Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American musical film, based on the Broadway production of the same name and released on December 16, 1969 by 20th Century Fox. The film follows the story of Dolly Levi (Barbra Streisand), a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in an attempt to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, her intended, and Horace's tw...
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Hello, Dolly! is a 1969 American musical film, based on the Broadway production of the same name and released on December 16, 1969 by 20th Century Fox. The film follows the story of Dolly Levi (Barbra Streisand), a strong-willed matchmaker who travels to Yonkers, New York in an attempt to find a match for the miserly "well-known unmarried half-a-millionaire," Horace Vandergelder. In doing so, she convinces his niece, her intended, and Horace's two clerks to travel to New York City.
Gene Kelly directed producer Ernest Lehman's screenplay. The cast included Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Danny Lockin, Tommy Tune, Fritz Feld, Marianne McAndrew, E. J. Peaker and Louis Armstrong, whose recording of the title tune was a #1 hit in the mid-1960s. It was photographed in 65 mm Todd-AO by Harry Stradling Sr.
In 1890, all of New York City is excited because widowed, brassy Dolly Levi (Streisand) is in town ("Call On Dolly"). Dolly makes a living through matchmaking and...
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