Yes! Absolutely.
She was excellent in that role.
It's amazing that Katherine Hepburn won for Guess Who's Coming To Dinner over Edith Evans for The Whisperers .
the Dolly that I really would have liked to see was Pearl Bailey. But I fear an all-black or mixed cast wouldn't have flown at that point in time. Such a pity.In addition to Ms. Channing, an astonishing list of Broadway and Hollywood luminaries have inhabited the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, including Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller, Betty Grable, Martha Raye, Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman (in her last appearance on Broadway), and Mary Martin
As a teenager, I saw Hello, Dolly! on stage twice: once with Carol Channing, another time with Pearl Bailey. The night I saw Pearl Bailey (Cab Calloway and a very young Morgan Freeman were also in the cast), Ms. Bailey made a very strange statement at the curtain call. She was non-specific but said something like, "the cast had to decide what to do."dianedebuda wrote: ↑April 7th, 2023, 6:23 am I agree with Lehman about Channing overdose as the movie lead. She has just the right amount of screen time in Millie to be delightful. My only problem with Barbra as Dolly was that she was too young at that time. When I look at the listthe Dolly that I really would have liked to see was Pearl Bailey. But I fear an all-black or mixed cast wouldn't have flown at that point in time. Such a pity.In addition to Ms. Channing, an astonishing list of Broadway and Hollywood luminaries have inhabited the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, including Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller, Betty Grable, Martha Raye, Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman (in her last appearance on Broadway), and Mary Martin
Must be good memories for you although the performance on the day of MLK's death must have been tough on the cast.
LOL!!!!!kingrat wrote: ↑April 7th, 2023, 12:40 am Swithin wrote: I agree that Edith Evans should have won that year. Re: Barbra, whom I'm not fond of on film: One of the great cinematic mistakes: not casting Carol Channing in the film of Hello, Dolly!
Swithin, according to Matthew Kennedy's book ROAD SHOW!, Ross Hunter sent rushes of Carol Channing in Thoroughly Modern Millie to convince Ernest Lehman to cast her as Dolly. Lehman had originally favored Channing, but the rushes convinced him otherwise. Lehman was quoted as saying, "After seeing Thoroughly Modern Millie, I honestly felt that I couldn't take a whole movie in which Carol Channing was in practically every scene."
jamesjazzguitar wrote: ↑April 6th, 2023, 12:13 pmAnd I know people will disagree with me, but I think that Barbra Streisand for Funny Girl should have been the sole winner the year that she tied with Katherine Hepburn for The Lion In Winter.
This was probably a true tie in terms of votes because I suspect that both Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand voted for themselves!
I agree with that. Streisand had one of the greatest debuts in movie history, excelling in comedy, drama and singing. She deserved the award solely. Though if non nominee Mia Farrow (Rosemary's Baby) had been up there, I think she would have deserved it.
If Streisand deserved to win the award solely, there would not have been a tie. To award only one person when there is a tie, would, in essence, cancel out all the other members that voted for the other person. PS: I would have voted for Streisand if I was a member.
Swithin wrote: ↑April 7th, 2023, 8:37 amAs a teenager, I saw Hello, Dolly! on stage twice: once with Carol Channing, another time with Pearl Bailey. The night I saw Pearl Bailey (Cab Calloway and a very young Morgan Freeman were also in the cast), Ms. Bailey made a very strange statement at the curtain call. She was non-specific but said something like, "the cast had to decide what to do."dianedebuda wrote: ↑April 7th, 2023, 6:23 am I agree with Lehman about Channing overdose as the movie lead. She has just the right amount of screen time in Millie to be delightful. My only problem with Barbra as Dolly was that she was too young at that time. When I look at the listthe Dolly that I really would have liked to see was Pearl Bailey. But I fear an all-black or mixed cast wouldn't have flown at that point in time. Such a pity.In addition to Ms. Channing, an astonishing list of Broadway and Hollywood luminaries have inhabited the role of Dolly Gallagher Levi, including Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Diller, Betty Grable, Martha Raye, Ginger Rogers, Ethel Merman (in her last appearance on Broadway), and Mary Martin
My friend and I went to the stage door to get her autograph after the show, and she told us that during the performance, the all-Black cast was informed that Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr. had been shot and killed.
Regarding Streisand, I've never been a big fan, though I loved her on stage in Funny Girl, and on the recordings of I Can Get It for You Wholesale and Pins and Needles.