HELLO, DOLLY! (1969) - ♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Gene Kelly

Written by - Ernest Lehman (from a play by Johann Nestroy, a book of stage play by Michael Stewart and a novel by Thorton Wilder)

Starring - Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford

"In 69, Gene Kelly was still directing musicals in the old fashioned Hollywood style. While at the time the film may have seemed outdated, today we can admire Kelly’s audacity at creating an island around him for the sake of taking cinema to a glamorous filmmaking style that it should not have forgotten, although in the end it did. The story of a matchmaker finding herself a match is also an excellent vehicle for a young Barbra Streisand in one of her most memorable performances as Dolly, wooing the rich but seemingly cold hearted Matthau. The musical sequence of the title track is simply spectacular."

Musical, USA