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In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.In New York City during the Roaring Twenties, would-be flapper Millie Dillmount's self-appointed mission to marry her boss is complicated by white slavers and true love.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 12 nominations total
David Ahdar
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
Jackie Allen
- Miss Dorothy Brown
- (singing voice)
- (uncredited)
Leon Alton
- Party Guest
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaFinal theatrical movie of Beatrice Lillie (Mrs. Meers). She was showing early signs of Alzheimer's disease, and had trouble memorizing her lines. During filming, Dame Julie Andrews stood off-camera and repeated Lillie's lines to her, so Lillie could complete her scenes.
- GoofsWhen Millie and Jimmy are sitting on the ledge of the building and he leans forward, you can see through the top of his head.
- Quotes
Muzzy Van Hossmere: Raspberries!
- Alternate versionsOn some video releases of Thoroughly Modern Millie, the Overture is cut out.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000)
- SoundtracksOverture
Lyrics by Sammy Cahn; Music by Jimmy Van Heusen (as James Van Heusen)
Performed by André Previn and the Orchestra
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Roaring '20s musical is a fun, eager-to-please live-action cartoon with satire and slapstick. Julie Andrews plays a small town lass who has moved to New York City to land a steno job with an unmarried boss for her to conquer; Mary Tyler Moore is her timid new friend at the all-girl boarding house; Beatrice Lillie is their shady housemother; and Carol Channing (in an outrageous performance that must be seen to be believed) is a wealthy, swinging do-gooder. Tongue-in-cheek production from Ross Hunter and director George Roy Hill, inspired by the Broadway show "The Boy Friend", offers Julie Andrews one of her best film roles; whether dancing like a trouper to keep her elevator in motion or addressing the camera à la the silent movie era, Andrews is so loose and charming she even gets laughs crossing the street. There are a few slip-ups: the Jewish wedding sequence sticks out as an artifice, Moore's listlessly girlish performance is all on one note, and the Harold Lloyd-inspired comic ballet (with Julie falling out of a high-rise window) is too broad and silly. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, "Millie" picked up one Oscar for Elmer Bernstein's score (the smashing costume designs by Jean Louis probably should have won also). Overlong, and with a drab Universal backlot appearance, the film is nevertheless "delish!" Engaging, high-spirited fluff. *** from ****
- moonspinner55
- Oct 27, 2017
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- Also known as
- Modern Millie - Reicher Mann gesucht
- Filming locations
- Square of Warriors, Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA(the embassy building was used as Muzzy's house)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $6,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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