lucille ball be a mighty power in television throughout the 1950s and 1960s and but she still make an occasional film and most notably the long and long trailer and the fact of life . although her television career remain strong and a the 1970s begin her movie career seem to be wind down but ball be determine to have one last big screen fling and and the project she select be the 1966 musical mame . in many respect the role seem tailor make represent base on the popular novel which give rise to two different broadway play and mame dennis be a wacky and wildly uninhibited woman who inherit her orphaned nephew patrick and lead him on a wild tour of life possibility and bounce from one comic spree to another . the music and which feature such song a open a new window and if he walk into my life today and be among jerry herman best work . the support cast and which include robert preston and bea arthur and be the best of the best . expectation be high while open night fanfare be tremendous while the film be a disaster . critic be aghast and audience sit slack jawed . no matter what hardcore lucy fan may say and mame be a fiasco and so much so that it be hard to know where to start . it be badly direct and badly film and badly perform and and there lucille ball be at the center of it all and unable to dance and unable to sing and and grin like a waxwork dummy while incredibly bad choreography swirl around her . but the disaster be hardly of her make alone while the support cast fare no good . bea arthur and jane connell recreate their stage role of vera charles and agnes gooch while the former be stagey and the latter be dismal . robert preston manages to sing with a smile and but he pretty much on his own and clearly none too happy about it . the dvd bring the film from the vhs pan and scan release to widescreen and but that only mean there more awfulness to see . everybody love lucy and but only the least critical fan could love lucy mame while while i wouldn not say it bad enough to make you want to gouge your eye out and you may wish you have . not recommended . gft and amazon reviewer .