Apparently this was nominated for 7 Oscars and won one for Best Original Score. That's pretty impressive for a goofy little musical.I think I was really expecting Sweet Charity to be more like this movie, madcap and zany, as opposed to what it was. This is my second time watching and it really is just the cutest little candy floss of a movie.
Millie Dilmount (Julie Andrews) is determined to be a Modern Woman of 1922 which means flapper dresses, bobbed hair, and absolutely no looking for love. She is planning to marry her successful boss...as soon as she gets a job. She lives at the Priscilla Hotel for Unmarried Young Ladies, run by Mrs. Meers (Beatrice Lillie) who uses it as a front for her white slavery operation. I'm not kidding. On her way home one day, Millie runs into Miss Dorothy Brown (Mary Tyler Moore) a newcomer to the big city, pretty but almost terminally naive. They go to the hotel where Dorothy, excuse me, Miss Dorothy unwittingly makes herself a target to Mrs. Meers by mentioning that she has no family. At a friendship dance that evening, Millie meets Jimmy Smith (James Fox), a cute young man who delivers paperclips. Despite her very stringent protests that she plans to marry her boss, Jimmy continues to court her, even taking her up to Long Island to visit a kooky society dame (Carol Channing). Meanwhile, Mrs. Meers has her eye on Miss Dorothy.
The costumes and art direction were both nominated for Oscars, as was Carol Channing for her portrayal of Muzzy Van Hossmere. The music is fun and catchy, matching the colorful bubbly tone.
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