The Matchmaker
You'll Laugh...You'll Love...
1958 | 101m | English
Popularity: 0.6 (history)
| Director: | Joseph Anthony |
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| Writer: | John Michael Hayes |
| Staring: |
| Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman. | |
| Release Date: | Jul 23, 1958 |
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| Director: | Joseph Anthony |
| Writer: | John Michael Hayes |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | new york city, irish-american, fake identity, based on play or musical, wealthy widow, yonkers, new york, employer employee relationship, extravagance, matchmaker, playful, poor pretending to be rich, period piece, comforting |
| Production Companies | Don Hartman Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 29, 2026 Entered: Apr 15, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Orangey | Cat |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| John Michael Hayes | Screenplay |
| Adolph Deutsch | Original Music Composer |
| Joseph Anthony | Director |
| Thornton Wilder | Theatre Play |
| Howard A. Smith | Editor |
| Edward R. Morse | Casting |
| Roland Anderson | Art Direction |
| Hal Pereira | Art Direction |
| Robert R. Benton | Set Decoration |
| Warren Hoag | Electrician |
| Glen E. Richardson | Still Photographer |
| John P. Fulton | Special Effects |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Nellie Manley | Hair Supervisor |
| Winston H. Leverett | Sound Recordist |
| Gene Merritt | Sound Recordist |
| Kenneth Meade | Assistant Camera |
| Carl Coleman | Props |
| Glen Porter | Sound Recordist |
| Lenore Weaver | Hairdresser |
| Frank Caffey | Production Manager |
| Harry Caplan | Unit Production Manager |
| Marvin Weldon | Script Supervisor |
| William Ross | Dialogue Coach |
| Charles Lang | Director of Photography |
| Sam Comer | Set Decoration |
| Edith Head | Costume Design |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Don Hartman | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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