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This film has been considered a essential failure since the day it was released, and very unjustly so. I happen to accumulate MAME quite charming and a lot of fun. The casting is smart. I do not contemplate Lucy was miscast, although I can understand how one might reach at that concept… Lucy was 62 years conventional during filming, but was playing a character 15-20 years her junior. Furthermore, one thing Lucy was NOT known for was being a singer, even though Mame is a musical role. But that’s unbiased what I salvage all the more exciting about this film… context is the key word here. Mame is not supposed to be Julie Andrews or Kathryn Grayson (although there are any number of musical actresses who would have made a glowing Mame) ; a lower more raspy assure is more superb to the character. While no one will ever be able to top Rosalind Russell from the earlier nonmusical play and its 1958 film adaptation AUNTIE MAME, or Angela Lansbury from the Broadway cast of the musical, Lucy is in there trying her darndest and in my plan pulls it off rather well. Playing Mame at 62 years musty was no easy task I’m certain. Lucy really seems to be enjoying herself–just observe her during the “Mame” number…she almost seems to glow.
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The supporting cast are outstanding. Bea Arthur is THE best Vera Charles, hands down. Seeing her and Lucy in “Bosom Buddies” is classic–whether or not they got along off camera is totally irrelavent. Robert Preston was born to play Beau, and Jane Connell reprises her role of Agnes Gooch, which she had played on Broadway. (Did you know she was nearly 50 in this film? )
MAME has been available on VHS for years, though it is now out of print, but unexcited not really that hard to track down if you play your cards correct. Unfortunately the VHS, while acceptable, is pudgy frame (aka “pan-n-scan”) and we really miss a lot by not having it in widescreen. The AUNTIE MAME DVD features the trailer for this film, in widescreen, and even that is astounding.
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COMING TO DVD IN JUNE 2007!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I remember when I had to meet with the senior projectionist at a Theater in Glendale California, who was training me to how the rush the venerable carbon fusion projectors. I had a very hard time learning anything that day as I have always loved Lucy, I was only 19yrs former but I had grown up with Lucy and to behold her in a ticket original featured film was bright to say the least. I was so caught up in the recede I forgot to do the change-over (switching projectors when reel ends on the new operating projector over to the paunchy reel) this caused the audience to be some what upset however I recovered speedy and the expose was support on the road. I miss Lucille ball and all of the I Savor Lucy staff. A week later I was ask by my friend to do the change-over for Mame at the Chinese Theater on Hollywood Boulevard. A few years later I had the honor of meeting Ms. Ball on the Tonight Reveal residence (with Johnny Carson) this was when Lucy moves from CBS to NBC I remembered Glenn Campbell was also a guest that night. I was standing stage accurate and I met Ed McMahon who asked `Are you here to peep Johnny? ” I said no Sr. am here to view Ms. Ball with that he laughed and said ” Johnny will esteem that!”
My Carrier as a projectionist never took off, I guess I was to busy trying to score hired at all the major movie and television studios working unhurried the camera rather in front but during the job freeze in the unhurried 70′s I had no chance, but non the less my biggest thrill was when I met the Red Head from Hollywood. MY GIRL LUCY. I recommend this movie to any and all ages, your families will devour every frame and will remember her as Mame as well is Lucy.
My prayer is that Mame is re-released in DVD format.