Le plus Heureux des milliardaires

Original title: The Happiest Millionaire

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Lesley Ann Warren, Greer Garson, Hermione Baddeley, Joyce Bulifant, Gladys Cooper, John Davidson, Fred MacMurray, Geraldine Page, and Tommy Steele in Le plus Heureux des milliardaires (1967)

Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daught... Read allClever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.

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6.5/10

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total

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8/10

A fun, lighthearted musical with excellent songs by Disney's Sherman Brothers.

This picture has some excellent songs written by the same team of song writers that wrote the award winning songs for Walt Disney's MARY POPPINS. The opening number of "Fortousity" is a delight. Although this movie is based on a true story about Cordelia Drexel Biddle, I would recommend it more as a lighthearted and fun movie for the whole family.

adavis77
Oct 17, 2002
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Trivia
Richard M. Sherman had reservations about whether Fred MacMurray was right for the part of Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, but Walt Disney overruled him.

Goofs
In the opening scene, the camera appears to look East on Walnut Street, past Rittenhouse Square, with the tower of Philadelphia City Hall in the distance. Cars are shown on a drive in the square. No such drive ever existed. City Hall is on Market Street and the tower would have been outside the frame of this shot.

Quotes
John Lawless: [to camera] To have your alligators thaw out and your daughter forgive you all in the same bright morning, that's fortuosity.
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: [peering quizzically into the camera] John?
John Lawless: Sir?
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: Who are you talking to?
John Lawless: No one, sir.
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle: Well you know what they say about people who talk to themselves.
[starts to walk away then turn and peers at the camera again]
John Lawless: [winks at the camera]

Crazy credits
The opening credits alone are 5 minutes long.

Alternate versions
Originally premiered at 159 minutes, the film was cut to 144 minutes when box office returns were less than expected. Still doing inadequately, the film was further cut to 120 minutes for general release. The longer version was rereleased in 1984.