Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)

E652550

film

Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) is a lavish 1969 musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and starring Barbra Streisand, based on the Broadway stage musical of the same name.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Disambiguation Statements Elicitation Referenced by

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Hello, Dolly!	9
Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) canonical	1
Hello, Dolly! (film score)	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7264825 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)
Context triple: [Michael Crawford, notableWork, Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)]

A. Hello, Dolly!
"Hello, Dolly!" is a classic 1964 jazz and pop song, famously performed by Louis Armstrong, that became one of his signature hits and a major crossover success.
B. Hello, Dolly! (2017 Broadway revival)
Hello, Dolly! (2017 Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of the classic Jerry Herman musical, starring Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce, that opened at the Shubert Theatre in 2017.
C. Pal Joey
Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.
D. Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 musical comedy film set in 1920s New York, following a young woman who embraces flapper culture while searching for love and independence.
E. The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Hello, Dolly! (1969 film)
Target entity description: Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) is a lavish 1969 musical comedy directed by Gene Kelly and starring Barbra Streisand, based on the Broadway stage musical of the same name.

A. Hello, Dolly!
"Hello, Dolly!" is a classic 1964 jazz and pop song, famously performed by Louis Armstrong, that became one of his signature hits and a major crossover success.
B. Hello, Dolly! (2017 Broadway revival)
Hello, Dolly! (2017 Broadway revival) is a Tony Award–winning Broadway production of the classic Jerry Herman musical, starring Bette Midler and David Hyde Pierce, that opened at the Shubert Theatre in 2017.
C. Pal Joey
Pal Joey is a 1940 Rodgers and Hart musical, later adapted into a film, known for its cynical tone, sophisticated score, and the morally ambiguous character of nightclub emcee Joey Evans.
D. Thoroughly Modern Millie
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a 1967 musical comedy film set in 1920s New York, following a young woman who embraces flapper culture while searching for love and independence.
E. The Most Happy Fella
The Most Happy Fella is a 1956 Broadway musical by Frank Loesser, known for its operatic score and romantic story set in California’s Napa Valley.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	film ⓘ
academyAward	Academy Award for Best Art Direction NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Score of a Musical Picture (Original or Adaptation) NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Sound NERFINISHED ⓘ
academyAwardNomination	Academy Award for Best Cinematography NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Costume Design NERFINISHED ⓘ Academy Award for Best Picture NERFINISHED ⓘ
artDirectionBy	John DeCuir NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn	Hello, Dolly! (musical) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Matchmaker (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ
character	Cornelius Hackl NERFINISHED ⓘ Dolly Levi NERFINISHED ⓘ Horace Vandergelder NERFINISHED ⓘ Irene Molloy NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Harry Stradling Sr. NERFINISHED ⓘ
costumeDesignBy	Irene Sharaff NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Gene Kelly NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy	20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy	William H. Reynolds NERFINISHED ⓘ
filmingLocation	Garrison, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ Hollywood, California NERFINISHED ⓘ New York City ⓘ
genre	comedy ⓘ musical ⓘ romance ⓘ
musicBy	Jerry Herman NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeLocation	turn-of-the-century New York ⓘ
notableSong	Before the Parade Passes By NERFINISHED ⓘ Elegance ⓘ Hello, Dolly! NERFINISHED ⓘ It Only Takes a Moment NERFINISHED ⓘ Put On Your Sunday Clothes NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
producer	Ernest Lehman NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate	1969-12-16 ⓘ
releaseYear	1969 ⓘ
runningTime	148 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter	Ernest Lehman NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInLocation	New York City ⓘ Yonkers, New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
setInPeriod	1890s ⓘ
starring	Barbra Streisand NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Armstrong NERFINISHED ⓘ Marianne McAndrew NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Crawford NERFINISHED ⓘ Walter Matthau NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Michael Crawford → notableWork → Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) ⓘ

Lionel Newman → notableWork → Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hello, Dolly! (film score)

Walter Matthau → notableWork → Hello, Dolly! (1969 film) ⓘ