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Academy Award Costume Design 1968 · Nominated
The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 American musical film starring Fred MacMurray, based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle. The film, featuring music by the Sherman Brothers, was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Costume Design by Bill Thomas.
The Happiest Millionaire. Clever yet hapless new butler John Lawless manages a Philadelphia household for quirky and joyful millionaire Anthony Drexel Biddle, his unflappable wife, Cordelia, and their spitfire daughter, Cordy.
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- Comedy, Family, Musical
- Norman Tokar
- 1968-07-10
The Happiest Millionaire. Jump to Academy Awards, USA (1) Golden Globes, USA (1) 2 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1968 Nominee Oscar. Best Costume Design. Bill Thomas. Golden Globes, USA. 1968 Nominee Golden Globe. Most Promising Newcomer - Male. Tommy Steele. Contribute to this page. Suggest an edit or add missing content. Top Gap.
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The Happiest Millionaire is a 1967 musical film, based upon the true story of Philadelphia millionaire Anthony J. Drexel Biddle. It received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design by Bill Thomas. The musical song score is by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman.
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Here Is Disney's big blockbuster for the year, and everybody knows a Disney film is good family entertainment. So families will naturally go to see "The Happiest Millionaire." But adults will find the plot thin and the characters one-dimensional.
The Happiest Millionaire received one Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design. Bill Thomas created 3000 costumes in all for the film, including 250 for the principal characters.
A happy and unbelievably lucky young Irish immigrant, John Lawless, lands a job as the butler of an unconventional millionaire, Biddle. His daughter, Cordelia Drexel Biddle, tires of the unusual antics of her father--especially since the nice young men around town all fear him.
