Full movie mame hd with duration 2 min and released on 1974 0307 and mpaa rating is 1. Lucille ball, one of televisions most gifted comediennes, somehow lost her comic touch here. On a different message board, there are a few comments about robert preston disliking lucille ball. Overview of mame, 1974, directed by gene saks, with lucille ball, bea arthur, robert preston, at turner classic movies. Mame wants to provide her sense of guidance to patrick, which means exposing him to a broad spectrum of all that life has to offer. Mame dennis says, life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. The eccentric heroine of patrick dennis fictional 1955 autobiography, auntie mame. Cast as the title character in this second movie adaptation of a patrick dennis book and jerry herman musical the first, auntie mame was in 1958, lucille ball plays an independently wealthy.
Auntie mame is a 1958 american technicolor comedy film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by patrick dennis and its theatrical adaptation by jerome lawrence and robert edwin lee. Babcock of the knickerbocker bank, will pay mame for. This lush screen adaptation of the broadway musical hit adaptation of auntie mame has lucy take on the role made famous by rosalind russell, the eccentric mame. An irreverent escapade who made her first appearance in the 1956 broadway play, later in the 1958 film, and ultimately the 1966 broadway musical upon which this movie is based is logically somewhere in her mid to late 40s, but, philosophicallyspeaking, has always seemed ageless spoken like a press. Upon the death of wealthy chicagoan edward dennis, his nineyear old son patrick dennis becomes the ward of their only livin. We let you watch movies online without having to register or paying, with over 0 movies and tvseries. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Mame puts on new but familiar facelucille ball the new. The musical itself was based on the play auntie mame starring rosalind russell, also a film and also available from the warner archive. This film version stars rosalind russell and was directed by morton dacosta.
Oct 17, 2016 this lush screen adaptation of the broadway musical hit adaptation of auntie mame has lucy take on the role made famous by rosalind russell, the eccentric mame who believes that life is a banquet. The movie does suffer from including too many overblown and overlong production numbers. Mame 2008 stream and watch online wiped out by the crash of 29, a woman lucille ball marries a georgia millionaire robert preston and lives life to the fullest. Apr 05, 2017 mame did as she saidproving to be wholesome family entertainment when gratuitus movie sex and violence were becoming the norm. On another note, i actually disliked the movie auntie mame and felt russells acting was way over the top, silly and annoying.
By 1974, film versions of broadway musicals were much harder sells to movie audiences, but mame was not helped by serious miscasting in the title role and generally weak direction overall. I have watched it on film and dvd, but this bluray release by the warners. The contents of this disc are exactly the same as the mame soundtrack lp released in february 1974. The film focuses on eccentric mame dennis, whose madcap life is disrupted when her deceased brothers son patrick is entrusted to her care. The higher fidelity digital format reveals the constant overdubbing techniques used to get the most out of lucille balls less than ideal singing voice. Bea arthur is also a hoot as is jane connell as agnes gooch. Mame 1974 official trailer lucille ball, robert preston movie hd. The warner archive has just released the bluray version of mame, 1974 s film version of the hit broadway show. I have watched it on film and dvd, but this bluray release by the warners archive is the best this movie has ever looked. Lucille ball stars in this film of the blockbuster broadway musical that tells the story. The title character is an eccentric, freespirited woman who becomes the guardian of her late brother.
The title character is an eccentric, freespirited woman who becomes the guardian of her late brothers son. I have loved the movie auntie mame with rosalind russell ever since the first time i saw it. Mame is a 1974 musical that is based on the broadway musical of the same name. With lucille ball, robert preston, bea arthur, bruce davison. The major bonus feature of warner home videos dvd release of gene saks mame 1974 is the vintage featurette lucky mame it is entertaining but for the wrong reasons, trying as it does to raise audience enthusiasm for the soontobereleased movie, when it is plain to anyone watching that the movie is just not that good. Edwards will states that patrick is to be raised protestant in a traditional manner and. Critics such as vincent canby, molly haskell and judith crist rightly praised her contribution to the movie. Mame, she believed, might well be the starting point for a revival of family movies. Watch mame 1974 full movie online 123movies novalocker. Is the lucy mame movie really that bad message board. Mame 1974 official trailer lucille ball, robert preston movie hd the musical revolves around the antics of mame dennis, a funloving. Watch mame 1974 full movie online free on putlocker free. Lucille ball on the set of mame lucille ball in mame 1974 bea arthur in her trailer doing the movie mame with her husband director.
Mame, lucille ball warner, 1974 lucille ball in mame 1974 lucille ball on the set of mame. Cast and crew credits for mame, 1974, directed by gene saks, with lucille ball, bea arthur, robert preston, at turner classic movies. Mame has some delightful moments thanks to lucille balls performance. Mame 1974 movie clip title song turner classic movies. It was directed by gene saks, and adapted by paul zindel, and starred lucille ball in her final theatrical film performance.
The letter written by jerry herman uncredited performed by kirby furlong and bruce davisonwritten by jerry herman uncredited my best girl reprise written by jerry herman uncredited. Not to be confused with a musical version of the story, that appeared on broadway in 1966, and was later made into a 1974 film mame. Mame 1974 official trailer lucille ball, robert preston. Mame 1974 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Mame is a 1974 technicolor musical film in panavision based on the 1966 broadway musical of the same name and the 1955 novel auntie mame by patrick. Legendary lucille ball heads an allstar cast in her final feature film appearance. Reviewing mame, lucille balls lateinlife stab at starring in an enormous movie musical, gives me the opportunity to pull out one of my favorite sat words. Tt comes with a 16 page booklet chock full of color pictures from the movie and wonderfully detailed notes on the making of the film.
Mame written by jerry herman uncredited performed by robert preston. Edwards will states that patrick is to be raised protestant in a traditional manner and that the trustee, mr. Watch mame 1974 movie online free streaming in 1080p the musical revolves around the antics of mame dennis, a funloving, wealthy eccentric with a flare for life and a razor sharp wit. Watch mame 1974 movie online free streaming in 1080p. Saks lost a lot of respect for his mame move, but continued to flush out his career and make back respect years later. Angela lansbury recalled her time when she was playing mame on broadway and was visited by lucille ball who told her she was amazing in the part, deserved all the honors she was receiving and was a shoe in for the film version.
The film focuses on eccentric mame dennis, whose madcap life is disrupted when her. Auntie mame 1958 official trailer rosalind russell. Interesting, if it is true, but i did not detect any negative vibes in his performance. The whole point of mame is that she is a rich, madcap bohemian, and this movie never gets beyond the rich. The rest of the cast is fine but mame is a star part with.
Lucille ball, robert preston, beatrice arthur, bruce. Loving you written by jerry herman uncredited performed by robert preston. Dolly isnt that bad, just over produced and mame comes off as a sitcom thanks to his movie mame, lucille ball. Lucille ball stars in this film of the blockbuster broadway musical. Mame written by jerry herman uncredited performed by robert preston and company. Mame, lucille ball warner, 1974 lucille ball and kirby furlong in mame 1974. To be fair, the source material, patrick dennis auntie mame, was a hilarious, outrageous for its time novel that had to be edited and lightened for the play and movie, and then edited and lightened again by the time it became a broadway. In auntie mame and mame the movie, she works in the toy department of macys. With wit, style and a seasoned cast to dished out humour and heart with gusto, auntie mame is a full course meal of entertainment magic and is a 1958 technicolor comedy film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by patrick dennis.
Mame wants to provide her sense of guidance to patrick, written by. The ultimate source of both the movie and the play is a novel, auntie mame, that was written by patrick dennis in 1955. Upon the death of wealthy chicagoan edward dennis in the late 1920s, his nineyearold son patrick dennis becomes the ward of their only living relative, edwards equallywealthy newyorkresiding sister, mame dennis. The reason i like the movie mame is because lucille ball is in it. The transfer to cd on both this and the rhm releases is good, but not perfect. This is the eleventh video of a series that stars our favorite redhead.
Mame 1974 legendary lucille ball heads an allstar cast in her final feature film appearance. Mame is a 1974 technicolor musical film in panavision based on the 1966 broadway musical of the same name itself based on the 1958 film auntie mame and the 1955 novel auntie mame by patrick dennis. On the cd you can clearly hear how many edits and overdubs were done to get one good take out of lucy. Babcock learns what is going on, and the stock market crashes resulting in mame losing all her money, the events in combination leading to mr. Mame 1974 upon the death of wealthy chicagoan edward dennis in the late 1920s, his nineyearold son patrick dennis becomes the ward of their only living relative, edwards equallywealthy new. Mame 1974 pg 0307 1974 us comedy, music 2h 12m user score. Mar 08, 1974 mame puts on new but familiar face lucille ball. Had mame been released in the 1940s, 50s or even the 1960s, with lucille ball in the leading role, this delightful musical would have been a major success and lucy would have won critical acclaim. The clerk told her you dont want to watch that movie its terrible you want to watch auntie mame 1958 instead. With wit, style and a seasoned cast to dished out humour and heart with gusto, auntie mame is a fullcourse meal of entertainment magic and is a 1958 technicolor comedy film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by patrick dennis.