Hello-Goodbye (1970 film)

Hello-Goodbye is a 1970 British comedy film starring Michael Crawford, and was the final film directed by Jean Negulesco.[2]

Hello-Goodbye
Hello-Goodbye
Directed byJean Negulesco
Produced byAndré Hakim
Written byRoger Marshall
Based onstory by Darryl Zanuck (as "Mark Canfield")
StarringMichael Crawford
Genevieve Gilles
Curd Jürgens
Music byFrancis Lai
CinematographyHenri Decaë
Edited byRichard Bryan
Production
company
Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
12 July 1970 (1970-07-12)
Running time
107 min.
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Budget$4.4 million[1]

Plot

Harry England, a British car salesman on a trip to France, meets a Baroness, "Dany", when her Rolls-Royce breaks down. They spend a few days together and become lovers before she disappears one night, but Harry does not know her surname.

The Baron then hires Harry to teach his teenage son about cars on their country estate. Harry encounters the Baroness again and their affair continues. Harry falls in love and asks the Baroness to leave the Baron, who has taken up with a lady of his own.

Cast

Production

Darryl F. Zanuck had a long history of trying to turn his European mistresses into film stars – he had previously done this with Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco and Irina Demick.[3] Hello Goodbye was created as a vehicle for Gilles, his latest mistress, and was the first production Zanuck personally supervised since he inserted Demick in The Longest Day (1962).[4]

Filming started on the French Riviera under the direction of Ronald Neame. He quit the film after a few weeks due to disagreements with Zanunck. He was replaced by Jean Negulesco, who only did the movie as a favor to Zanuck.[5]

Box office

According to Fox records, the film required $7,225,000 in rentals to break even. It failed to do so; by 11 December 1970, the film had only made $2,335,000.[6]

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References
  1. Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
  2. HELLO-GOODBYE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 187.
  3. Buchwald, Art (1962-07-14). "Zanuck Vs. Greco: Four-Year Friendship Egomania Ambitious Girls". The Washington Post. Times Herald. p. D31
  4. Blume, Mary (1969-12-07). "Darryl F. Zanuck in Paris---the Last Film Tycoon". Los Angeles Times. p. c36
  5. Capua, Michelangelo (2017). Jean Negulesco: The Life and Films. McFarland. p. 127.
  6. Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 329.


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