Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) [G]

Featuring:
Julie Andrews, James Fox, Mary Tyler Moore

Written by:
Richard Morris

Directed by:
George Roy Hill


Release Date:
March 22, 1967

Original Title:
Thoroughly Modern Millie

Alternate Titles:
Modern Millie
Positivamente Millie
Správná dívka
摩登蜜莉

Genres:
Comedy | Music | Romance

Production Companies:
Ross Hunter Productions
Universal Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
US: G 

Runtime: 152

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

Millie Dillmount, a fearless young lady fresh from Salina, Kansas, determined to experience Life, sets out to see the world in the rip-roaring Twenties. With high spirits and wearing one of those new high hemlines, she arrives in New York to test the "modern" ideas she had been reading about back in Kansas: "I've taken the girl out of Kansas. Now I have to take Kansas out of the girl!"

In 1922 New York City, Millie Dillmount (Dame Julie Andrews) and Miss Dorothy Brown (Mary Tyler Moore) are just two of the girls living at the Priscilla Hotel for Single Young Ladies run by Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie). Orphaned, Miss Dorothy, just recently arrived, is a naive, old-fashioned girl from a seemingly privileged background who has aspirations to be a stage actress. From more modest means, Millie, in New York City for three months, used to be old-fashioned, but now has a new modern sensibility and look to match, complete with bobbed hair and dresses with hemlines above the knee. Included in this new modern sensibility is Millie's goal of getting a job as a stenographer, with a quick promotion to being her wealthy boss' "Mrs." Love is not to factor into the equation. She believes she's found the right employer in the form of chisel-jawed Trevor Graydon (John Gavin) of the Sincere Trust Insurance Company. Millie's pursuit of Mr. Graydon is despite the fact that Mr. Graydon sees her as one of the boys, he has old-fashioned sensibilities, and Millie has a mutual attraction to another boy named Jimmy Smith (James Fox). Although she likes Jimmy, Millie feels that Jimmy, as a paper clip salesman with an overwhelming happy-go-lucky attitude, is not driven enough to be husband material. That doesn't stop Jimmy's pursuit of Millie. In her association with Jimmy, Millie meets flamboyant wealthy Renaissance woman Muzzy Van Hossmere (Carol Channing). Jimmy's father once worked as Muzzy's gardener. Originally from humble means much like Millie, Muzzy tries to convince Millie that true love will lead to happiness, as that is what happened when she met the now deceased Mr. Van Hossmere, who she had no idea was rich. In other goings-on amongst this new circle of friends, Miss Dorothy leaves New York City without a word to anyone except Mrs. Meers. Thinking this situation rather odd, Millie connects Miss Dorothy's leaving with that of other girls previously living at the Priscilla Hotel. With Mr. Graydon's help, Jimmy and Millie try to find out what happened to Miss Dorothy.

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Rankings and Honors

Thoroughly Modern Millie (1967) on IMDb
Internet Movie Database 6.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes 85%
Awards Won: Won 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 12 nominations total

Art Direction:
Alexander Golitzen
George C. Webb

Assistant Costume Designer:
Sheryl Deauville

Costume Design:
Jean Louis

Director:
George Roy Hill

Director of Photography:
Russell Metty

Editor:
Stuart Gilmore

Grip:
Kenneth Smith

Lyricist:
Sammy Cahn

Original Music Composer:
Elmer Bernstein

Producer:
Ross Hunter

Props:
Solly Martino

Set Decoration:
Howard Bristol

Songs:
Jimmy Van Heusen

Stunts:
Russell Saunders
Jerry Brutsche
Hayward Soo Hoo
Paula Dell
Lee Faulkner

Writer:
Richard Morris

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