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The Matchmaker (1958) - Movie Browser

She's fixing everyone else's love life—while scheming to steal the groom herself. Iconic behavior.

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screwball chaosBroadway energyperiod piece sass

Overview

Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

Content warning

new york city playful comforting fake identity based on play or musical matchmaker irish-american period piece employer employee relationship extravagance+3 more

social climbingperformance of classloneliness disguised as independencetheater of everyday life

Standout Aspects

Acting

Shirley Booth's Dolly—equal parts ridiculous and heartbreaking.

Writing

Thornton Wilder's dialogue snaps like a stage door slamming.

Costume

Gaudy 1890s excess that screams 'new money theater kid.'

Best for:Solo·Date Night·Rewatch

Director

Joseph Anthony

ReleasedJul 23, 1958

Runtime1h 41m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitymedium

Tonelight

Feellight

Don Hartman Productions

Top Cast

Shirley Booth

Dolly 'Gallagher' Levi

Anthony Perkins

Cornelius Hackl

Shirley MacLaine

Irene Molloy

Paul Ford

Horace Vandergelder

Robert Morse

Barnaby Tucker

Perry Wilson

Minnie Fay

Wallace Ford

Malachi Stack

Russell Collins

Joe Scanlon

Rex Evans

August

Gavin Gordon

Rudolph

Torben Meyer

Alex

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