The Happiest Millionaire (1967) | |
| Director(s) | Norman Tokar |
| Producer(s) | Bill Anderson, Walt Disney (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Biographical, Comedy, Drama, Family, Film Adaptation, Musical |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Disney, Money, True Story (based on) |
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The Happiest Millionaire (1967) was a Family - Romance Film directed by Norman Tokar and produced by Walt Disney and Bill Anderson.
Academy Awards 1967 --- Ceremony Number 40 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Costume Design | Bill Thomas | Nominated |
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Film Albums: The Happiest Millionaire ( 1967 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Sep 2, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversUsually, for our Film Albums series, we feature a single album relating to movies in some way or another, but this time around we have a bunch of albums all featuring the music of The Happiest Millionaire (1967), a delightful - although rather long - musical from Walt Disney Studios. Below each albu... Read full article
The Happiest Millionaire - Valentine Candy ( 1967 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Feb 4, 2023 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversValentine's Day is only ten days away, so we have a clip to share of Lesley Ann Warren's beautiful rendition of "Valentine Candy" from The Happiest Millionaire ( 1967 ). What has this to do with Valentine's Day? Absolutely nothing. It's just fun to listen to!... Read full article
The Happiest Millionaire (1967)
By Cameron on Sep 14, 2016 From The Blonde At The Filmvia: http://www.markrobinsonwrites.com/the-music-that-makes-me-dance/2015/9/23/disneys-dud-the-happiest-millionaire ? Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. This movie is mostly famous as the last live-action film that Walt Disney worked on before he passed away in December 1966. But I’... Read full article
The Happiest Millionaire ( 1967 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 21, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversAfter having completed Mary Poppins in 1965, Walt Disney's enthusiasm for musical films was at an all-time high, and with the recently purchased rights to Cordelia Drexel Biddle's book/play "The Happiest Millionaire" in his hands he couldn't resist turning the story into a musical in the vein of Pop... Read full article
The Happiest Millionaire ( 1967 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Jun 21, 2014 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversAfter having completed Mary Poppins in 1965, Walt Disney's enthusiasm for musical films was at an all-time high, and with the recently purchased rights to Cordelia Drexel Biddle's book/play "The Happiest Millionaire" in his hands he couldn't resist turning the story into a musical in the vein of Pop... Read full article
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Quotes from
Aunt Mary Drexel: [singing] There are those to whom position is a natural born condition, to be worn with ease like comfortable old clothes. Though the nouveau riche deny it, all their money cannot buy it! Class will out. Goodness knows, but there are those.
Mrs. Duke: There are those who grace the pages of the blue book.
Aunt Mary Drexel: Never heard of it. Is it a new book?
Mrs. Duke: Simply anybody who *is* anybody is listed.
Aunt Mary Drexel: Oh, you mean the New York telephone directory.
Miss Cordelia Biddle: Oh, no, I'm not getting married!
[runs out of room]
Angie Duke: Then I'm not either!
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: [singing] I've been bit on my finger! It could've been my leg! It could've been my head, I might've died! In a time of mortal peril, any man should expect that his family will come rushing to his side! What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that? My family rushing to my side, what's wrong with that?
John Lawless: [confused] Oh, not a thing, sir, I'm sure.
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: [singing] I'm a good-hearted husband, I'm generous and kind, no wife could have a life as free of cares! So when a good-hearted husband has been bit, it's only right, that his wife should share the agony he bears! What's wrong with that? What's wrong with that? I want my wife to share my life, what's wrong with that?
[walks away]
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: Cordelia!
John Lawless: [to the audience] Well now, that answers a whole slew o' questions, don't it?
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Facts about
Adapted from a non-musical Broadway play. The stage version of "The Happiest Millionaire" starred Walter Pidgeon, opened Nov. 20, 1956 at the Lyceum Theatre in New York and ran for 271 performances.
At its original length of 164 minutes, this was the longest feature film Disney ever produced.
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