<P> In 1890 , all of New York City is excited because widowed , brassy Dolly Levi ( Barbra Streisand ) is in town ( `` Call On Dolly '' ) . Dolly makes a living through matchmaking and numerous sidelines ( `` Just Leave Everything to Me '' ) . She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder ( Walter Matthau ) , the well - known `` half - a-millionaire '' , but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself . Dolly travels to Yonkers , New York to visit Horace . Ambrose Kemper ( Tommy Tune ) , a young artist , wants to marry Horace 's weepy niece , Ermengarde ( Joyce Ames ) , but Horace opposes this because Ambrose 's vocation does not guarantee a steady living . Horace , who is the owner of Vandergelder 's Hay and Feed , explains to his two clerks , Cornelius Hackl ( Michael Crawford ) and Barnaby Tucker ( Danny Lockin ) , that he is going to get married because `` It Takes a Woman '' to cheerfully do all the household chores . He plans to travel to New York City to propose to Irene Molloy ( Marianne McAndrew ) , who owns a hat shop there . Dolly arrives in Yonkers and sends Horace ahead to the city . Before leaving , he tells Cornelius and Barnaby to mind the store . </P>
<P> In 1890 , all of New York City is excited because widowed , brassy Dolly Levi ( Barbra Streisand ) is in town ( `` Call On Dolly '' ) . Dolly makes a living through matchmaking and numerous sidelines ( `` Just Leave Everything to Me '' ) . She is currently seeking a wife for grumpy Horace Vandergelder ( Walter Matthau ) , the well - known `` half - a-millionaire '' , but it becomes clear that Dolly intends to marry Horace herself . Dolly travels to Yonkers , New York to visit Horace . Ambrose Kemper ( Tommy Tune ) , a young artist , wants to marry Horace 's weepy niece , Ermengarde ( Joyce Ames ) , but Horace opposes this because Ambrose 's vocation does not guarantee a steady living . Horace , who is the owner of Vandergelder 's Hay and Feed , explains to his two clerks , Cornelius Hackl ( Michael Crawford ) and Barnaby Tucker ( Danny Lockin ) , that he is going to get married because `` It Takes a Woman '' to cheerfully do all the household chores . He plans to travel to New York City to propose to Irene Molloy ( Marianne McAndrew ) , who owns a hat shop there . Dolly arrives in Yonkers and sends Horace ahead to the city . Before leaving , he tells Cornelius and Barnaby to mind the store . </P>
who played ambrose in the film hello dolly
who played ambrose in the film hello dolly
Tommy Tune
Tommy Tune