THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE

The Happiest Millionaire
Walt Disney, 1967, Color, 144 minutes, ***½
Released November, 1967

It's Philadelphia, 1916. The daughter of an eccentric millionaire (Fred MacMurray), Cordy (Lesley Ann Warren), falls in love with socialite Angier (John Davidson), but has trouble finding acceptance by his snooty mother (Geraldine Page). But true love can conquer all problems. Lots of laughs in this cute comedy with a great cast and a wonderful Sherman Brothers song score. High points include Gladys Cooper and Geraldine Page in "There Are Those," Steele, Warren, Baddeley and MacMurray in the high-stepping "I'll Always Be Irish," Bulifant and Warren slinking around their dorm room in "Bye-Yum Pum Pum" and Lesley Ann Warren and John Davidson in the beautiful "Are We Dancing?"

Producer: Walt Disney
Co-Producer: Bill Anderson
Directed by: Norman Tokar
Assistant Director: Paul Cameron
Screenplay by: A. J. Carothers
Based on the Play by: Kyle Crichton
Suggested by a Book by: Cordelia Drexel Biddle and Kyle Crichton ("My Philadelphia Father")
Produced for the New York Stage by: Howard Erskine and Joseph Hayes
Music Supervised, Arranged and Conducted by: Jack Elliott
Music and Lyrics: Richard M. Sherman and Robert B. Sherman
Musical Numbers Staged by: Marc Breaux and Dee Dee Wood
Art Directors: Carroll Clark, John B. Mansbridge
Set Decorators: Emile Kuri, Frank R. McKelvy
Costumes Designd by: Bill Thomas
Make=up by: Gordon Hubbard
Hair Stylist: Vivienne Zavitz
Sound Supervisor: Robert O. Cook
Director of Photography: Edward Colman
Color by Technicolor
Special Effects: Eustace Lycett, Peter Ellenshaw
Film Editor: Cotton Warburton

Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design

Cast: Fred MacMurray [Father], Greer Garson [Mother], Gladys Cooper [Aunt Mary], Geraldine Page [Mrs. Duke], Tommy Steele [John Lawless], Hermione Baddeley [Mrs. Worth], John Davidson [Angier], Lesley Ann Warren [Cordy], Paul Petersen [Tony], Eddie Hodges [Livingston], Joyce Bulifant [Rosemary], Sean McClory [Police Sgt.], Jim McMullan [Lt. Powell], William Wellman, Jr. [Lt. Grayson], Aron Kincaid [Walter Blakely], Larry Merrill [Charlie Taylor], Frances Robinson [Aunt Gladys]

Musical Program: [0:00] Overture (played by Orchestra); [0:05] Fortuosity (sung and danced by Tommy Steele); [0:12] What's Wrong with That! (sung by Fred MacMurray joined by Lesley Ann Warren); [0:18] Watch Your Footwork (sung by Paul Petersen and Eddie Hodges); [0:22] Valentine Candy (sung by Lesley Ann Warren); [0:26] Strengthen the Dwelling (sung by Fred MacMurray and the Biddle Bible Class); [0:41] I'll Always Be Irish (sung and danced by Tommy Steele with Fred MacMurray, Lesley Ann Warren and Hermione Baddeley); [0:50] Bye-Yum Pum Pum (sung and danced by Joyce Bulifant and Lesley Ann Warren); [0:59] Are We Dancing? (sung and danced by John Davidson and Lesley Ann Warren); [1:14] Detroit (sung by John Davidson); [1:34] Fortuosity (reprised by Tommy Steele with a cakewalk by Tommy Steele and George); [1:37] Entr'Act: "Bye-Yum Pum Pum" / "Are We Dancing" (played by Orchestra); [1:58] When a Man Has a Daughter (a few bars) / What's Wrong with That (reprised by Fred MacMurray); [2:01] short segment from the opera CARMEN (sung by Fred MacMurray); [2:06] There Are Those (sung by Gladys Cooper and Geraldine Page); [2:18] production number: Let's Have a Drink On It (sung and danced by Tommy Steele, John Davidson and Ensemble in pub); [2:42] It Won't Be Long 'Til Christmas (sung by Greer Garson and Fred MacMurray); [2:47] Let's Have a Drink On It (reprised by Biddle Bible Class); [2:48] end credits and exit music (played by Orchestra; "Fortuosity" reprised by Tommy Steele)