Hello, Dolly! 50th Anniversary (1969) presented by TCM

DISMISSED UPON IT'S RELEASE, DURING THE PERMISSIVE CINEMA SEXUAL REVOLUTION ("MIDNIGHT COWBOY" WON THE OSCAR THIS YEAR AND STREISAND PORTRAYED A POT SMOKING, FOUL MOUTHED PROSTITUTE THE NEXT YEAR IN THE HILARIOUS "THE OWL AND THE PUSSYCAT"), "HELLO, DOLLY!" HAS ATTAINED CLASSIC STATUS AS THE LAST OF THE BIG, SPLASHY MUSICALS. STREISAND GIVES DOLLY WHAT NO ACTRESS BEFORE HER OFFERED-SEX APPEAL. HER DOLLY IS A SMART, VIBRANT, AND SEXY WOMAN. A BIG, COLORFUL DELIGHT, WITH A SCORE THAT, WHEN STREISAND LETS THAT MAGNIFICENT VOICE RIP, CHANGES FROM BROADWAY EAR CANDY TO HIGH ART.