Monday, July 4, 2011

HELLO,DOLLY

Hello, Dolly!
Chenault Productions / 20th Century-Fox, 1969, Color, 148 minutes, ***½
Released December, 1969

Lavish screen adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical stars Barbra Streisand as the turn-of-the-century New York matchmaker who falls for client Walter Matthau. Supporting turns by Michael Crawford and Louis Armstrong, and a score that includes "Before the Parade Passes By," "Just Leave Everything to Me" and the title song, add to the fun.

Setting: New York City, 1890

Written for the Screen and Produced by: Ernest Lehman
Associate Producer: Roger Edens
Directed by: Gene Kelly
Assistant Director: Paul Helmick
Screenplay: Ernest Lehman
Based on the Stage Play "Hello, Dolly!"
Produced on the New York Stage by Davis Merrick
Book of Stage Play by Michael Stewart
Based on The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder
Music and Lyrics of Stage Play by Jerry Herman
Directed and Choreographed by Gower Champion
Music and Lyrics by: Jerry Herman
Music Director: Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
Music Scored and Conducted by: Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman
Orchestrations: Philip J. Lang, Lennie Hayton, Herbert Spencer, Alexander Courage, Don Costa, Warren Barker, Frank Comstock, Joseph Lipman
Dance Arrangements: Marvin Laird
Choral Arrangements: Jack Latimer
Dances and Musical Numbers Staged by: Michael Kidd
Production Designed by: John De Cuir
Art Directors: Jack Martin Smith, Herman Blumenthal
Set Decorations: Walter M. Scott, George Hopkins, Raphael Bretton
Costumes Designed by: Irene Sharaff
Makeup Supervision: Dan Striepeke
Hairstyling by: Edith Lindon
Sound by: Murray Spivack, Vinton Vernon, Jack Solomon, Douglas Williams
Director of Photography: Harry Stradling
Special Photographic Effects: L. B. Abbott, Art Cruickshank
Produced in Todd-AO, Color by De Luxe
Film Editor: William Reynolds

Awards: Academy Awards for Best Score - Musical (Lennie Hayton and Lionel Newman), Best Art Direction/Set Decoration and Best Sound; Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Cinematography (Harry Stadling), Best Film Editing and Best Costume Design (Irene Sharaff)

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], 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]

Musical Program: [0:01] Just Leave Everything to Me (sung by Barbra Streisand and Chorus); [0:15] It Takes a Woman (sung by Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin and Ensemble); [0:23] It Takes a Woman (sung by Barbra Streisand); [0:31] Put on Your Sunday Clothes (sung by Michael Crawford, sung and danced by Barbra Streisand and Chorus); [0:39] Ribbons Down My Back (sung by Marianne McAndrew); [0:57] Dancing (sung and danced by Barbra Streisand, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Marianne McAdndrew, E. J. Peaker and Ensemble and Chorus); [1:05] Before the Parade Passes By (sung by Barbra Streisand, taken up by marching band in parade, sung by Chorus); [1:16] Intermission
[1:21] Elegance (sung and danced by Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Marianne McAndrew and E. J. Peaker); [1:26] Love Is Only Love (sung by Barbra Streisand); [1:47] Hello, Dolly! (sung and danced by Barbra Streisand and Chorus; sung by Armstrong Louis and Barbra Streisand); [2:07] It Only Takes a Moment (sung by Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew and Chorus); [2:12] So Long, Dearie (sung by Barbra Streisand); [2:22] Hello, Dolly! (sung and danced by Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand); [2:23] Finale (reprisals of several songs sung and danced by the Company); [2:26] Exit Music

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