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Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.Following the death of his father, an orphan is sent to live with his free-spirited aunt.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Bea Arthur
- Vera Charles
- (as Beatrice Arthur)
Doria Cook-Nelson
- Gloria Upson
- (as Doria Cook)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaLucille Ball was so dismayed at the harsh reaction the film received from the critics and its lackluster box office performance that she vowed never to make another film again.
- GoofsWhen Mame, Agnes, Ito, and Patrick are preparing to dine with Beau, Mame remarks, "I never thought Santa Claus would look so much like Rhett Butler." This part of the movie is set in the early Great Depression, well before Gone with the Wind (1939) or even the book (1936) was released.
- Quotes
Mrs. Upson: Mame, you'll never believe this, but this part of the house used to be an old slave kitchen
[black maid walks in]
Mrs. Upson: Oh there you are Bertha. Bertha, this is Mame Dennis. Bertha is one in a million. We don't know what we'd do without her, do we Claude? She's so nice... most of them are getting so snooty these days.
- ConnectionsEdited from The Public Enemy (1931)
- SoundtracksMain Title & St. Bridget
Written by Jerry Herman (uncredited)
Performed by the Warner Bros. Studio Orchestra and Jane Connell
Featured review
A Grand Old-style Movie Musical
It has been a puzzlement to me ever since seeing Mame in it's premiere run way back in 1974, that so many people have so many different views of this movie. It is either absolutely loved or positively hated by the people who see it. I believe Lucille Ball is, and always will be Mame. She plays the character exactly the way she should be played, hard, tender, funny, bitchy, loving, sophisticated and free-spirited.
This film has a bright cheery look and feel with big splashy production numbers which lovingly look back at the grand old Hollywood Musicals of the past. The production values are stunning, with beautiful sets and costumes that are truer to the period than the ones in Auntie Mame. The supporting cast is great, with Bea Arthur as Vera Charles and Jane Connell as Gooch. And concerning the complaints about the filming of Lucy through gauze, just go back to the MGM Musicals of the 40's and 50's and you'll see almost every major female star, young and old, filmed through heavy gauze.
I've come to the conclusion that this movie has been labeled a bomb for so long that some people already have their minds made up not to like it before the opening credits have ended. And the ones who see it for the first time without any idea of it's troubled history, end up loving it!
This film has a bright cheery look and feel with big splashy production numbers which lovingly look back at the grand old Hollywood Musicals of the past. The production values are stunning, with beautiful sets and costumes that are truer to the period than the ones in Auntie Mame. The supporting cast is great, with Bea Arthur as Vera Charles and Jane Connell as Gooch. And concerning the complaints about the filming of Lucy through gauze, just go back to the MGM Musicals of the 40's and 50's and you'll see almost every major female star, young and old, filmed through heavy gauze.
I've come to the conclusion that this movie has been labeled a bomb for so long that some people already have their minds made up not to like it before the opening credits have ended. And the ones who see it for the first time without any idea of it's troubled history, end up loving it!
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- michael-248
- Nov 2, 1999
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- Ante todo, mujer
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- Budget
- $12,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 12 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
- 2.35 : 1
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