Hello-Goodbye (1970 film)

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

Hello-Goodbye
Hello-Goodbye
Directed by	Jean Negulesco
Written by	Roger Marshall
Produced by	André Hakim
Starring	Michael Crawford Genevieve Gilles Curd Jürgens Ira Furstenberg
Cinematography	Henri Decaë
Edited by	Richard Bryan
Music by	Francis Lai
Production company	Darryl F. Zanuck Productions
Distributed by	20th Century Fox
Release date	12 July 1970 (1970-07-12)
Running time	107 min.
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Budget	$4.4 million[1]

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
• 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 [fr] 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]