The top mistakes in Hello Dolly! http://www.moviemistakes.com/film600 en Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:55:29 +0000 25705 Hello Dolly is set in 1890. Barnaby makes several references to seeing "the stuffed whale at Barnum's museum" several times. But by 1890, Barnum's museums had burned down (three times, I think) he'd gone into politics, become a lecture speaker and finally had become partners with James Bailey to create Barnum and Bailey's Circus. (They even have a banner in the parade on 14th Street.) I doubt they still had the museum operating under his name. 10246 When Cornelius meets the girl in the red dress and they dance and sing outdoors on the street, her dress is dragging on the pavement and the hem is clearly filthy. The next scene they arrive at the restaurant and her dress is clean and pressed. 22653 In the original theatrical release print of this film, set in the 1890s, there is an overhead shot of a train travelling through the countryside from Yonkers to New York City. As the camera follows the train, an overturned 1950s-60s automobile in a ditch beside the track comes into view. The offending vehicle has been edited out of the video release. 161155 During the song 'It Takes a Woman' when Michael Crawford is standing beside the white horse, it nips his cheek, before someone obviously pulls it away. 100760 When Dolly first sits down at the table at the Harmonia Gardens, she picks up her napkin twice.