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Hello, Dolly! [1969] (1 disc) ... |  | |
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Length: | 146 minutes (2 hours 26 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | G | Sorting Category: | Family |
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Synopsis: Matchmaker Dolly Levi travels to Yonkers to find a partner for "half-a-millionaire" Horace Vandergelder, convincing his niece, his niece's intended, and his two clerks to travel to New York City along the way.
Personal Rating: 8/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - Gene KellyGene Kelly fought to keep Michael CrawfordMichael Crawford's singing voice, which the producers wanted to dub.
- Louis ArmstrongLouis Armstrong's final film. He was on set for half a day, and filmed all of his shots in one take. In 1964, his recording of "Hello, Dolly!" hit #1.
- This was the very first film released on home video (VHS and Betamax) in the US. It was released in fall 1977 by the Magnetic Video Corporation, the first of the 50 original films it licensed from Fox. Its catalog number was CL-1001.
- On a break from filming, Walter MatthauWalter Matthau and Michael CrawfordMichael Crawford visited a nearby racetrack and saw a horse named Hello Dolly. Matthau refused to place a bet on it because it reminded him of Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand, whom he detested. Crawford placed a bet on the horse. It won the race, and Matthau refused to speak to Crawford for the rest of the shoot unless absolutely necessary.
- Choreographer [?] Michael Kidd liked pairing tall girls and short guys together for sex appeal and energy in his works. He got just the opposite with Tommy TuneTommy Tune, who stood 6' 6" and Joyce AmesJoyce Ames (Ermangarde), who was 4' 10", a near 2 foot height difference. Kidd was disinterested with them as a couple, but Gene KellyGene Kelly stepped in to help.
- Barbra StreisandBarbra Streisand's gold-beaded gown in the Harmonia Gardens scene weighed 40 pounds, and cost $8,000. The original design included a 2-1/2-foot train, which was removed after she and other dancers tripped over it during rehearsals. The train is visible when Streisand starts down the stairs, then disappears.
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