Mame

MOVIE DESCRIPTION:

Lucille Ball stars in this film version of the hit Jerry Herman Broadway musical, which featured an electrifying performance by Angela Lansbury. As Patrick Dennis' plucky and resilient Auntie Mame, Ball's low-pitched, growling moan of a voice (a spine-chilling reminder of the sound of Linda Blair's demon-possession in The Exorcist) and her gaudy and lumbering fashion-horse gait turns Mame into an elderly cross-dresser. In this guise, Mame rehashes the plot from Dennis's novel and the previous non-musical Rosalind Russell film. During the Depression era 1930s, she enrolls her nephew into a liberal private school, tries a turn in show business (with the help of her friend Vera [Beatrice Arthur]), and marries a well-to-do Southern planter (Robert Preston). After her husband's death, Mame concerns herself with her now grown-up nephew, his girlfriend, and the girlfriend's intolerant parents. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi

DVD FEATURES:

• Region: 1
• Number of Discs: 1
• Screen: Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV
• Audio: Dolby Digital Mono
• Subtitle: Eng/Fre
• Features:
  • Vintage featurette Lucky Mame
  • Theatrical trailer
  • Subtitles: English & Francais (Main Feature. Bonus material/trailer may not be subtitled)

AWARDS

• Hollywood Foreign Press Association

•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture - Musical or Com - 1974 (Lucille Ball)
•     Nominated Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Pic - 1974 (Bea Arthur)

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:

• Cast:

  
       Lucille Ball - Mame Dennis
       Robert Preston - Beauregard
       Bea Arthur - Vera Charles
       Kirby Furlong - Young Patrick
       Bruce Davison - Older Patrick
       Don Porter - Mr. Upson
       Alice Nunn - Fat Lady

• Director:

  Gene Saks

• Producer:

  James Cresson, Robert Fryer

• Book Author:

  Patrick Dennis

• Play Author:

  Robert E. Lee

• Screenwriter:

  Paul Zindel

• Play Author:

  Jerry Herman, Jerome Lawrence

• Cinematographer:

  Philip H. Lathrop

• Musical Arrangement:

  Ralph Burns

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Ralph Burns

• Musical Arrangement:

  Billy Byers

• Musical Direction/Supervision:

  Billy Byers

• Composer (Music Score):

  Jerry Herman

• Songwriter:

  Jerry Herman

• Editor:

  Maury Winetrobe

• Production Designer:

  Robert F. Boyle, Harold Michelson

• Costume Designer:

  Theadora Van Runkle

• Sound/Sound Designer:

  Al Overton

• Choreography:

  Martin Allen, Onna White