''Hello, Dolly!'' is a 1969 American

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film based on the 1964 Broadway production of the same name, which was based on

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's play '' The Matchmaker''. Directed by

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and written and produced by

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, the film stars

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, Danny Lockin,

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, Marianne McAndrew, E. J. Peaker and

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(whose recording of the title tune had been a number-one hit in May 1964). The film follows the story of Dolly Levi, a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to

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, to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, his niece's intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to

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. Released on December 16, 1969, by

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, the film won three

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s: for Best Art Direction, Best Score of a Musical Picture and Best Sound, and was nominated for four other Academy Awards, including

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. Although the film eventually broke even financially, it was not a contemporary commercial success.

Plot

In 1890, well-known widowed matchmaker Dolly Levi plans to travel to

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. She seeks a wife for Horace Vandergelder, an unmarried "half-a-millionaire". Meanwhile, young artist Ambrose Kemper wants to marry Horace's niece Ermengarde. Horace opposes this, feeling that Ambrose cannot provide financial security. Horace, who owns Vandergelder's Hay and Feed, plans to travel to

to march in the 14th Street Parade and to propose to milliner Irene Molloy, whom he met through Dolly. After arriving in Yonkers, Dolly sends Horace ahead to New York. Before leaving, he tells his clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, to mind the store. Cornelius, however, decides that he and Barnaby need to get out of Yonkers. Dolly overhears and decides to set them up with Irene and her shop assistant Minnie Fay. Dolly also helps Ambrose and Ermengarde, entering them in a dance contest at the fancy Harmonia Gardens restaurant, which she and her late husband Ephram frequented. The entire company takes the train to New York. In New York, Irene and Minnie open their hat shop for the afternoon. Irene does not love Horace, but the marriage can provide her with financial security and an escape from her boring job. Cornelius and Barnaby arrive at the shop, pretending to be rich. When Horace and Dolly arrive, Cornelius and Barnaby hide. Minnie screams when she finds Cornelius hiding in an armoire. Horace is about to open the armoire, but Dolly "searches" it and pronounces it empty. After hearing Cornelius sneeze, Horace storms out, realizing that there are men hiding in the shop but unaware that they are his clerks. Dolly arranges for Cornelius and Barnaby, who are still pretending to be rich, to take the ladies to dinner at Harmonia Gardens, to make up for their humiliation. The clerks and the ladies attend the Fourteenth Street Association Parade. In a moment alone, Dolly asks for her late husband Ephram's permission to marry Horace, requesting a sign. She resolves to go forward with life. After meeting old friend Gussie Granger on a parade float, Dolly catches up with the annoyed Horace, who is marching in the parade. She says that the heiress Ernestina Simple would be a good match for him and requests that he meet her that evening at Harmonia Gardens. Because the clerks have no money to hire a carriage, they tell the girls that walking to the restaurant is more stylish. At the Harmonia Gardens restaurant, head waiter Rudolph prepares his crew for Dolly's return. Horace arrives to meet his date, who is really Gussie. She is neither rich nor elegant as Dolly implied, and leaves after being bored by Horace, as she and Dolly had planned. Cornelius, Barnaby and their dates arrive, unaware that Horace is also there. Dolly shows up and is greeted by the staff. She sits in the now-empty seat at Horace's table, and says that no matter what he says, she will not marry him. Fearful of being caught, Cornelius confesses to the ladies that he and Barnaby are not wealthy. Irene, who knew all along that they were pretending, offers to pay for the meal. However, Irene realizes that she left her handbag containing all her money at home. The four try to sneak out during the

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contest, but Horace recognizes them, then spots Ermengarde and Ambrose. In the ensuing confrontation, Horace fires the clerks, who are forced to flee as a riot breaks out. Cornelius professes his love for Irene. Horace declares that he would not marry Dolly if she were the last woman on earth. The next morning, at the hay and feed store, Cornelius and Irene, Barnaby and Minnie, and Ambrose and Ermengarde all come to collect the money that Horace owes to them. Chastened, Horace admits that he needs Dolly, who is unsure about the marriage until Ephram sends her a sign. Cornelius becomes Horace's business partner at the store, and Barnaby fills Cornelius's old position. Horace says that life would be dull without Dolly, and she promises that she will "never go away again".

Cast

as Dolly Levi *

as Horace Vandergelder *

as Cornelius Hackl * Marianne McAndrew as Irene Molloy **Melissa Stafford as Irene's singing voice (solo numbers); ''(uncredited)'' * E. J. Peaker as Minnie Fay **Gilda Maiken as Minnie's singing voice (group numbers); ''(uncredited)'' * Danny Lockin as Barnaby Tucker * Joyce Ames as Ermengarde Vandergelder *

as Ambrose Kemper * Judy Knaiz as Gussie Granger; Ernestina Semple * David Hurst as Rudolph Reisenweber *

as Fritz, German waiter * Richard Collier as Joe, Vandergelder's barber * J. Pat O'Malley as Policeman in park *

as Orchestra leader *

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as Porter (''uncredited'') * Tucker Smith (''uncredited'') as Dancer * Jennifer Gan (''uncredited'') as Miss Bolivia

Musical numbers

# "Call On Dolly" # "Just Leave Everything To Me" # "Main Titles (Overture)" # "It Takes a Woman" # "It Takes a Woman (Reprise)" # "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" # "Ribbons Down My Back" # "Dancing" # "Before the Parade Passes By" # "Intermission" # "Elegance" # "Love is Only Love" # " Hello, Dolly!" # "It Only Takes a Moment" # "So Long, Dearie" # "Finale" # "End Credits" The ''Hello, Dolly!''

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was released on the LP and

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formats in December 1969. It was released on

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in November 1994. Both the LP and compact disc omit selections 1, 3, 10 and 17.

Production

Filming

The town of

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, specifically the Garrison Landing Historic District around the train station, was the filming site for scenes in Yonkers. In the opening credits, the passenger train is traveling along the

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on rails belonging to

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. Provided by the Strasburg Rail Road, the train is pulled by Pennsylvania Railroad 1223 (now located in the

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), retrofitted to resemble a New York Central & Hudson River locomotive. The locomotive, used in "Put on Your Sunday Clothes", was restored specifically for the film. The Poughkeepsie (Metro-North station) trackside platform was used at the beginning when Dolly is on her way to Yonkers. The name of Judy Knaiz's character, Ernestina Semple, was changed from the stage version's Ernestina Money. The church scene was filmed on the grounds of the

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, but the church's facade was constructed specifically for the film. The New York City scenes were filmed on the

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lot in California. Some of the exteriors still exist. The film was photographed in 65 mm

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by Harry Stradling. The film was beset by tension on the set, with Streisand clashing with co-star Matthau and director Kelly. Choreographer

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had conflicts with costume designer Irene Sharaff and Kelly, to the point at which he and Kelly were no longer on speaking terms. Tensions came to a head in a heated argument between Streisand and Matthau on June 6, 1968, on a hot day in Garrison on the day after the

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Music

Most of the original Broadway production's score was preserved for the film. However, "Just Leave Everything to Me" and "Love Is Only Love" were not in the stage show. Jerry Herman wrote "Just Leave Everything to Me" specially for Streisand; it effectively replaced "I Put My Hand In" from the Broadway production. However, an instrumental version of parts of "I Put My Hand In" can be heard in the film during the dance competition at the Harmonia Gardens. Herman had written "Love is Only Love" for the stage version of ''

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'', but it was cut before its Broadway premiere. It occurs in the story as Mame tries to explain falling in love to her young nephew Patrick. A brief

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of "Mrs. Horace Vandergelder" was added to the song to integrate it into this film.Konder, George C. ''Hello, Dolly!'': Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Album (CD Re-issue). Liner notes dated September 1994. Philips Records, 810 368-2 Working under the musical direction of

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and

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, the very large team of orchestrators included film stalwarts Herbert W. Spencer and Alexander Courage, the original Broadway production arranger Philip J. Lang, making a rare film outing, and established television and pop arrangers Joe Lipman,

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and

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. All of the actors did their own singing, except for Marianne McAndrew, whose singing was dubbed by Melissa Stafford for Irene's vocal solos, and Gilda Maiken, when Irene sings with other characters.

Release

U.S. premieres

The film premiered in

at the Rivoli Theatre on December 16, 1969. Production had wrapped more than a year prior, but release was significantly delayed for contractual reasons.Kurtti, p. 160 A clause in the 1965 film-sale contract specified that the film could not be released until June 20, 1971, or when the show closed on Broadway, whichever came first. In 1969, the show was still running. Eager to release the film to recoup its cost, Fox negotiated and paid an "early release" escape payment to release the film, which cost Fox an estimated $1–2 million. The following day, the film started 45 roadshow engagements around the United States and Canada, before opening worldwide on December 18, starting in Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand and South Africa.

Box office

The film opened strongly, finishing in third place at the US box office, behind '' On Her Majesty's Secret Service'' and ''

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'' in its opening week, and initially grossed more than ''

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'', but lost momentum and became a disappointment at the box office. It grossed $33.2 million at the box office in the United States, earning a

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(the distributor's share of the box office after deducting the exhibitor's cut) of $15.2 million, ranking it in the top five highest-grossing films of the 1969–1970 season. In total, it earned $26 million in theatrical rentals for Fox, against its $25.335 million production budget. Despite performing decently at the box office, the losses worsened. Over the last few decades, however, it has gone substantially into profit due to successful home-video sales, beginning in 1978, when it went "gold" for

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and

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sales at a then-suggested retail price of $69.95 USD. The soundtrack album's sales also did not live up to expectations, peaking at number 49 on the ''

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'' chart.

Critical reception

The film received favorable reviews on release, but some critics felt that it was not a success as a musical, with Kelly and Kidd making little use of the

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format of the film. Critic Tom Santopietro described their approach as "shoveling more and more bodies on-screen with no apparent purpose".

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in his review for ''

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'' said that the producer and director "merely inflated the faults to elephantine proportions". In more recent years, ''Hello, Dolly!'''s critical reputation has cooled considerably. It holds a 45% rating on review aggregator

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, based on 31 reviews, with an average rating of 6/10. The consensus states: "Though Barbra Streisand charms, she's miscast as the titular middle-aged widow in Gene Kelly's sluggish and over-produced final directorial effort." Eric Henderson of ''

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'' said, "More infamous for bringing Fox financially to its knees than for being the last major musical directed by Gene Kelly, ''Hello, Dolly!'' is one big-assed bull in a china shop. The film cost nearly as much to produce as ''Cleopatra'' and made far less at the box office, thus earning the film its reputation as one of Hollywood’s foremost turkeys."

Accolades

Others

The film is recognized by

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in these lists: * 2004: AFI's 100 Years...100 Songs: ** " Hello, Dolly!" – Nominated * 2006: AFI's Greatest Movie Musicals – Nominated

Home media

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in 2003 and

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in 2013. It began streaming on

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on May 22, 2020.

In other media

* Upon the movie's release, Dolly's Restaurant opened in Garrison, NY, directly across from the train station where the Yonkers scenes were filmed. The restaurant closed in 2008 and reopened in 2018 under new ownership. * Songs and footage from the scenes "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" and "It Only Takes a Moment", as well as still images from the film in general, were prominently featured in the 2008

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film ''

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''. In the movie,

watches the footage from an old Betamax tape and learns about the concept of love from the film. * The songs "Elegance" and "Put on Your Sunday Clothes" are heard through any day at the Main Street section of the

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, with the addition of "Before the Parade Passes By" at

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in Anaheim. * The song "Just Leave Everything to Me" is heard in the Season-2 opening of '' The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel''. * The title song was parodied in the '' Freakazoid!'' episode "Dexter's Date" as "Bonjour Lobey", with Freakazoid's glitching powers turning him into a blue Louis Armstrong to sing with The Lobe.

Notes

References

External links

* * * *
''New York Times'' review

2003 review of the DVD release

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