Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

George Roy Hill

Writer:

Richard Morris (written by)

Release Date:

21 March 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

Julie as you love her... in the happiest motion picture hit of the year!

Plot:

Millie comes to town in the roaring twenties to encounter flappers, sexuality and white slavers.

Plot Keywords:

Flapper | Multi Millionaire | Acrobatics | Hiding Under Bed | Human Cannonball

Awards:

Won Oscar. Another 5 wins & 10 nominations

Cast

Julie Andrews	...	Millie Dillmount
James Fox	...	Jimmy Smith
Mary Tyler Moore	...	Miss Dorothy Brown
Carol Channing	...	Muzzy
John Gavin	...	Trevor Graydon
Jack Soo	...	Asian #1
Pat Morita	...	Asian #2
Philip Ahn	...	Tea
Anthony Dexter	...	Juarez
Cavada Humphrey	...	Miss Flannery
Herbie Faye	...	Taxi driver
Michael St. Clair	...	Baron Richter
Lisabeth Hush	...	Judith Tremaine
Ann Dee	...	Singer
Beatrice Lillie	...	Mrs. Meers

Runtime:

138 min | 153 min (roadshow version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

70 mm 6-Track (Westrex Recording System) (70 mm prints) | Mono (35 mm prints) | 4-Track Stereo (35 mm magnetic prints)

Certification:

UK:PG | Australia:G | Finland:K-8 | Sweden:Btl | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Beatrice Lillie's last film. She was showing early signs of Alzheimer's disease, and had trouble memorizing her lines. During filming, Julie Andrews stood off-camera and repeated Lillie's lines to her, so Lillie could complete her scenes.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the opening scene, Ethel Pease is singing "Looking at the World through Rose-Colored Glasses". The scene is set in 1922, but the song was written in 1926.

Quotes:

Jimmy: My, what lovely elbows you have, Miss Flannery!
Miss Flannery: From my mother's side of the family.

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006)

Soundtrack:

Jazz Baby

fun in spite of itself

I like this movie because it makes fun of itself. It knows it's silly, irreverant, and totally over the top. That's the point of the movie, and it works. It's completely void of substance-my friend claims to loose brain cells every time she sees it, yet she wants to watch it all the time. It's just plain fun and Julie Andrews (my personal fav) is at her most adorable. Even though in real life she was 31 and the mother of a 4-year-old, she's totally convincing as Millie. It does drag sometimes, but it's still a darling musical that's just full of fun-exactly how it's intended to be.