Hello, Dolly!
1969, G, 146 min.
Directed by Gene Kelly, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford, Tommy Tune, Louis Armstrong.

This film adaptation of the beloved Broadway musical tells the story of New York-based matchmaker Dolly Levi, who falls in love with a “half a millionaire” named Horace Vandergelder. The colorful film is directed by one of the masters of musicals, Gene Kelly.

This article appears in January 23 • 2004.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.