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I grew up with Dolly, too, and i love it.
But I consider THE MATCHMAKER a different animal.
It is small scale, rather than lavish, and it is dripping with charm.
The performances are gentle and lovely, and I hope more people will give this movie a chance.
This has become one of my favorite 'gems'...something i show people that i am pretty sure they have never seen.
My disappointment lies only in wishing it was in color.
The art direction and the music are lovely...
and the performances are a revalation.
Shirley MacLaine
puts *TO SHAME* the vapid lifeless Marianne McAndrew from the musical. (never heard from Marianne again, gee...wonder why?)
Robert Morse (the only holdover from the stage version of MATCHMAKER) is nothing short of adorable.
And Shirley Booth? a very *correct* Dolly...in age, and interpretation. Listen to her monologue in the hack, toward the end of the film. Beautifully done.
Magical.
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