some good set design . good song and though like the other guy say they aren not perform with much energy . bea arthur and try her damndest to do something with the material and have an occasional good one liner a mame friend vera and help move the song bosom buddy along . other than that and there nothing here that worth your time . slow pacing and incredibly bad cinemetography and not very good singing ( except from robert preston ) and an awful script and bad acting ( except from bea ) and and a horrible lead actress . who think lucille ball would be good a the classy and life loving mame . the head over at warner bros. be no doubt on crack when they decide to not use angela lansbury and who have do it so well on broadway and and instead use ball and who wasn not nearly a funny by then a she be 20 year earlier and couldn not act the part the right way at all and and use a painful croak a an excuse for sing . even if ( perhaps because ) make the movie be painful for her to make and even if she finance it and she just isn not mame . auntie mame be such a good film and the soundtrack of the broadway musical with lansbury sound great . for the most part and there nothing here that great and engaging and or interest at all . forget it and unless youre a huge lucy fan who think she could do no wrong . hopefully after see this you will realize she be only human .