Hello, Dolly!

Name: Hello, Dolly!
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Music
Released: 1969-12-12
Duration: 2 h 28 min
Rating: 7.1
Cast: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin

Come anytime for the time of your life!

Hello, Dolly! (1969)

Timing: 2:28 (148 min)

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Release date

1969-12-12

Country

United States

Production

20th Century Fox, Chenault Productions

Genre

Comedy, Romance, Music

Budget

$25 000 000

Revenue

$33 136 000

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Director

Gene Kelly

Actors

Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Marianne McAndrew, Danny Lockin, E.J. Peaker, Joyce Ames, Tommy Tune, Judy Knaiz, David Hurst
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Scenario

Ernest Lehman

Producer

Ernest Lehman

Operator

Harry Stradling Sr.

Composer

Lionel Newman

Artist

John DeCuir

Audition

Alixe Gordin, Joe Scully

Editing

William Reynolds
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

The first film released in the US on VHS for home viewing.
One day off from filming, Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford wandered to the racetrack, where a horse named Hello Dolly was running. Matthau refused to bet on it, stating that the horse reminded him of Barbra Streisand, whom he had a very difficult time with. Crawford bet on Hello Dolly, and it came in first. After that incident, Matthau minimized his communication with Crawford to an absolute minimum.
The relationship between Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand was so strained that the actor flatly refused to kiss her during the filming of the final scene kiss. A more or less convincing impression of a kiss was achieved after several takes, which were shot from different angles and at a distance so that the audience wouldn't see that the actors' lips weren't touching.
20th Century Fox acknowledged the rightness of theatrical producer David Merrick (1911-2000), who stated that the film could not be released until the same stage production was no longer running in Broadway theaters, and included a corresponding clause in the contract. By the time filming began, the production had been running on Broadway for four years, so everyone assumed it would no longer be in theaters by the time filming was completed. Merrick then replaced all the actors with Black performers, led by actress and singer Pearl Bailey (1918-1990), and the production once again drew large audiences. Thus, the edited and finished film sat on the shelf for a year and was only released when the film studio paid Merrick a substantial sum. This increased the budget, and the film became an even bigger box office disappointment. And the stage production ran for 7 years, being removed from the repertoire long after the film's release.
On a day off from filming, Walter Matthau and Michael Crawford visited a racecourse where a horse named Hello Dolly was competing. Matthau refused to bet on her, stating that the horse reminded him of Barbra Streisand, whom he had found very difficult to tolerate. Crawford bet on Hello Dolly, and she came in first. After this incident, Matthau reduced his communication with Crawford to an absolute minimum.
The relationship between Walter Matthau and Barbra Streisand was so strained that during the filming of the kiss in the final scene, the actor flatly refused to kiss her. A more or less convincing impression of a kiss was achieved after several takes, filmed from different angles and at a distance, so that the audience could not see that the actors' lips did not touch.
20th Century Fox acknowledged the validity of theatrical producer David Merrick's (1911-2000) claim that the film should not be released as long as the same production was running in Broadway theaters, and included a corresponding clause in the contract. By the time filming began, the production had been on Broadway for four years, so everyone assumed it would no longer be in the theaters' repertoires by the time filming ended. However, Merrick replaced all the actors with Black performers, led by actress and singer Pearl Bailey (1918-1990), and audiences flocked to the production once again. As a result, the edited and completed film sat on the shelf for a year and was only released after the studio paid Merrick a substantial sum. This increased the budget, making the film an even greater box-office disappointment. Meanwhile, the theatrical production ran for seven years, closing long after the film's release.