Motion Picture, filmed in 1958 (
Comedy,
Paramount Motion Pictures).
The film is about a
grocery store proprietor who happens to be a
tightwad. His employees scheme to go to
New York, New York on the same day he does, and they leave
Yonkers on the same morning.
Their paths cross by some
bizarre string of
happenstance occasions I've seen in a movie recently. During the beginning of the movie, the aforementioned manager, Mr. Horace Vandergelder (Paul Ford) is planning a trip to see his
sweetheart Irene Molloy (played by Shirley MacLaine), and is interrupted by Dolly "Gallagher" Levi (played by Shirley Booth) playing
Matchmaker. He redraws his plans to visit both his sweetheart and the lady brought to his attention by the matchmaker (who, by the way, is not a real person).
His employees (Anthony Perkins playing Cornelius Hackl, and one
unnamed man playing "Barnaby") weasel out of work, and everybody has lots of
adventure, not commonly found in the real world.
In the end, Vandergelder plans to marry Dolly Levi, while Hackl draws his plans for Ms. Molloy. Barnaby
remains happily single. Mr. Vandergelder's
pocketbook is loosened as well, in the style of
the Grinch.
A comedy? Perhaps, but I didn't think it was much more than
amusing. If you like old movies,
check it out.