herman

Cinematography by
Harry Stradling Sr.

Film Editing by
William Reynolds

Casting by
Alixe Gordin
Joe Scully

Production Design by
John DeCuir

Art Direction by
Herman A. Blumenthal
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Raphael Bretton
George James Hopkins		(as George Hopkins)
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by
Irene Sharaff

Makeup Department
Edwin Butterworth	....	makeup artist
Dick Hamilton	....	makeup artist (as Richard Hamilton)
Edith Lindon	....	hair stylist
Daniel C. Striepeke	....	makeup supervisor (as Dan Striepeke)
Verne Langdon	....	special makeup effects artist (uncredited)
Sharleen Rassi	....	hair stylist (uncredited)

Production Management
Francisco Day	....	unit production manager
Richard Kobritz	....	assistant production manager
George E. Swink	....	post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Paul Helmick	....	first assistant director
Robert J. Koster	....	first assistant director
Richard Lang	....	second assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Lloyd R. Apperson	....	construction foreman
Greg C. Jensen	....	set construction
Dennis J. Parrish	....	property master
Craig Binkley	....	set dresser (uncredited)
Ward Preston	....	assistant art director (uncredited)

Sound Department
James Corcoran	....	sound supervisor
Jack Solomon	....	production sound mixer
Murray Spivack	....	sound re-recording mixer
Vinton Vernon	....	sound re-recording mixer
Donald C. Rogers	....	sound recordist (uncredited)

Special Effects by
L.B. Abbott	....	special photographic effects
Art Cruickshank	....	special photographic effects
Gerald Endler	....	mechanical effects
Emil Kosa Jr.	....	special photographic effects (uncredited)

Stunts
Phil Adams	....	stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett	....	stunts (uncredited)
Dick Dial	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Stephanie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Loren Janes	....	stunts (uncredited)
Maurice Marks	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ernst Haas	....	still photographer
Ronald B. MacKenzie	....	electrician
Dave Friedman	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Roy H. Wagner	....	assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Courtney Haslam	....	wardrobe supervisor
Barbara Westerland	....	wardrobe
Ed Wynigear	....	wardrobe

Editorial Department
Sati Tooray	....	colorist

Music Department
Warren Barker	....	orchestrator
Frank Comstock	....	orchestrator
Don Costa	....	orchestrator
Alexander Courage	....	orchestrator
Lennie Hayton	....	conductor
Lennie Hayton	....	orchestrator
Philip J. Lang	....	orchestrator
Jack Latimer	....	music arranger: choral
Joseph Lipman	....	orchestrator
Robert Mayer	....	music editor
Lionel Newman	....	conductor
Herbert W. Spencer	....	orchestrator (as Herbert Spencer)
Kenneth Wannberg	....	music editor
Douglas O. Williams	....	music mixer
Bob Bain	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)

Transportation Department
Chris Haynes	....	driver (uncredited)

Other crew
George Eckert	....	dialogue coach
Shelah Hackett	....	assistant choreographer
Mollie Kent	....	script supervisor
Michael Kidd	....	choreographer
Marvin Laird	....	dance arranger
Patricia Newcomb	....	unit publicist
Randee Lynne Jensen	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Chenault Productions Inc.
• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation

Distributors

• Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation (1969) (USA) (theatrical)
• CBS Television (1974) (USA) (TV) (original airing) (pan/scan)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment España S.A. (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Brazil) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (199?) (USA) (VHS) (pan/scan)

Other Companies

• Lawrence W. Ford and Company  antique jewelry
• Solters & Digney  publicity

Also Known As:

Alô, Dolly! (Brazil) [pt]
Alo!... Dolly... (Greece) [el]
Cici kiz (Turkey: Turkish title) [tr]
Hello Dolly (Denmark) [da]
Hello, Dolly! (France) [fr]
Hello, Dolly! (Spain) [es]
Hello, Dolly! (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

146 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) (Westrex Recording System) | Mono (35 mm prints)

Certification:

Iceland:L | New Zealand:G | Norway:7 | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Chile:TE | Finland:S | Singapore:PG | Spain:T | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Chenault Productions Inc.

Trivia:

When director George Roy Hill heard about the turn-of-the-century New York set constructed for the film, he wanted to use the set to film a brief sequence in which Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) and Etta Place visit the Big Apple. The producers were proprietary about the set, and didn't want it to appear in another movie. 20th Century Fox, however, allowed Hill to take still photographs of his stars Paul Newman, Robert Redford and Katharine Ross on the set, surrounded by the extras (who appear it the old-time, tinted photos as city crowds) which were used in a montage sequence that served as a transition between the U.S. West and Bolivia sections of the movie.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The Budweiser Clydesdales and beer wagon appear in the 14th street parade. They were not formed until 1933, well after the period in which Hello Dolly is set.

Quotes:

Horace: I'm going to march in the 14th street parade with the only kind of people I can trust: 700 men.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "The Nanny: You Bette Your Life (#4.23)" (1997)

Soundtrack:

It Takes a Woman

You all are wearing me out.

Perhaps... just perhaps... Gene Kelly INTENTIONALLY cast Barbara Streisand as a younger, more sexual Dolly rather than the older version because he thought it would make more money... obviously wrong, but nonetheless an interesting strategy. I don't remember much of that time (late 60's) but I do remember seeing the movie with my mother at a drive-in way back then, and then catching a commercial-ridden version on a local TV station in the 80's after I had significantly fallen in love with Babs by way of Yentl. I believe, if I remember correctly, that Rudy's line at the Harmonia Gardens says that Dolly has not made an appearance there in over 2 years (not 20, not 40, not 50)... Let's assume that Ephraim died some 2 years ago and Dolly in despair cut herself out of her old life. Even at 27 (Babs age at the time), she could have been widowed at 25, which at the turn of the century would have been about 7 years of marriage for most ladies... How long did she have to have been married to qualify as "experienced". She purposefully picks on Horace because she has decided not to look for another "love of her life," but rather has chosen to affect someone who is bound to spend his life alone (like she has been facing) and make something more of his life than he alone could have done. Remember she even says in her prayer to Ephraim "Oh it won't be a marriage in the sense that we had one..." Get off the "She's too young" kick and look at the movie for what it is... a big, splashy, excellent produced bit of Americana. Movie musicals will never be this audaciously classy and clever ever again.