The Matchmaker

Shirley Booth as Dolly Levi in this version of the Thornton Wilder play on which “Hello, Dolly!” is based. Horace: Paul Ford. Irene: Shirley MacLaine. Cornelius: Anthony Perkins. Barnaby: Robert Morse. August: Rex Evans. Minnie Fay: Perry Wilson. Sparkling cast; period atmosphere. Joseph Anthony directed., In this film version of Thornton Wilder’s stage play, Shirley Booth stars as 19th-century matchmaker Dolly Gallagher Levi. Dolly is currently trying to arrange a marriage between Yonkers dry-goods merchant Horace Vandergelder and hatmaker Irene Molloy — though she secretly harbors a desire to march Horace to the altar herself.