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Mame | 
 enlarge | Director: Gene Saks
Actors: Lucille Ball, Robert Preston, Bea Arthur, Bruce Davison, Kirby Furlong
Studio: Warner Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Rating:  229 reviews
Sales Rank: 6307
Format: Closed-captioned, Dolby, Subtitled, Thx, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled)
Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 132 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 113414
UPC: 085391134145
EAN: 0085391134145
ASIN: B000O76ZR6
Theatrical Release Date: March 27, 1974
Release Date: June 19, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
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.
Amazon.com
The 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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 mame June 7, 2009
Robert L. Jordan (Mississippi)
0 out of 3 found this review helpful
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.
 Mame May 30, 2009
D. Van Den Broek (The Hague, Zuid-Holland Netherlands)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
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!
Mame! May 14, 2009
Kaitlyn Potts (RI, USA)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I love Lucille Ball so much and I'm proud to have this on DVD. It came quickly and I've been pleased so far
Simply Awful April 11, 2009
Cinemabon (United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Lucy robbed Angela Lansbury of the role when she pulled strings in Hollywood. She literally pulled the rug from under Lansbury and took this role from her. The resulting film is a disaster. The film was panned by critics on its release and did poorly at the box office. I loved Lucy on her television show. It was a terrible thing she did to Lansbury, though the great film actress had the last laugh. While both women were nominated for numerous Emmy's, only Lansbury was nominated for an Academy Award. Her film performances are exceptional and quite memorable. "Mame" was not nominated for one Academy Award that season. It received two nominations for a Golden Globe from the foreign press (Arthur and Ball) as they loved Lucille Ball. Needless to say, she did not win. If you love Lucy, then watch some of her television work from the 1950's when she was queen of comedy. As to her performance in this stinker, its simply awful.
 Falls flat... March 15, 2009
Ruth Anderson
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'm a big fan of the Rosalind Russell flick Auntie Mame, so after viewing Mame I've gotta say it can't help but feel like a redundant, paler imitation of the earlier classic. Lucy gives her all here, but it's really hard to get past the fact that she seems too old for the part - and starting out with the starkly dark, Rosalind Russell-like wig doesn't help matters. I have to think if she'd played the role on stage she could've sold the part more convincingly. Since this is based on the Broadway musical, you do get to hear some pretty good tunes like "We Need a Little Christmas" and "Bosom Buddies," even if they are sung really badly. The latter does transcend it's ear-assaulting delivery because watching Ball perform it with Bea Arthur, who plays Vera, Mame's best friend, is really kind of fun. Robert Preston also makes a pretty good turn as Mame's love interest Beauregard, and he gets to sing "Loving You" (written especially for the film), which is a real treat since he's far and away the only member of the cast that can actually sing. Mame clocks in at just over two hours, but it felt more like three or four. Despite the frenetic pace of the production numbers, the movie seems to lag (this is a problem I have with a lot of the musicals from the late sixties/early seventies - the come off too heavy-handed for me which bogs down the pace of the story). The DVD has a trailer and a featurette entitled "Lucky Mame" which is basically a glorfied, really long trailer. While Lucy has some good moments here (the fox hunt scene comes to mind), she is never quite able to match the magic touch Rosalind Russell brought to the character of Mame. In summary - this may be worth watching once if you're a fan of Robert Preston, or want to see Bea Arthur positively steal every scene she appears in. Other than that, skip this one and check out the superior Auntie Mame.
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