Hello, Dolly! ★★ 1969 (G) Widow Dolly Levi, while matchmaking for her friends, finds a match for herself. Based on the hugely successful Broadway musical adapted from Thornton Wilder's play "Matchmaker." Lightweight story needs better actors with stronger characterizations. Original Broadway score helps. ♫Hello Dolly; Just Leave Everything to Me; Love is Only Love; Dancing; Walter's Gavotte; It Only Takes a Moment; Ribbons Down My Back; Elegance; It Takes a Woman. 146m/C VHS. Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Louis Armstrong, E.J. Peaker, Marianne McAndrew, Tommy Tune;
Director:
Gene Kelly;
Writer:
Ernest Lehman;
Writer:
Harry Stradling Sr.;
Cameo:
Jerry Herman. Oscars '69: Art Dir./Set Dec., Sound, Scoring/Musical.
