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  Greer Garson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Garson's last film was 1967's The Happiest Millionaire, although she made infrequent television appearances.
In 1968 she narrated the children's television special The Little Drummer Boy which went on to become one of the classic Christmas television programs and which has been broadcast annually every year since 1966.
That same year (1949) she married a millionaire Texas oilman and horse breeder, E.
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 The Happiest Millionaire - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 musical film, based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle.
The story follows an Irish immigrant named John Lawless (Tommy Steele) as he applies for a butler position with eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray).
Even though the family is a bit strange, Lawless soon learns that he fits right in.
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 Amazon.com: The Happiest Millionaire: DVD: Norman Tokar,Fred MacMurray,Tommy Steele,Greer Garson,Geraldine Page,Gladys ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Reportedly the last feature to be personally shepherded by Walt Disney himself, The Happiest Millionaire is a stubbornly old-fashioned musical intended to build on the success of Mary Poppins, relying on songs and score from Richard M. and Robert B. Sherman, the studio's resident songwriting team responsible for the hits of Poppins.
Though the old master was set to recoup his losses, the sumptuously mounted, though often dismal, The Happiest Millionaire (released the year after Disney's death) was the personal and financial failure that rounded out Disney's tenure as the mogul of one of Hollywood's great cinema dream factories.
What a pity then, that The Happiest Millionaire - what should have been an eighty-minute tune-filled - if antiseptic and sexless - melodrama, is over inflated into a gargantuan three hours spectacle that, quite simply, fails to dazzle.
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 The Happiest Millionaire (1967)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
'Happiest Millionaire' was one of them, but I have never seen the movie until 2004 when I bought it on DVD, and it was fantastic!
'Happiest Millionaire' was released in 1967, the year after Walt Disney died, but he loved this film.
The music is by the Sherman brothers, the same duo who gave us the unforgettable tunes in 'Mary Poppins.' I think it is sad that these kinds of films are no longer made.
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 DVDFILE.COM: The Happiest Millionaire review
While watching The Happiest Millionaire, I found myself wondering if this was the movie that started the Disney Studios on the tailspin from which they didn't fully recover until the advent of "The Little Mermaid." Reportedly, this was the last film that Uncle Walt oversaw himself.
The Happiest Millionaire is like the old joke about dinner in a bad restaurant: the food's bad, but there's lots of it.
"Millionaire" also has the distinction of having introduced John Davidson to the movie going public.
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 The Happiest Millionaire DVD Review
The Happiest Millionaire, the last film Walt Disney oversaw, is a grand-scale production in the style of the classic musicals of the day.
The Happiest Millionaire is presented in 1.66:1 non-anamorphic widescreen and it doesn't look too good.
The Happiest Millionaire is the last film Walt Disney physically had a part in.
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As the first scene began, I found myself singing along to songs that I didn't...
In this era before DVD, and even VHS, it was a great way to see a large number of rare clips from the Silent era.
The Happiest Toddler on the Block: The New Way to Stop the Daily Battle of Wills and Raise a Secure and Well-Behaved One- to Four-Year-Old
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 The Happiest Millionaire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Thanks in part to the ebullient intervention of John Lawless (Tommy Steele), the Biddles' butler, all misunderstandings are eventually swept away.
Like Disney's previous Mary Poppins (1964), The Happiest Millionaire is decked out with a vibrant musical score by Richard and Robert Sherman, but the magic is somehow lacking this time around.
This was the last live-action film to personally supervised by Walt Disney; released several months after Disney's death, the film was made available in 141-minute and 164-minute versions.
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 The Happiest Millionaire articles
The Happiest Millionaire didn’t perform as well at the box office as was hoped.
After a brief hiatus, Steele re-entered the entertainment world in a series of musical roles, gaining international notices for his starring performance in the London and Broadway versions of "Half a Sixpence".
It was during that time that he came to the attention of Walt Disney, who cast him in his first American film, "The Happiest Millionaire".
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According to UltimateDisney.com, a web site dedicated to covering the world of Disney DVDs, sources close to this project say it has been shifted to an autumn 2006 release.
Here's what UltimateDisney.com had to say: "Sources within and close to Disney have told us that Secrets, Stories and Magic of the Happiest Place on Earth has been tentatively...
Disneyland - The Secrets, Stories and Magic of the Happiest Place on...
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 Amazon.com: Happiest Millionaire: Music: Happiest Millionaire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
One of the last live-action films personally nurtured by Walt Disney, this musical romp about an eccentric (alligators in the study; home Bible classes peppered with boxing lessons) millionaire's familial foibles couldn't help but seem out of place when released in the pop-cultural maelstrom of 1967.
The Sherman Brothers' score for THE HAPPIEST MILLIONAIRE is one of their greatest, and most under-rated.
It is indeed a pleasure to have Disney release the original soundtrack to it's 1967 classic "The Happiest Millionaire" on compact disc!
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 The Happiest Millionaire DVD - Michael Weise Productions
I recently moved from San Diego, California, and I was always able to get all Disney shows there.
I have "The Happiest Millionaire" on VHS, and I cannot get anough of it.
Also the story is simple enough that children can turn it off one day and watch more the next.
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 The Happiest Millionaire News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
The Happiest Millionaire News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
A greatly underutilized talent in features, this stage-trained actress has shone in numerous TV-movies, miniseries and music-oriented specials.
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 USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - Happiest Millionaire, The   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
USCCB - (Film and Broadcasting) - Happiest Millionaire, The
Happiest Millionaire, The -- Musical biography of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred McMurray), an eccentric turn-of-the-century millionaire who kept alligators as pets, collected prizefighters and alternated a family program of physical fitness with hymn-singing.
Directed by Norman Tokar, it has all the usual Disney staples: some innocent romance, a sentimental view of family life and amusing animals.
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 The Happiest Millionaire
Currently, there are not enough Tomatometer critic reviews for The Happiest Millionaire to receive a rating.
Among other things, they keep pet alligators in the conservatory, and operate a bible-and-boxing school in the stables.
We head to the lovely city of Toronto to bring you daily reports from the festival.
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 Cinema Treasures | "The Happiest Millionaire" To Help Sameric/Boyd   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Volunteering to save and restore Philadelphia’s last movie palace, the Friends of the Boyd present the Disney classic “The Happiest Millionaire” at International House (3701 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia) on Friday, October 1.
The 1967 musical comedy is about the comic misadventures of an immigrant butler who takes a job with eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle.
Starring Fred MacMurray, Greer Garson, Lesley Ann Warren, and Geraldine Page, the film will be shown in a rare 35 MM print straight from the Disney vault.
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 Movie Info for The Happiest Millionaire on MSN Movies
Adapted from the book and play of the same name, The Happiest Millionaire is the (mostly) true story of eccentric Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle (Fred MacMurray).
Like Disney's previous Mary Poppins, The Happiest Millionaire is decked out with a vibrant musical score by Richard and Robert Sherman, but the magic is somehow lacking this time around.
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DISNEY The Happiest Millionaire DVD Complete MINT L New
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 The Happiest Millionaire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
and a delightfully eccentric millionaire make for unrestrained pandemonium in this
John Lawless, a newly immigrated lad from Ireland,
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 The Happiest Millionaire   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
Cast - Fred MacMurray, Tommy Steele, Geraldine Page, Greer Garson, Gladys Cooper, Hermoine Baddeley.
Synopsis: Wacky happenings at the mansion of a millionaire.
Comments: Greer was offered Geraldine Page's role when Page initially backed out and was disappointed to loose it when Page changed her mind and came back.
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 The Happiest Millionaire Movie Review at Hollywood Video
The Happiest Millionaire Movie Review at Hollywood Video
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Happiest Millionaire, The (Road Show Edition) (164 min.) (1967)(Widescreen)
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 Happiest Millionaire DVD prices at Smarter.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-31)
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A delightful Disney musical adapted from a stage play about the comic misadventures of an immigrant butler who takes a job with a eccentric millionaire family.
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 The Laser's Edge - The Happiest Millionaire
This is the story of "the happiest millionaire," nonconformist Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, and his unusual Philadelphia family as seen through the eyes of their new immigrant-Irish butler.
The year is 1916, and in the busy household on Rittenhouse Square each of the family members has hopes and dreams.
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The Biddle mansion is the gathering place for a pugilistic boxing
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