DVD Mame (RC 1)

Filmversion des Bühnenmusicals MAME von Jerry Herman, mit Lucille Ball, Bruce Davison, Robert Preston, Beatrice Arthur, Joyce Van Patten, Ned Wertimer, Don Porter, Jane Connell. Regie: Gene Saks.

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Extravagant film adaptation of the Broadway musical comedy about an orphaned boy who goes to live with his Aunt Mame, an eccentric, free-spirited New York sophisticate.
Lucille Ball stars as Auntie Mame, an eccentric and wealthy woman who teaches her young orphaned nephew how to live life to the fullest. Based on the popular stage play. Featured songs include "Mame," "If He Walked Into My Life," and "We Need a Little Christmas." "Mame" was Lucille Ball's last feature film appearance. Rosalind Russell, Angela Lansbury, and Ginger Rogers all played the character "Mame" before Ball. Bea Arthur also played the role of "Vera" in the Broadway musical, for which she won a Tony. The story of "Mame" first appeared as a Patrick Dennis novel in 1955