Hello-Goodbye (1970 film)

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.

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• 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
• {{Interlanguage link multi|Agathe Natanson|fr}} as Monique
• Georges Bever as the hotel porter
• Denise Grey as the concierge
• Jeffry Wickham as Dickie

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Darryl F. Zanuck had a long history of trying to turn his European mistresses into film stars{{snd}}he had previously done this with Bella Darvi, Juliette Gréco and Irina Demick.Buchwald, Art (1962-07-14). "Zanuck Vs. Greco: Four-Year Friendship Egomania Ambitious Girls". The Washington Post and Times-Herald. p. D31 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).Blume, Mary (1969-12-07). "Darryl F. Zanuck in Paris---the Last Film Tycoon". Los Angeles Times. p. c36

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.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9ZAwDwAAQBAJ&q=%22hello+goodbye%22+zanuck&pg=PA127|title=Jean Negulesco: The Life and Films|first=Michelangelo|last= Capua|publisher=McFarland|date=2017|page=127|isbn=9781476666532}}

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.{{cite book|page=[https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv/page/329 329]|title=The Fox that got away : the last days of the Zanuck dynasty at Twentieth Century-Fox|url=https://archive.org/details/foxthatgotawayt00silv|url-access=registration|last=Silverman|first=Stephen M|year=1988|publisher=L. Stuart}}

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• [https://letterboxd.com/film/hello-goodbye/ Hello Goodbye] at Letterbox DVD

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Category:1970 films

Category:Films directed by Jean Negulesco

Category:Films scored by Francis Lai

Category:British comedy films

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