Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

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 | Heiress | Xylophone | Human Cannonball | Opium Den

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:

Film debut of Pat Morita.

Goofs:

Continuity: In an early scene, Mrs. Meers wheels her laundry cart into the elevator, punches the elevator button, pours poison on a rag, and then, after poisoning Ethel Pease, returns with her cart to the elevator. Sometimes she is wearing gloves. Other times, she is bare-handed.

Quotes:

Judith Tremaine: [after Millie tries to clean the mascara running onto her Paris dress] SOY SAUCE! SOY SAUCE! She covered my Paris gown with soy sauce!

Movie Connections:

Featured in The Opera Ghost: A Phantom Unmasked (2000) (V)

Soundtrack:

Do It Again

Adorable, delightful and very funny

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a musical comedy classic, with a very memorable and wonderful musical score. Julie Andrews shows her versatility and charm, once again. Mary Tyler Moore is a special bonus in this film, and shows, once again, her fun side. Carol Channing is as charming as ever, and Beatrice Lillie is a riot! The rest of the cast is also well tuned. The film's continuity is well written and well staged. The sets, costumes and hairstyles were painstakingly well attended to in this period piece. This is just one more charming and delightful musical of the 1960s, and, alas, one of the last of its kind before the genre started to change.