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.
Production
The parade scene bankrupted studios and invented the term 'overproduction.'
Costume
Streisand's feathered hats could signal aircraft. Iconic.
Acting
Walter Matthau's barely-contained rage versus Streisand's chaos is *chef's kiss*.
Director
Gene Kelly
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
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Streisand was 26 playing a widow; Matthau was 49 playing her romantic interest. Hollywood math!
This film killed the Hollywood musical for a decade — its massive budget and Old Hollywood style couldn't compete with New Hollywood grit.
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