Hello, Dolly! 1969

Director: Gene Kelly

Choreographer: Michael Kidd

Stars: Barbra Streisand, Walter Matthau, Michael Crawford

With a director like Gene Kelly and a choreographer like (my favorite) Michael Kidd, how can you go wrong?)

I'm ending my month of musicals with one of the very, very best.

Matchmaker and widow Dolly Levi (Streisand) has set her sights on Horace Vandergelder (Matthau), and it's quite an adventure, how she wins his heart. And while Vandergelder's gone to New York to woo a different woman, his employees Cornelius (Crawford) and Barnaby ditch their store duties and escape to New York for some adventure, and they won't come home until they've each kissed a girl. Well, when you make that vow, something great is bound to happen, right?

My favorite part is the dancing waiters in the Harmonia Gardens restaurant, and when they dance with Dolly and sing "Hello, Dolly". And "Sunday Clothes" runs a close second. Wonderful movie!

Charade, 1963

Director: Stanley Donen

Stars: Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn, Walter Matthau

"One of these days you could wake up dead, Mrs. Lambert...."

I love this comedy! Murder, spies, romance, suspense, missing money! Cary Grant, Audrey Hepburn! What else could you want?

Charles Lampert is murdered, leaving behind a widow, Reggie (Hepburn), confused and homeless. Having planned on divorcing him, Reggie isn't heartbroken, just confused, especially when a CIA agent contacts her, and tells her that her husband was wanted by the US government for stealing $250,000, and that his real name wasn't Lampert. He tells her to look for the money, and the search produces nothing, which doesn't help Reggie because she soon finds out it's not only the CIA who are after the money! And Peter isn't who he seems to be!

Okay, that is the best I can do for a short synopsis without copying someone else's. Basically it's brilliant, and I recommend it without reservations! Watch it! If you are a fan of Audrey Hepburn, it is a must see. Ditto Cary Grant. Ditto classic films.

I hate the word "ditto". I really do!

The Odd Couple, 1968

Director: Gene Saks
Stars: Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau

What an odd movie! Not exactly what I was expecting.

Oscar and Felix end up sharing an apartment after Felix's soon-to-be ex-wife kicks him out. He then proceeds to drive Oscar crazy by his obsessive cleaning tendencies. And that's where the "classic comedy" comes in.

I don't want to give too much away-- because it is definitely worth watching! The poker guys are absolutely hilarious! My favorite parts were definitely with those guys- laugh-out-loud funny, literally.

Brilliant!