Robert Preston is fantastic in every role I’ve seen him in. Including this one. He seems to make every movie “pop”. That’s why he’s one of my all time favorite performers. As for Mame herself, Lucy was the wrong choice. Should have gone with Angela Lansbury, who did the role on Broadway.
Age has nothing to do with glowing it depends on the person I've seen plenty of really young people who arnt glowing age I'd just a number everything is self care
Yeah, she’s a blurry out of focus who can’t sing, dance or interpret witty dialog. In all truth , can’t understand why they’re celebrating her when they should be sad that ANGELA LANSBURY wasn’t there instead. “MAIMED”.
I too was so touched I had tears ....Her reaction to all the adulation from the dancers/actors showed she was a great actress. I swear she wasn't acting! This big production number was worth the price of admission!
Lucy was in very good shape for someone of her age. She was slim and radiant.Her dance steps were wonderful with high kicks. She even roller-skated. This was a wonderful film. She deserved this part.
I wish I could find the part where Lucy is on the horse and she does a double take when she actually passes the fox during the hunt, as it trots along the trail with a silly, almost carefree smile on it's face. It rolled me over when I was a kid.
It's hard to believe this film came out in 1974, because it looks more like 1964, and that's actually a good thing, since these type of musicals seemed to have been a dying breed in those days. As a youngster, I really couldn't get into it back in the day, but now that I'm older, I can really appreciate it!
You obviously never saw Angela Landsbury on Broadway. Lucy ruined it with her ego! She can't sing, had 6 filters on her and it sucked. The only reason Bea Arthur reprised her role was because her husband stage director Gene Saks begged her to do it. She regretted it!
@@drewknight7126 Stop it !! If you can’t say anything nice; say nothing ! I do remember Lansbury at The WinterGarden Theatre in 1966 doing’Mame’ - her very first Broadway debut - she was amazing ! Nevertheless, you are talking oranges ….. I am talking apples ! If you can’t say something nice about anything, please say nothing. Thanks!
One of my all time favorites, Lucille Ball was the best Mame ever. Can't forget Robert Preston, he was super too. These 2 talents made this movie perfect. 👍
My high school also did this. It was the first show I ever worked for as a crew member, so I hold this show close to me now, since it’s what made me start doing backstage crew, and the lights
I saw Jane Russell play Mame Live in the early 70s, and determined to play the part of Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside ..I finally did..in 1975 at 18. .. love this musical
You said it. This miscast film disaster (of a great stage musical) tanked movie musicals for YEARS, and contributed massively -- with a list of other clunkers -- to the closing of Radio City as a viable cinema, turning it into a concert and seasonal events venue for out-of-towners@@SymphonyBrahms
Here's the deal, Angela Lansbury was defenitely robbed of this role. Angela was a legend on the Broadway stage verison, her songs were almost flawless during the 1983 Broadway version and she was in her early 60s. However, Lucy was in her 70s and when I watched the film before the Broadway verison, I was genuinely "wowed"
que excelentes actuaciones, música, vestuario y canciones esta película me hace recordar mejores tiempos de nuestras vidas y ese calor de casa los domingos cuando veías en la tv estas películas .
She looked so beautiful here. I don’t care what people think. She was great. Loved her in it. Angela Lansbury, should’ve been in the movie version. But it’s life!!
I realize this is just the first 2 verses, sort of tease from the Warner Archive. However, a local station editor back in the 1980s actually DID cut the song right there, which was unexpected, as it is the title number & the highlight of the film. Right after the second verse completed, they cut straight to Mame & Beau on the ship for their honeymoon. Every other song in the movie that remained was intact (for this heavily trimmed 2 hour broadcast). It was unbelievable to me that anyone would think THAT was the song that needed editing down!
@@steveliveshere Yeah, I laugh about it now, but during the broadcast it was just jaw dropping. This was the first time this heavily edited version aired, on channel 13 in Los Angeles, so my family was very disappointed. And from then on, this was the only way channel 13 would air it! It's funny to talk about now, but only because the unedited movie has always been available on home video. I actually still have the channel 13 broadcast on tape, believe it or not, but haven't had a Betamax in years, so I haven't viewed it since. Nor is there any good reason to, other than to scratch my head and wonder what they were thinking!
You coax the blues right out of the horn, Mame You charm the husk right off of the corn, Mame You've got the banjo strummin' And plunkin' out a tune to beat the band The whole plantation's hummin' Since you brought Dixie back to Dixieland You make the cotton easy to pick, Mame You give my old mint julep a kick, Mame Who ever thought a Yankee would put A little Dixie mouse to shame You've made us feel alive again You've given us the drive again To make the South revive again, Mame You've brought the cake-walk back into style, Mame You make the weepin' willow tree smile, Mame Your skin is Dixie satin There's rebel in your manner and your speech You may be from Manhattan But Georgia never had a sweeter peach You make our black-eyed peas and our grits, Mame Seem like the bill of fare at the Ritz, Mame You came, you saw, you conquered And absolutely nothing is the same You're special fascination'll Prove to be inspirational We think you're just sensational, Mame
I saw this when it first came out. There was a huge expectation of Lucille Ball even though we knew that she was in her 60s and had a voice that was ruined by smoking. Nonetheless, the musical and Lucy had their entertaining moments. I don't understand the viciousness expressed here. I guess that it's just what we've become. I also think that the movie version wasn't all that well directed. There were lots of awkward moments...especially in the beginning. As for me, I won't dishonor Lucille Ball!!!! Sorry!!!!
Unfortunately, this argument has been going on ever since the film came out 44 years ago. You either love it or hate it. Personally, I think Lucy was miscast, but the film is entertaining nonetheless.
@@jusssayin480 Lucy brought the criticism on herself the minute her monstrous ego made her take a role she was not right for in the first place. People resent it because it's a fine show that deserved a better film version.
Robert Preston saved this...redeemed it. If there is anything good about this film...it was the provision of another opportunity for seeing and hearing Robert Preston. How did the casting director manage to make this brilliant choice...and for the same film, choose a frail, blurry -eyed Lucille Ball? She looks like she just emerged from a full day and night in a smoke-filled pool hall. Was she even seeing much of anything through those eyes?
I heard a version of this song on the Kansas KSMK Catholic radio station today! This one is good but the radio station played an even better version! The Ray Conniff orchestra done a good version of "Mame" also!
So looking this up and now after seeing this I have decided that my grandmother name will be "Mamy" Pronounced like Mame but with a long "e" on the end! No one else likes it but me and Our Blessed Virgin Mary! You see Mamy almost spells Mary! and it is my name with a "m" on the front! It fits! Evelyn was born on December 10, 2020 my first grandchild. Ave Maria!
Here it is, Lucille ball had the highest profile of anyone in the world. Lucille also invested a great deal of her own money into this movie. Miss Lansbury was not even considered for this role. She was not was popular as Lucille Ball, and was not as a high profile public figure so thought the Warner Bros studio. By this time Miss Russell was dying from cancer and there was no one to replace her from her former role in Auntie Mame. Lucille Ball grimly made this movie as a comeback to movies. Honesty, she thought the return to this movie would put her back on top as a screen actress as her TV show was grinding down to a halt in "Here's Lucy!" let's give her credit for at least one thing, guts! As she was around 64 years old and special care was taken to make her look younger through makeup and a filtered lense. Too old, however just try to look away, because the sets and costumes for the time period were great! Guts!
Reading your summation, I expected more hatred and vitriol. Instead, you pleasantly surprised me by your honesty and candor. No, Lucy wasn't Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins... but she was 62 years old, recovering from a broken leg, and she portrayed Mame as the woman she was described to be in the book. A high-liver, who stayed up all night... drank, smoke and partied... and slept all day. She wasn't supposed to sound like a chorus of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She made this role her own, while taking nothing from Angela's or Roz's performance. Thank you for your thoughts. I, for one, appreciated them.
Ball looked trim and vibrant and did a wonderful job dancing with her high kicks. Her voice did not have to be perfect, she was Lucy! When Frank Sinatra became aged people went to SEE him not so much as to HEAR him.....The huge production number " Mame" is worth the price of admission. She deserved this movie for her swan song......So glad she did it!
K peli tan hermosa.Estando n NY tenía k conocer el Radio City pues Raphael había cantado ahi.Enorme.Estaban pasando MAME.Inolvidable.Saludos desde caracas
It’s a great role and by breaking it down, she thought it could be pulled off, but she couldn’t sing and interpret the songs and the screenplay was , no pun intended, LAME.
It was a Remake of the 1950's Mame which Starred Rosilyn Russell which was Box Office Hit the Studio thought they could Strike Gold Twice because Angela Lansbury in the Starring Role on Broadway was Killing it Playing Shows Sold Out for Weeks and Months Inadvance Ticket Sales She also Picked Up a Tony Award as well Lucille Ball had Seen the Show and wanted to do it when she Heard about it being Remade again into a Movie this Time with Angela Lansbury Starring in it she made some Calls and Angela Lansbury was out and She was in to Star in it.
casting is EVERYTHING....most of all it's a gift.....norman lear/william asher both shared that gift.....diana ross became the scapegoat for the miserable failure of the wiz.....while she was too old to pull off dorthy, she did not deserv all of the blame....when in truth it was shitshame move because the cast had zero chemistry and no emphasis was placed on right actor in right role......The film version of hello dolly worked so well because the powers that be paid careful attention to the casting of every character....most importantly striesand retained the charisma and meticulous vocal ability required to pull off the lead role....Mame in contrast in my oponion, ball was the sole odd ball(no-pun intended) mis-cast stand out that sunk the ship. You have to be willing to acknowledge your shortcomings while playin to your strenghts.....ball's strength laid in comedic talent/timing/ability.......However, she lacked the depth,range,vocal ability to pull of the lead in ANY MUSICAL......she allowed her ego to usurp good ol common sense n the more ppl she said she was wrong for the role....the more she dug in her heals n brought herself into the role.
The women looked fantastic for 63 n she appears alongside Audrey Christie who was actually a year younger, but looked older than Ball!!!...Never cared much for her hair or make-up, but the women missed her calling, cause across all 3 shows, the women dressed her ass off.
Having seen the documentary That's Entertainment on the big screen shortly before seeing this you can imagine how desperately I wanted to like it. Sadly, this number is just about the only thing in the movie that really works. Really showed me how out-of-touch Hollywood had become by then.
This movie is just a reenactment of a Broadway play. It can be judged by comparison to songs done by the Broadway cast and others, as there is only one known home-movie class film made of the actual Broadway performance. The other way is to just try to sit through the movie without cringing. Skip the dozens of odd filming angles and lighting designed to cover up Lucy's shortcomings as an actress, her aged appearance., and her inability to perform the physical demands of the play's choreography. Lucy could not sing, ever, and she knew it, so why she got into this project is amazing. The end result was a major economic loss for a major studio and a personal embarrassment for Lucy, which caused her to publically state she would never make another film. And, she was true to her word,
The video works because the brilliant Lucille Ball doesn't have to sing. It also played to her warmth and her strength - she is being adored by others with utter humility and confidence (So Lucy!). She also was able to handle the choreo on this song due to her signature fluid gestures. HOWEVER. The rest of the film is an actor's exercise in discomfort with pitch, specificity and emotional engagement. It was NOT her fault. She was miscast. Sorry showkids!
When I was in secondary school I had a choice between going back for afternoon classes (sometimes taught by people who had no vocation for teaching) or gym, or bunking off and watching one of the classic movies they used to show on Channel 4 and BBC2 in the afternoon - I preferred the "pot-luck" approach and one afternoon I was rewarded with "Mame"....a wonderful and under-appreciated movie.......now I'm a teacher and I happily encourage students to "bunk off" (occasionally!) so they can learn to live a little..... Lucille Ball in her sixties and that smokey voiced Robert Preston (check him out in the magnificent "Victor/Victoria")! Wow!
What a blunder, Bea Arthur should have played Mame and Lucy might make a good Vera Charles. This song has the energy of a dying battery, Lucy looks like a wax figure from Madame Trousseau's collection
No. Lansbury was a nice actress and lady but she had not 1% of lucy's charisma, charm, ellegance, presence and unique acting style that allowed her to magically bring to life so perfectly Mame's character. To appreciate this fact you should evaluate this film as a movie, that is, for how engaging, moving and memorable the story as a whole is delivered from begining to end. Do not judge it as a sequence of musical numbers to be rated for the dancing and singing technical skills, but for how enjoyable and emotional the overall story is from begining o end. Almost all scenes are highly memorable and there is magic to this film thanks to Lucy's perfect characterization. After seeing this movie there is no turning back. Lucy is Mame and Mame is Lucy forever.
Robert Preston, that voice can never be mistaken. Such a joy to hear him sing. An amazing talent.
Yes. However, Ball was horrendously miscast.
Yep. RP was an all time great. But not so keen on LB.
Robert Preston is fantastic in every role I’ve seen him in. Including this one. He seems to make every movie “pop”. That’s why he’s one of my all time favorite performers.
As for Mame herself, Lucy was the wrong choice. Should have gone with Angela Lansbury, who did the role on Broadway.
It has to be said, Lucy is literally glowing here for someone in their 60s,
@Rileyb reals People joked they rubbed the camera lens with chicken fat.
Probably use of face tapes too coupled with soft lens
Age has nothing to do with glowing it depends on the person I've seen plenty of really young people who arnt glowing age I'd just a number everything is self care
@Rileyb reals some people dont age it's called self care she really did not age till she got more I'll in her 70s .
It's the gauze on the lens. It's common knowledge. When seen on the big screen is SO apparent it actually can hurt your eyes.
I get goose bumps listening to this every time. I love Lucy, and watching her face makes me tear up.She looked so beautiful in Mame.
Yeah, she’s a blurry out of focus who can’t sing, dance or interpret witty dialog. In all truth , can’t understand why they’re celebrating her when they should be sad that ANGELA LANSBURY wasn’t there instead. “MAIMED”.
I too was so touched I had tears ....Her reaction to all the adulation from the dancers/actors showed she was a great actress. I swear she wasn't acting! This big production number was worth the price of admission!
They smeared a lot of vaseline on the lens.
@@ah7910 Who. cares if she was photographed through a wet mattress? She still looked great for her age. There was only one Lucy!
Lucy was in very good shape for someone of her age. She was slim and radiant.Her dance steps were wonderful with high kicks. She even roller-skated. This was a wonderful film. She deserved this part.
Such a CLASSIC voice from Robert Preston! Just captivating.
Yes, Hi from Argentina
Robert Preston was so unique and priceless.
Such an underrated movie!
Along with Pauly Shore's "Jury Duty" and "Pia Zadora Gets a Hickey".
I love this movie and it makes this old widow want to sing when 9 times out of 10 I wish I could be gone.
You save me.
I wish I could find the part where Lucy is on the horse and she does a double take when she actually passes the fox during the hunt, as it trots along the trail with a silly, almost carefree smile on it's face. It rolled me over when I was a kid.
PERFECTION. BEAUTY. 10/10
LOVE YOU LUCILLE BALL
Preston had a voice that was both intimidating and reassuring at the same time.
Great song....❤
Robert Preston has such an amazing voice
I love this version. Lucile Ball was awesome. Always my favorite and Bea Arthur was fabulous.
It's hard to believe this film came out in 1974, because it looks more like 1964, and that's actually a good thing, since these type of musicals seemed to have been a dying breed in those days. As a youngster, I really couldn't get into it back in the day, but now that I'm older, I can really appreciate it!
it's already 50 years ago
Great movie musical that deserves to be shown more often.
Guess it all wasn't gone with the wind after all. Everything will be back like it was, thank God, and thank you Mame!
One of my favorites! Thank you for sharing :)
One THE great musical numbers.
Lucille Ball pulled it over amazingly!
You obviously never saw Angela Landsbury on Broadway. Lucy ruined it with her ego! She can't sing, had 6 filters on her and it sucked. The only reason Bea Arthur reprised her role was because her husband stage director Gene Saks begged her to do it. She regretted it!
@@drewknight7126 Everybody regretted being in this turkey.
@@SymphonyBrahms TRUTH!
@@drewknight7126
Stop it !! If you can’t say anything nice; say nothing !
I do remember Lansbury at The WinterGarden Theatre in 1966 doing’Mame’ - her very first Broadway debut - she was amazing !
Nevertheless, you are talking oranges ….. I am talking apples !
If you can’t say something nice about anything, please say nothing. Thanks!
Theme song to "Phyllis" (Cloris Leachman) was a spoof of this.
We need a good musical NOW. Hollywood pay attention! Good musicals, glamour and TALENT!
This movie was awesome and Lucy was amazing in it, Bea Arthur was great too, sorry but I don't get all the hate, it was funny and sweet!!!
In other words, you read lips and couldn't hear Lucy's singing?
@@taraniso Lol....hysterical.
You obviously didn't see the bollocks that Ginger Rogers made of it in London
It's just too bad that Lucy couldn't sing and that her acting was so bad. And that it was such a bad film.
The only one who could really sing was Jean Carroll - which was fine with me. Actually the only one I did not like in it was Bea Arthur.
One of my all time favorites, Lucille Ball was the best Mame ever. Can't forget Robert Preston, he was super too. These 2 talents made this movie perfect. 👍
Lucy was terrible. Roz Russell and Angela Lansbury were the best Mame's.
I don't care what you say...I liked Lucille in the part...
She was wonderful .look at the Broadway musical Lauren Bacall stared in ..and she could not sing
C Ellis DITTO! And I think Vera Was crested for Bea Arthur She was fabulous! Amazing voice
Almost nobody else did. She was terrible in it.
Great Musical Spot! Hi from Argentina!
Escucho todas las versiones con inmenso placer y mucha tristeza al ver como los jóvenes ignoran estas joyas...
And Lucille did this wonderful show when she was in her early 60s.
This brings back memories of both when I first saw this in my Highschool's production of Mame when I saw the scene of this song in 1980.
My high school also did this. It was the first show I ever worked for as a crew member, so I hold this show close to me now, since it’s what made me start doing backstage crew, and the lights
This film is great I like the songs I'm so lucky I saw the 60s and 70s so wonderful mame.🙂😀
It bombed worse then Hiroshima.
And they call me weird for loving the old days.
My absolute favourite film. Always trying to get a copy!
Ebay
Try Amazon.
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Try the 99 cent bin of movie bombs at Wal Mart.
I saw Jane Russell play Mame Live in the early 70s, and determined to play the part of Beauregard Jackson Picket Burnside ..I finally did..in 1975 at 18. .. love this musical
FABULOUS Movie!! One of the best movie musical adaptations of all time!!
Please, watch it with your eyes and ears open and you’ll understand.
Along with "Cats".
You said it. This miscast film disaster (of a great stage musical) tanked movie musicals for YEARS, and contributed massively -- with a list of other clunkers -- to the closing of Radio City as a viable cinema, turning it into a concert and seasonal events venue for out-of-towners@@SymphonyBrahms
Here's the deal, Angela Lansbury was defenitely robbed of this role. Angela was a legend on the Broadway stage verison, her songs were almost flawless during the 1983 Broadway version and she was in her early 60s. However, Lucy was in her 70s and when I watched the film before the Broadway verison, I was genuinely "wowed"
Beautiful and fun music that will keep you rocking, and a funny story. 👋👋👋
que excelentes actuaciones, música, vestuario y canciones esta película me hace recordar mejores tiempos de nuestras vidas y ese calor de casa los domingos cuando veías en la tv estas películas .
She looked so beautiful here. I don’t care what people think. She was great. Loved her in it. Angela Lansbury, should’ve been in the movie version. But it’s life!!
I am one who thinks Lucille not Angela Lansbury was Mame. Really like Rosalind Russell in Auntie Mame, but loved Lucille Ball in Mame.
A classic. Lucy is the one and only Mame.
😄 I love Lucy... but she don't make a pimple on Angela Landsbury's ass.
Rosalind Russel is the original. Just saying.
No way Roz Russell 100 times better
Rosalind Russell and Angela Lansbury are the only Mame's. Let us not include Lucy's sad performance of the role.
Sorry, Russell. IMO Rosalind Russell IS Mame. No one else can hold a candle to her performance. Not even Lucy.
I will never understand why the critics didn't like this film. Lucy was such a brilliant actress not just comedian. Amazing, so authentic on screen.
Metro424 But a completely awful singer. Not suited at all for this role.
Metro424 if you analyse it slowly it was horrific!
tdc1991x Should have been Rosalind Russell!
She did look stunning in this scene. I loved this movie. Rosalind Russell was great in Aunty Name.. Angela Lansbury should've had this role .
I understand why they didn't like it. It was awful.
Robert and Lucy, made Mame great Screen! Hi from Argentina 2024 fans
I loved this movie!
I realize this is just the first 2 verses, sort of tease from the Warner Archive. However, a local station editor back in the 1980s actually DID cut the song right there, which was unexpected, as it is the title number & the highlight of the film. Right after the second verse completed, they cut straight to Mame & Beau on the ship for their honeymoon. Every other song in the movie that remained was intact (for this heavily trimmed 2 hour broadcast). It was unbelievable to me that anyone would think THAT was the song that needed editing down!
photobygil that's hilarious! It's by far and away the best part of the film let alone the best number!
@@steveliveshere Yeah, I laugh about it now, but during the broadcast it was just jaw dropping. This was the first time this heavily edited version aired, on channel 13 in Los Angeles, so my family was very disappointed. And from then on, this was the only way channel 13 would air it! It's funny to talk about now, but only because the unedited movie has always been available on home video. I actually still have the channel 13 broadcast on tape, believe it or not, but haven't had a Betamax in years, so I haven't viewed it since. Nor is there any good reason to, other than to scratch my head and wonder what they were thinking!
You coax the blues right out of the horn, Mame
You charm the husk right off of the corn, Mame
You've got the banjo strummin'
And plunkin' out a tune to beat the band
The whole plantation's hummin'
Since you brought Dixie back to Dixieland
You make the cotton easy to pick, Mame
You give my old mint julep a kick, Mame
Who ever thought a Yankee would put
A little Dixie mouse to shame
You've made us feel alive again
You've given us the drive again
To make the South revive again, Mame
You've brought the cake-walk back into style, Mame
You make the weepin' willow tree smile, Mame
Your skin is Dixie satin
There's rebel in your manner and your speech
You may be from Manhattan
But Georgia never had a sweeter peach
You make our black-eyed peas and our grits, Mame
Seem like the bill of fare at the Ritz, Mame
You came, you saw, you conquered
And absolutely nothing is the same
You're special fascination'll
Prove to be inspirational
We think you're just sensational, Mame
Now that’s talent!
I saw this when it first came out. There was a huge expectation of Lucille Ball even though we knew that she was in her 60s and had a voice that was ruined by smoking. Nonetheless, the musical and Lucy had their entertaining moments. I don't understand the viciousness expressed here. I guess that it's just what we've become. I also think that the movie version wasn't all that well directed. There were lots of awkward moments...especially in the beginning. As for me, I won't dishonor Lucille Ball!!!! Sorry!!!!
Unfortunately, this argument has been going on ever since the film came out 44 years ago. You either love it or hate it. Personally, I think Lucy was miscast, but the film is entertaining nonetheless.
Lucy was wonderful ....
It's not vicious to say that Lucille Ball was terribly miscast.
@@jusssayin480 Lucy brought the criticism on herself the minute her monstrous ego made her take a role she was not right for in the first place. People resent it because it's a fine show that deserved a better film version.
You tube is full of depressed and angry Americans lmao
Bellísima película.Lucille Ball extraordinaria.
I expected Robert Preston to sing about "trouble in River City!"
That would only happen if Shirley Jones was playing Mame.
I Love it!!
Robert Preston saved this...redeemed it. If there is anything good about this film...it was the provision of another opportunity for seeing and hearing Robert Preston. How did the casting director manage to make this brilliant choice...and for the same film, choose a frail, blurry -eyed Lucille Ball? She looks like she just emerged from a full day and night in a smoke-filled pool hall. Was she even seeing much of anything through those eyes?
Sorry you are so dreary.....That is not what most people see.....Poor Ms. Clarke.
If there was ever a movie that needed to be remade the correct way it’s this one
An object lesson of a choreographer knowing when to just stay out of the way of a great song.
Great movie
I heard a version of this song on the Kansas KSMK Catholic radio station today! This one is good but the radio station played an even better version! The Ray Conniff orchestra done a good version of "Mame" also!
So looking this up and now after seeing this I have decided that my grandmother name will be "Mamy" Pronounced like Mame but with a long "e" on the end! No one else likes it but me and Our Blessed Virgin Mary! You see Mamy almost spells Mary! and it is my name with a "m" on the front! It fits! Evelyn was born on December 10, 2020 my first grandchild. Ave Maria!
Here it is, Lucille ball had the highest profile of anyone in the world. Lucille also invested a great deal of her own money into this movie. Miss Lansbury was not even considered for this role. She was not was popular as Lucille Ball, and was not as a high profile public figure so thought the Warner Bros studio. By this time Miss Russell was dying from cancer and there was no one to replace her from her former role in Auntie Mame. Lucille Ball grimly made this movie as a comeback to movies. Honesty, she thought the return to this movie would put her back on top as a screen actress as her TV show was grinding down to a halt in "Here's Lucy!" let's give her credit for at least one thing, guts! As she was around 64 years old and special care was taken to make her look younger through makeup and a filtered lense. Too old, however just try to look away, because the sets and costumes for the time period were great! Guts!
Reading your summation, I expected more hatred and vitriol. Instead, you pleasantly surprised me by your honesty and candor. No, Lucy wasn't Julie Andrews in Mary Poppins... but she was 62 years old, recovering from a broken leg, and she portrayed Mame as the woman she was described to be in the book. A high-liver, who stayed up all night... drank, smoke and partied... and slept all day. She wasn't supposed to sound like a chorus of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir. She made this role her own, while taking nothing from Angela's or Roz's performance. Thank you for your thoughts. I, for one, appreciated them.
Thank you
Lucy sounds like she was gargling with Jack Daniels
Ball looked trim and vibrant and did a wonderful job dancing with her high kicks. Her voice did not have to be perfect, she was Lucy! When Frank Sinatra became aged people went to SEE him not so much as to HEAR him.....The huge production number " Mame" is worth the price of admission. She deserved this movie for her swan song......So glad she did it!
Lucille Ball & Bobby Preston!!!!!
Lucy...was wonderful in this movie.
She was nominated for a Golden globe for this movie and not every one panned it.nyt Saturday evening post and others loved lucy
She was terrible in it and the movie was a bomb.
I don’t care what they say about maim with Lucy I always loved it and still sing many of it melodies especially that
K peli tan hermosa.Estando n NY tenía k conocer el Radio City pues Raphael había cantado ahi.Enorme.Estaban pasando MAME.Inolvidable.Saludos desde caracas
The Best !
I have found as a Brit that I have ancestry from Virginia, Tennessee etc, shocked but pleased. Who would have known.
🎉
just reminds me of Center Stage in Gran Canaria x
Love this song. Great movie, as was the 1st Mame.
ce qu'il faudrait faire écouter à l'école, pour éduquer les enfants à la bonne musique !
I agree I have always loved the film and soundtrack. Can’t understand why everyone was so spiteful to Ms Ball.
FABULOUS MOVIE! Julie Andrews or Angela Lansbury could NOT have done it better!
Yes they could have. Lucy was terrible in the film. Just dreadful.
@@SymphonyBrahms Millions disagree with you.....Sorry, Lucy was wonderful in this.
Angela? Absolutely!! Even Shirley Jones would have been a better movie Mame if she didn’t have a hit TV show at the time.
@@dillysgirl4ever Sorry it was Lucy and it always will be!
I Love LUCY - STAR. But, what was her reasoning to make this film?
Robert Preston was Wonderful.
It’s a great role and by breaking it down, she thought it could be pulled off, but she couldn’t sing and interpret the songs and the screenplay was , no pun intended, LAME.
It was a Remake of the 1950's Mame which Starred Rosilyn Russell which was Box Office Hit the Studio thought they could Strike Gold Twice because Angela Lansbury in the Starring Role on Broadway was Killing it Playing Shows Sold Out for Weeks and Months Inadvance Ticket Sales She also Picked Up a Tony Award as well Lucille Ball had Seen the Show and wanted to do it when she Heard about it being Remade again into a Movie this Time with Angela Lansbury Starring in it she made some Calls and Angela Lansbury was out and She was in to Star in it.
The best !!
There will be only one lucy......
One of the biggest movie bombs in history.
"I'd like to make her look a little more attractive, how far can you pull back?" "How do you feel about Cleveland?"
That line is from TOOTSIE!!!
"Knock it off" as she says after that awesome quote. Goon one!
Must be sad for you when your older I pity you
All that gauze over the camera lens didn't do the job. Scarlett O'Hara could have made a dress from all that gauze.
Why not post the whole sequence instead of cutting it off in the middle???
"You've done more for the South than anyone since Robert E Lee."
That hasn't aged so well.
I'm surprised Black Lives Matter hasn't purloined all the remaining copies and burned them down.
Not among Communists and assorted woke virtue signalers. You're right. 😷
You must be a woke commie!
Once I saw this it wasn't as bad as they said but it wasn't great. Wish they had at least recorded Angela Lansbury's Broadway show.
Isn't it a trip getting old, i was only a child now I'm over the half century mark, as far as I'm concerned I've made it 😅👍🇬🇧
Where's the rest of it?
Amazing.
Sort of like the Titanic, the San Francisco Earthquake, and the Mt. Vesuvius eruption were amazing. All disasters like this film was.
...she is gorgeousssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssness herself.
She is terribleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee as Mame.
My Favorite °
How sad for you.
Lucy was a fog horn in this abs unsuitable for the roll.
casting is EVERYTHING....most of all it's a gift.....norman lear/william asher both shared that gift.....diana ross became the scapegoat for the miserable failure of the wiz.....while she was too old to pull off dorthy, she did not deserv all of the blame....when in truth it was shitshame move because the cast had zero chemistry and no emphasis was placed on right actor in right role......The film version of hello dolly worked so well because the powers that be paid careful attention to the casting of every character....most importantly striesand retained the charisma and meticulous vocal ability required to pull off the lead role....Mame in contrast in my oponion, ball was the sole odd ball(no-pun intended) mis-cast stand out that sunk the ship. You have to be willing to acknowledge your shortcomings while playin to your strenghts.....ball's strength laid in comedic talent/timing/ability.......However, she lacked the depth,range,vocal ability to pull of the lead in ANY MUSICAL......she allowed her ego to usurp good ol common sense n the more ppl she said she was wrong for the role....the more she dug in her heals n brought herself into the role.
This time, the South will rise again, Mame!
why is the chorus whispering?
How much does this track sound like One from A Chorus Line?
The women looked fantastic for 63 n she appears alongside Audrey Christie who was actually a year younger, but looked older than Ball!!!...Never cared much for her hair or make-up, but the women missed her calling, cause across all 3 shows, the women dressed her ass off.
outrageous that ms lansbury did not play Mame !!!!
They wanted a movie star (not the theater-centric Lansbury), for purposes of attracting a movie audience. It happens all the time.
@@corvusdelicti8853 And it backfired. Lucy was terrible and the film was a bomb.
Pass me the bucket.
I hate it when the banners for the next videos come on towards the end of the current video and block most of the view...ugh!
Having seen the documentary That's Entertainment on the big screen shortly before seeing this you can imagine how desperately I wanted to like it. Sadly, this number is just about the only thing in the movie that really works. Really showed me how out-of-touch Hollywood had become by then.
James Sheridan yes the dance style fits this number more so than the others.
maybe you were out of touch....ever think of that.
This movie is just a reenactment of a Broadway play. It can be judged by comparison to songs done by the Broadway cast and others, as there is only one known home-movie class film made of the actual Broadway performance. The other way is to just try to sit through the movie without cringing. Skip the dozens of odd filming angles and lighting designed to cover up Lucy's shortcomings as an actress, her aged appearance., and her inability to perform the physical demands of the play's choreography. Lucy could not sing, ever, and she knew it, so why she got into this project is amazing. The end result was a major economic loss for a major studio and a personal embarrassment for Lucy, which caused her to publically state she would never make another film. And, she was true to her word,
The video works because the brilliant Lucille Ball doesn't have to sing. It also played to her warmth and her strength - she is being adored by others with utter humility and confidence (So Lucy!). She also was able to handle the choreo on this song due to her signature fluid gestures. HOWEVER. The rest of the film is an actor's exercise in discomfort with pitch, specificity and emotional engagement. It was NOT her fault. She was miscast. Sorry showkids!
When I was in secondary school I had a choice between going back for afternoon classes (sometimes taught by people who had no vocation for teaching) or gym, or bunking off and watching one of the classic movies they used to show on Channel 4 and BBC2 in the afternoon - I preferred the "pot-luck" approach and one afternoon I was rewarded with "Mame"....a wonderful and under-appreciated movie.......now I'm a teacher and I happily encourage students to "bunk off" (occasionally!) so they can learn to live a little..... Lucille Ball in her sixties and that smokey voiced Robert Preston (check him out in the magnificent "Victor/Victoria")! Wow!
What a blunder, Bea Arthur should have played Mame and Lucy might make a good Vera Charles. This song has the energy of a dying battery, Lucy looks like a wax figure from Madame Trousseau's collection
Mame!!!!!!
Dare I say- this Mame was better than Auntie Mame. Found the Rosalind Russell boring compared to this musical version. Lucy was great!!!!!!!
Did A Chorus Line steal this music?
Wish they'd cast Angela Lansbury instead of Lucille Ball
not to be confused with mame emulator or mame4droid emulator.
I can see why you get them mixed up
This time the South will rise again.Mame
Angela Lansbury would have been perfect in the main role.
On Broadway yes........But Lansbury was never as big a Star as Ball....For movies they want a Big Star.
No. Lansbury was a nice actress and lady but she had not 1% of lucy's charisma, charm, ellegance, presence and unique acting style that allowed her to magically bring to life so perfectly Mame's character. To appreciate this fact you should evaluate this film as a movie, that is, for how engaging, moving and memorable the story as a whole is delivered from begining to end. Do not judge it as a sequence of musical numbers to be rated for the dancing and singing technical skills, but for how enjoyable and emotional the overall story is from begining o end. Almost all scenes are highly memorable and there is magic to this film thanks to Lucy's perfect characterization. After seeing this movie there is no turning back. Lucy is Mame and Mame is Lucy forever.
What did I just watch?