Pearl Bailey's Hello Dolly

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 10:38am

"Put on Your Sunday Clothes" and "So Long Dearie."

Wow.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2EPnfabKB4

[soapguy17]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:08pm

There's really something about her that I really can't put my finger on. I couldn't take my eyes off her the entire time.

[PalJoey]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:24pm

You oughta see her "Before the Parade Passes By"...

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:32pm

I L O V E D Pearl Bailey in this show. Just loved her!! Well, I loved her in everything. What an infectous personality she had, regardless of the medium. Of all the Dolly's I've seen, she was the only one, including Merman, who gave Channing any competition for best Dolly!
Updated On: 8/6/07 at 12:32 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:36pm

Would have loved to have seen her.

[Dark_Angel]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:39pm

Latifah kinda resembles Pearl Bailey. Maybe they could do a bio-pic on her life and get Latifah to play her. I don't know alot of Bailey myself. I've only seen her in two films: Carmen Jones and All The Fine Young Cannibals.

That was a nice clip though. Thanks for sharing.

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:41pm

She was a Republican . I don't think she would be one now. Remember her Duncan Hines commercials?

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 12:45pm

I forgot about the Ducan Hines commercial until you mentioned it! I love the number she does on The Andy Williams Show, with him, "Give Me the Simple Life". It's on his "best of" DVD. Joyous perfection!

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:05pm

How wonderful it was to see this again! (One can never get too much DOLLY!) However, I wonder where this was taped and for what occasion? It wasn't taped from the St. James Theater because the runway surrounded the orchestra pit there and it wasn't the touring company of the revival because that cast was integrated.

Yes, Pearlie Mae was magnificent, but that Gower Champion staging was sublime!

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:07pm

I think it is a Tony show. They year she won.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:09pm

Yes, it was; but I have no issue with Michael Kidd's choreography in the film. In fact, it's one of the best things, along with production design, about the film.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:14pm

There's NOTHING good about the film. The "Waiter's Gallop" was a disgrace and the title number missed its entire point.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:20pm

That statement is ridiculous. What "missed the point", is Streisand in the title role. It's one of the best choreographed and designed film's in Hollywood's history, imo. You could fill a book with what's wrong with the cast, though.
Updated On: 8/6/07 at 01:20 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:20pm

I agree. I think it is time for a re-conceived revival.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:27pm

JohnBoy, you are a fool!

Irene Molloy is a poor milliner. Yet in the film, her shop looks like a roccoco masterpiece from Vienna. Check out that ceiling! Similarly, the Harmonia Gardens is delicted as something exceptionally lavish, yet it was Ephraim Levi's favorite place, and Ephraim was a merchant, not a billionaire.

Check out the number of extras in the parade sequence: there weren't that many people living in lower Manhattan at the time the story takes place!

Yes, I'd welcome a new conception of HWLLO, DOLLY! but it has to be done with the skill and understanding Arthur Laurents showed with his recent GYPSY.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:35pm

You don't have to tell me about the movie, I saw it. You need to accept that it is a movie, and not a stage show. Regardless of whether or not it was appropriate for how the piece was originally conceived is entirely beside the point. The film was done on a completely different scale, with completely different intentions. The stage version of Hello, Dolly!, is on a greater scale than The Matchmaker. Whether or not you agree with the approach the film took, is something else, entirely. The film remains a masterwork of scenic design and choreography.
Updated On: 8/6/07 at 01:35 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:37pm

Hmmm. I enjoy the film. But IT IS a perfect example of Hollywood taking something good, not being loyal to it, and messing with it.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:39pm

>>>"The film remains a masterwork of scenic design and choreography."<<<

If you're going to make a blanket statement like that, you'd better cite examples to back it up. As it is, you haven't.

You're a nitwit.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:40pm

Hmmm. I enjoy the film. But IT IS a perfect example of Hollywood taking something good, not being loyal to it, and messing with it.

I completely agree. The film is not the show's equal. I wasn't making a comparison between the two. The movie has incredible production design and choreography. That's all I was saying. I stand by that statement. I can't think of a single film where I have been more impressed with its production, than HD.
Updated On: 8/6/07 at 01:40 PM

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:42pm

It was "The Wiz" of its time unfortunately.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:45pm

Why do you keep calling me names, Dollypop. Why aren't I allowed to have an opinion about a film? What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry? The medium of film is over 100 years old, now. Perhaps it's time you accepted it. Stop being so bitter over something so unimportant as the film version of Hello, Dolly! In the scheme of things, it's really not that important.

[JohnBoy2]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:49pm

It was "The Wiz" of its time unfortunately.

I should know what that means, but I don't. I hated both the stage and screen versions of The Wiz.

[Dollypop]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:50pm

Still, you haven't supported your statement. Perhaps you can't.

[wonderfulwizard11]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:51pm

The Wiz movie, compared to the stage show, is utterly awful (of course, it's pretty awful on it's own). I think that's what DAME meant.

[DAME]

Posted: 8/6/07 at 1:53pm

Yep. That is what I meant.