Hello-Goodbye (1970 film)

Hello-Goodbye
	Hello-Goodbye
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Produced by	André Hakim
Written by	Roger Marshall
Based on	story by Darryl Zanuck (as "Mark Canfield")
Starring	Michael Crawford; Genevieve Gilles; Curd Jürgens
Music by	Francis Lai
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Richard Bryan
Production; company	Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	12 July 1970
Running time	107 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$4.4 million[1]

Hello-Goodbye is a 1970 British comedy film starring Michael Crawford, and was the final film directed by Jean Negulesco.[2]

Plot

Harry England, a British car salesman on a trip to France, meets a Baroness, "Dany", when her Rolls-Royce breaks down. They spend a few days together and become lovers before she disappears one night, but Harry does not know her surname.

The Baron then hires Harry to teach his teenage son about cars on their country estate. Harry encounters the Baroness again and their affair continues. Harry falls in love and asks the Baroness to leave the Baron, who has taken up with a lady of his own.

Cast

Michael Crawford as Harry England
Genevieve Gilles as Dany
Curd Jürgens as Baron De Choisis
Princess Ira von Fürstenberg as Evelyne Rossan (credited as Ira Furstenberg)
Lon Satton as Cole Strutter
Peter Myers as Bentley
Mike Marshall as Paul
Didier Haudepin as Raymond
Vivian Pickles as Joycie
Agathe Natanson as Monique
Georges Bever as the hotel porter
Denise Grey as the concierge
Jeffry Wickham as Dickie

Production

Darryl F. Zanuck had a long history of trying to turn his European mistresses into film stars – he had previously done this with Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco and Irina Demick.[3] Hello Goodbye was created as a vehicle for Gilles, his latest mistress, and was the first production Zanuck personally supervised since he inserted Demick in The Longest Day (1962).[4]

Filming started on the French Riviera under the direction of Ronald Neame. He quit the film after a few weeks due to disagreements with Zanunck. He was replaced by Jean Negulesco, who only did the movie as a favor to Zanuck.[5]

Box office

According to Fox records, the film required $7,225,000 in rentals to break even. It failed to do so; by 11 December 1970, the film had only made $2,335,000.[6]

References

Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256
HELLO-GOODBYE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 187.
Buchwald, Art (1962-07-14). "Zanuck Vs. Greco: Four-Year Friendship Egomania Ambitious Girls". The Washington Post. Times Herald. p. D31
Blume, Mary (1969-12-07). "Darryl F. Zanuck in Paris---the Last Film Tycoon". Los Angeles Times. p. c36
Capua, Michelangelo (2017). Jean Negulesco: The Life and Films. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 9781476666532.
Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 329.

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[1] Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p256

[2] HELLO-GOODBYE Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 37, Iss. 432, (Jan 1, 1970): 187.

[3] Buchwald, Art (1962-07-14). "Zanuck Vs. Greco: Four-Year Friendship Egomania Ambitious Girls". The Washington Post. Times Herald. p. D31

[4] Blume, Mary (1969-12-07). "Darryl F. Zanuck in Paris---the Last Film Tycoon". Los Angeles Times. p. c36

[5] Capua, Michelangelo (2017). Jean Negulesco: The Life and Films. McFarland. p. 127. ISBN 9781476666532.

[6] Silverman, Stephen M (1988). The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox. L. Stuart. p. 329.