{"id":51339,"date":"2022-12-23T14:53:30","date_gmt":"2022-12-23T19:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51339"},"modified":"2025-11-18T07:49:14","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T12:49:14","slug":"lucille-ball-needs-a-little-christmas-in-1974s-mame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51339","title":{"rendered":"Lucille Ball Needs a Little Christmas in 1974&#8217;s <i>Mame<\/i>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><ins datetime=\"2018-12-21T17:52:40+00:00\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IwQsVko1sVI\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/ins><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Haul out the holly&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>You know how sometimes people get a Christmas gift that they don&#8217;t like but you think is perfect? That is the sentiment that some people have over 1974&#8217;s notorious dud <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/mame\/085391134145\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Mame<\/a><\/em>. Lucille Ball stars in the lavish big screen version of the smash Broadway musical &#8212; itself based on Patrick Dennis&#8217; best seller <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/auntie-mame\/883929152179\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Auntie Mame<\/a><\/em> (which was previously adapted for the movies in 1958). The famed comedienne was not known for her vocal stylings, which is a huge reason why audiences stayed away. But honestly, even though she doesn&#8217;t possess the singing talent of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?mod=AP&amp;cr=Angela%20Lansbury|789500\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Angela Lansbury<\/a>, who debuted the role on Broadway, Ball&#8217;s warm, truthful performance and comedic background made her a perfect fit for the hurricane of a character that Auntie Mame is. This role was a nice change of pace for Ball, and it&#8217;s a shame that the film didn&#8217;t catch on because, your opinion on the dubious singing aside, it did allow her to show that just was more than just TV&#8217;s Lucy.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51340\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Mame.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The musical highlight of the film is a rousing performance on the Yuletide staple &#8220;We Need a Little Christmas.&#8221; It is featured above to remind you that any visit from <em>Mame<\/em> is indeed a welcome one.<\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally ran in 2019 and is being reprinted today as part of our ongoing holiday celebrations.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Haul out the holly&#8230;&#8221; You know how sometimes people get a Christmas gift that they don&#8217;t like but you think is perfect? That is the sentiment that some people have over 1974&#8217;s notorious dud Mame. Lucille Ball stars in the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9744,"featured_media":59022,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[7242,1765,7303,1460],"coauthors":[5618],"class_list":["post-51339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-movie-articles","tag-1970s-films","tag-lucille-ball","tag-mame","tag-movie-musicals"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Lucille Ball Needs a Little Christmas in 1974&#039;s Mame - MovieFanFare<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Haul out the holly for this look at Lucille Ball&#039;s performance in 1974&#039;s notorious musical dud Mame.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=51339\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Lucille Ball Needs a Little Christmas in 1974&#039;s Mame - 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