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Musical film is a particular genre developed from the stage musical after the emergence of sound film technology. The concept is a story line delivered with words, interspersed with music (and sometimes dancing), normally to advance the storyline or the characters but sometimes only acting as a break to the plot. The main differences between the two is the use in film of lavish background scenery and locations which a theatre is obviously unable to provide. The Fifties and Sixties arguably produced some of the best musical shows and films of all time, many of which are still very much loved today. Though musicals had declined by the 1960s and would decline further in the next decade, of the 'top 25' best selling musical film soundtracks of all time, seven came from the Sixties and three from the Fifties. Full List

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"Everything today is thoroughly modern…" sings Julie Andrews as she dances and flaps her way through this 1920s set film. Made in 1967, 2 years after The Sound of Music, it's a musical-romantic comedy based on the 1956 British musical 'Chrysanthemum' and tells the story of Millie Dillmount, played by Andrews, who arrives in New York in 1922, determined to find work as a stenographer to a wealthy businessman and then marry him. At the hotel where she is staying, she encounters Mrs. Meers who is selling her orphan tenants to the Chinese to be sold into sexual slavery in Beijing and has a plan to do the same with the shy Miss Dorothy Brown who Millie has befriended.

Millie sets out to help her friend, at the same time pursuing her own dream until that all goes wrong for her. Eventually the kidnap plot is foiled and Millie finds love with her friend Jimmy who she had previously befriended.

As well as Andrews, there is a star supporting cast including James Fox, Mary Tylor Moore and Carol Channing. This was Julie Andrews' last hit film of the 1960s with two subsequent films both being financial failures.

Andrews next appeared in two of Hollywood's most expensive flops: Star! (1968), a biopic of Gertrude Lawrence; and Darling Lili (1970), co-starring Rock Hudson and directed by her second husband, Blake Edwards.

The film was directed by George Roy Hill, produced by Ross Hunter and distributed by Universal Pictures. Other than the title track, this film probably didn't have such a well-known score although Elmer Bernstein who produced it won his only Academy Award. It was released on 21st March 1967 in the US and 13th October in the same year in the UK, grossing $40 million. It was nominated in Academy, Golden Globe, Laurel and Writers Guild of America awards, winning awards in all categories.

Cast			Songs
Julie Andrews James Fox Mary Grover Mary Tyler Moore Carol Channing John Gavin Jack Soo Pat Morita Philip Ahn Beatrice Lillie Ann Dee Anthony Dexter Cavada Humphrey Herbie Faye Michael St. Clair Lisabeth Hush David Ahdar Leon Alton Larry Arnold Tex Brodus Albert Carrier Mae Clarke Bonnie Evans	Millie Dillmount Jimmy Smith / James Van Hossmere Ethel Pease Miss Dorothy Brown Muzzy Van Hossmere Trevor Graydon Ching Ho / Oriental #1 Bun Foo / Oriental #2 Tea, Muzzy's head butler Mrs. Meers Singer Juarez Miss Flannery Taxi Driver Baron Richter Judith Tremaine Party Guest Party Guest Waiter Party Guest Adrian Huntley Secretary Young Lady		"Overture" "Looking At The World Thru Rose Coloured Glasses" "Thoroughly Modern Millie" "Stumbling" "I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me" "The Tapioca" "Jewish Wedding Song (Trinkt Le Chaim)" "Baby Face" "With Plenty Of Money And You" "I Found A New Baby" "Everybody Loves My Baby" "Jazz Baby" "Jimmy" "Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life" "Intermission Medley" "Do It Again" "Poor Butterfly" "Rose of Washington Square" "Japanese Sandman" "Reprise: Thoroughly Modern Millie" "Exit Music: Jazz Baby, Jimmy, Thoroughly Modern Millie"	Andre Previn and the Orchestra Mary Grover (dubbed by Jackie Ward) Julie Andrews Julie Andrews and Mary Tyler Moore Uncredited (on gramophone) James Fox (dubbed by Jimmy Bryant), Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore and Chorus (uncredited) Julie Andrews Julie Andrews Andre Previn and the Orchestra Andre Previn and the Orchestra Andre Previn and the Orchestra Carol Channing Julie Andrews Mary Tyler Moore (dubbed by Jackie Allen) and John Gavin (dubbed by Bill Lee) Julie Andrews Carol Channing Julie Andrews Ann Dee Jack Soo and Pat Morita Julie Andrews Andre Previn and the Orchestra

Jimmy Bryant provided the singing voice of Jimmy Smith / James Van Hossmere. The Russ Saunders Group comprised Russell Saunders, Ray Saunders, Paula Dell, Ted DeWayne, Darryl Ferges and Billy Snyder. The Zoppe Troupe were Alberto Zoppe, Ruggera Zoppe and Sandra Zoppe.

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