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Dolly Levi is a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in order to see 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 New York City.
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Dec 25, 2022 · via TMDB
Barbra Streisand and Walter Matthau make for quite a formidable team in this entertaining comedy drama about a marriage broker ("Dolly") who is engaged to find a bride for the wealthy "Horace". He is a bit cantankerous so she has her work cut out for her, but undeterred - she travels to Yonkers where she embroils his two clerks "Cornelius" (Michael Crawford) and "Barnaby" (Danny Lockin) in more affairs of the heart with "Minnie" (E.J. Peaker) and "Irene" (Marianne McAndrew) before a denouement that we all expected, but is nonetheless fun to watch. This film really all belongs to a star very much at the top of her game delivering some pithy lines whilst attired in crippling corsets and dancing in some uncomfortable looking lace-up boots. Directed by Gene Kelly so you would expect the ensemble dance numbers to be top drawer, and the they are - synchronised to within an inch of their lives, but always looking natural and flowing enthusiastically. Jerry Herman certainly does the business with the lyrics - "Put on Your Sunday Clothes"; "It Takes a Woman" and the Louis Armstrong assisted title song all make this a quickly paced and enjoyable romp through all things mischievous, Jewish and one that is at times almost bawdy. Matthau is a revelation - he really enters into the spirit of things and Michael Crawford (though never my favourite singer) demonstrates a nimble fleetness-of-foot that adds a charm to the proceedings too. I couldn't quite believe that 2½ hours flew by so quickly and if you are a fan of top-end musical theatre then you are in for a real treat.
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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
Tommy Tune
Ambrose Kemper
Judy Knaiz
Gussie Granger
David Hurst
Rudolph Reisenweber
Fritz Feld
Rudolph's Assistant
Richard Collier
Vandergelder's Barber
J. Pat O'Malley
Policeman in Park
Louis Armstrong
Orchestra Leader
Rutanya Alda
Townsperson (uncredited)
Frank Baker
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
George Barrows
Policeman (uncredited)
William Benedict
News Vendor (uncredited)
Jack Berle
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Man (uncredited)
Buddy Bryan
Dancer (uncredited)
James Chandler
Sullivan (Ticket Seller) (uncredited)
Allegra Clegg
Blonde Daughter (uncredited)
Scatman Crothers
Mr. Jones (Porter) (uncredited)
Billy Curtis
Little Person (uncredited)
Linda Dano
Woman (uncredited)
Lester Dorr
Workman (uncredited)
Sam Edwards
Laborer (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper
Float Girl (uncredited)
Morgan Farley
Workman / Onlooker (uncredited)
William Fawcett
Customer (uncredited)
Rozsika Halmos
Pretzel Woman (uncredited)
Chester Hayes
Stiltwalker (uncredited)
James Hibbard
Dancer (uncredited)
Bern Hoffman
Harmonia Gardens Patron (uncredited)
Shep Houghton
Dancer / Singer (uncredited)
Jenie Jackson
Brunhilda (uncredited)
Michael Jeffers
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Charles Lampkin
Laborer (uncredited)
Nolan Leary
Workman (uncredited)
Ted Mapes
Policeman (uncredited)
Jerry Maren
Little Person (uncredited)
Michael Mark
Pushcart Man (uncredited)
Philo McCullough
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
James McEachin
Laborer (uncredited)
Al McGranary
Lleweyn Codd (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
Laborer (uncredited)
Patrick O'Moore
Officer Gogarty (uncredited)
Sanita Pelkey
Girl on Float (uncredited)
Eddie Quillan
Mr. Cassidy (uncredited)
Jack Raine
Elderly Man (uncredited)
Leoda Richards
Old Lady at Parade (uncredited)
Cosmo Sardo
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Tucker Smith
Dancer (uncredited)
Georgina Spelvin
Dancer (uncredited)
Lisa Todd
Rhine Maiden (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Charles Wagenheim
Pushcart Man (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Laborer (uncredited)
John DeCuir
Production Design
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Daniel C. Striepeke
Makeup Supervisor
Michael Kidd
Choreographer
Jeannie Epper
Stunts
Gene Kelly
Director
Ernest Lehman
Producer
Jerry Herman
Songs
Thornton Wilder
Theatre Play
Ernest Lehman
Writer
Dec 12, 1969
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