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Goodbye Charlie (1964)
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18 November 1964 (USA)
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They don't make girls like "Charlie" anymore -- they never did!
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Shot by a jealous husband, Charley falls out a porthole and is lost at sea only to find himself returned as an attractive blond woman...
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Talk about love-hate relationships!
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Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Tony Curtis | ... | George Wellington Tracy |
 | Debbie Reynolds | ... | The Reincarnated Charlie Sorel / Virginia Mason |
 | Pat Boone | ... | Bruce Minton, the 3rd |
 | Joanna Barnes | ... | Janie Highland |
 | Ellen Burstyn | ... | Franny Salzman (as Ellen McRae) |
| Laura Devon | ... | Rusty Sartori |
 | Martin Gabel | ... | Morton Craft |
| Roger C. Carmel | ... | Inspector (as Roger Carmel) |
| Harry Madden | ... | Charles Sorel |
| Myrna Hansen | ... | Starlet |
| Michael Romanoff | ... | Patron |
| Michael Jackson | ... | Himself |
| Anthony Eustrel | ... | Butler (as Antony Eustrel) |
| Donna Michelle | ... | Girl doing the twist on yacht |
 | Walter Matthau | ... | Sir Leopold Sartori |
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116 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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The original Broadway production of "Goodbye Charlie" by George Axelrod opened at the Lyceum Theater on December 16, 1959 and ran for 109 performances starring Lauren Bacall.
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Factual errors: Vincente Minnelli is credited as "Vincente Minelli"
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Sir Leopold Sartori:
You speak in riddles, my Sphinx.
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Referenced in Hollywood Screen Tests: Take 2 (1999) (TV)
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Goodbye Charlie
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Boy oh boy...do the opinions differ about this one! As a diehard Minnelli fan I went to see this one when it was first released. Even then I forgave its jerry-built comic premise and tried to enjoy it as I had some of Vincente's earlier assignments at M-G-M. But it really was quite labored and, for its day, a bit on the smutty side. Hard to believe that the devilishly clever George Axelrod had a hand in this script.
Minnelli, as usual, insisted upon giving it the maximum possible visual gloss. An acquaintance of mine who worked on the art direction/production design team assigned by 20th-Century Fox to this project revealed that when Minnelli first came to the studio to review some planned sets and storyboards, he threw them out and insisted that everyone give it another, better try. The final result, along with Helen Rose's chic women's wardrobe (a Minnelli ally from M-G-M, and, probably, brought to Twentieth with Debbie's enthusiastic approval), and Milton Krasner's slick CinemaScope/DeLuxe Color cinematography, is a good example of studio product that was becoming increasingly out-of-touch with the emerging tastes of audiences looking for somewhat less glossy entertainments. Andre Previn's title song, with lyrics by his then-wife, Dory Langdon, aptly underscored the somewhat off-color proceedings. The VHS video is, no doubt, "formatted," so, once again, I warn all comers: "Don't bother!"