The Happiest Millionaire (1967)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Norman Tokar

Writers:

AJ Carothers (screenplay)
Kyle Crichton (play)

Release Date:

7 December 1967 (Australia)

Genre:

Family | Romance | Comedy | Musical

Tagline:

So Big!... So Romantic!... So Full of Life!

Plot:

A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire...

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Kids And Family | Based On Book | Based On Play

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 nomination

Cast

Fred MacMurray	...	Father
Tommy Steele	...	John Lawless
Greer Garson	...	Mother
Geraldine Page	...	Mrs. Duke
Gladys Cooper	...	Aunt Mary Drexel
Hermione Baddeley	...	Mrs. Worth
Lesley Ann Warren	...	Cordy
John Davidson	...	Angie Duke
Paul Petersen	...	Tony Biddle
Eddie Hodges	...	Livingston Biddle
Joyce Bulifant	...	Rosemary
Sean McClory	...	Police Sgt.
Jim McMullan	...	Lt. Powell
William Wellman Jr.	...	Lt. Grayson
Aron Kincaid	...	Walter Blakely

Runtime:

141 min | Sweden:118 min | USA:159 min (re-release) | USA:164 min (original version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Stereo (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Iceland:L | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:U | USA:G

Company:

Walt Disney Productions

Trivia:

The song "Fortuosity" was written for Tommy Steele, who sings the song in the movie.

Goofs:

Continuity: When John and Angie are at the bar, the amounts of Stout in the two glasses change between frames.

Quotes:

[first lines]
John Lawless: [singing] Well now, ain't this an elegant neighborhood, all the residents dressed so fine! One day off the boat am I, with a job that's near, an' mine! 'Tis a job with an elegant millionaire, and his elegant family! Today I move from immigrant - to high society!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Age of Believing: The Disney Live Action Classics (2008) (TV)

Soundtrack:

IT WON'T BE LONG 'TIL CHRISTMAS

A fun, lighthearted musical with excellent songs by Disney's Sherman Brothers.

This picture has some excellent songs written by the same team of song writers that wrote the award winning songs for Walt Disney's MARY POPPINS. The opening number of "Fortousity" is a delight. Although this movie is based on a true story about Cordelia Drexel Biddle, I would recommend it more as a lighthearted and fun movie for the whole family.