Mame
by Gene Saks
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Actor: Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison, Kirby Furlong, Lucille Ball, Robert PrestonDirector: Gene Saks
Brand: BALL,LUCILLE
Cinematographer: Philip H. Lathrop
Producer: James Cresson
Producer: Robert Fryer
Writer: Jerome Lawrence
Writer: Patrick Dennis
Writer: Paul Zindel
Writer: Robert E. Lee
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, THX, Widescreen
Picture Format: 2.35:1
Running Time: 132 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-06-19
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Lucille Ball plays Auntie mame, loving life and living it to the hilt with her nephew and assorted eccentrics in tow. Robert Preston, Beatrice Arthur and Jerry Herman's smashing Broadway score add pizazz. Year: 1974 Director: Gene Saks Starring: Lucille Ball. Robert Preston, Bea ArthurRunning Time: 131 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:?MUSICALS Rating:?PG Age:?085391134145 UP
DVD Reviews of Mame
DVD Review: Fabulous!
Summary: 5 Stars
This is an incredibly fabulous movie, and I was very impressed with the ease of ordering, and the speed in which I received my order. Thanks Amazon!
Aaron Turner
DVD Review: One musical number makes the whole movie worth it
Summary: 5 Stars
It's true that Lucille Ball doesn't have much of a singing voice, but one scene in the movie gave me chills and brought tears to my eyes. It made the DVD more than worth buying! It was when they were down South visiting Beauregard's family and the whole huge cast did the musical number "Mame". From the quiet singing in the beginning "You coax the blues right out of the horn, Mame . . . " all the way through that wonderful song - and the choreography was beautiful and perfect. It's my favorite scene from any musical. DVD Review: WHAT A SHAME! Mame misses the boat. . .
Summary: 3 Stars
I saw this film when it was originally released, and remember the backlash that ensued. Lucy's reviews were generally horrendous, and possibly deserved since she had strong armed herself into the production. She was Lucy and she had a lot of clout in Hollywood -- this was before the final faseout. Thus poor Angela Lansbury, the original musical Mame, never really had a chance at duplicating her legendary performance on film. I remember reading newspaper interviews and articles in which a tearful Lucy railed against the backlash and claimed that it was unfair because 'America needed wholsome entertainment.' Nonetheless, the film continued to bomb and the reviews merciless. As an aside, originally Madeline Kahn, more age-appropriate, was hired to play Agnes Gooch. However, the daily rushes of the day's filming indicated she was running away with the film, and Lucy had her fired. Madeline Kahn was a very fine comedienne and photographed quite beautifully.
Believe it or not, notwithstanding all of the negatives evident in Lucy's Mame, I am still glad to have this dvd. It is the only filmed musical Mame, and I love the music. No matter what is going wrong in my world, or with any given day, the songs always lift my spirits, whether they are song by Lucy or preferably Angela Lansbury.
DVD Review: mame
Summary: 1 Stars
I bought this movie after the death of Bea Arthur. We continue to be huge fans and were looking forward to receiving this movie. Unforunately, the dvd was scratched. The move skips, making impossible to watch. I am greatly disappointed with this purchase.DVD Review: Mame
Summary: 5 Stars
although al lot of people said it wasn't good enough, i liked it...perhaps a bit corny but it is wonderfull to see Lucille Ball and Beatrice Arthur in Mame!
Description of Mame
Lucille Ball plays Auntie mame, loving life and living it to the hilt with her nephew and assorted eccentrics in tow. Robert Preston, Beatrice Arthur and Jerry Herman's smashing Broadway score add pizazz. Year: 1974 Director: Gene Saks Starring: Lucille Ball. Robert Preston, Bea ArthurThe 1974 film version of Mame stars legendary Lucille Ball and is based on the 1966 hit Broadway musical, not the 1958 movie. When 10-year-old Patrick Dennis's father dies, he is sent to live with his eccentric Auntie Mame. Mame may know nothing about being a parent, but she's got love and spontaneity in spades, and Patrick blooms in the time spent with her. Though Miss Ball seems sadly miscast when Mame begins (she's too old and can't sing), by the time the movie reaches the famous foxhunt scene when Mame accidentally wins the hunt, and in turn the heart of gallant Beauregard Burnside, you start to believe Lucy is Mame.
Reprising her Broadway role (for which she won a Tony), Bea Arthur plays Mame's boozy pal Vera Charles. Songs include the now-classic "We Need a Little Christmas" and "Bosom Buddies" plus "Loving You," sung by Robert Preston's Beau and written for this movie. --Dana Van Nest
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