Mame (1974)
Comedy, Music • 2h 12m
Director: Gene Saks
Cast: Lucille Ball, Bea Arthur, Robert Preston, Bruce Davison, Kirby Furlong, Jane Connell, George Chiang, Joyce Van Patten, Doria Cook-Nelson, Don Porter, Audrey Christie, John McGiver, Bobbi Jordan, Patrick Labyorteaux, Lucille Benson, Ruth McDevitt, Burt Mustin, James Brodhead, Leonard Stone, Roger Price, John Wheeler, Ned Wertimer, Alice Nunn, Jerry Ayres, Michele Nichols, Eric Gordon, Barbara Bosson, Robert Bakanic, Bobbie Bates, Al Beaudine, Lois Berkson, Richard Bolks, Bart Carroll, Patrick Cummings, Fred Curt, Randy Doney, Gregory Drotar, Ken DuMain, Brent Dunsford, Peter Eastman, Eddie Garrett, Ken Grant, Bob Harks, Lars Hensen, George Hickman, George Holmes, Bruce Hoy, Casse Jaeger, Kathryn Janssen, Sam Kwasman, Joseph La Cava, Mike Lally, Stan Mazin, Rod McGaughy, Jim Michael, Currie Pederson, Wanda Perry, Frank Radcliffe, Leoda Richards, Victor Romito, Clark Ross, Alton Ruff, Paul Russell, Jessie Salve, Jet Sharon, George Simmons, Norman Stevans, Dean Taliaferro, Bob Templeton, Jerry Trent, Judy Van Wormer, Janice Whitby, Marc Wilder, Darcel Wynne
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About the film
The madcap life of eccentric Mame Dennis and her bohemian, intellectual arty clique is disrupted when her deceased brother's 10-year-old son Patrick is entrusted to her care. Rather than bow to convention, Mame introduces the boy to her free-wheeling lifestyle, instilling in him her favorite credo, "Life is a banquet, and most poor sons of bitches are starving to death."
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- Mame
Director: Gene Saks
Sources: filmfestival.tcm.com (opens in a new tab)
Paramount has new restoration done in 2026 see link
4K restoration of the original 3D left eye and right eye camera negatives
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Richard Brooks
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Vincent Sherman
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: George Pal
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Compton Bennett
4K restoration from original technicolor negatives
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
More Comedy on Blu-ray
Director: Jack Conway
4K restoration from safety preservation elements
Director: William Dieterle
4K restoration from Original Camera Negative
Director: Elaine May
Cinématographe 4K Blu-ray > MoC > Olive Films. From nicolas:
The master is good but it’s not that big an upgrade from the Olive Films disc and Vinegar Syndrome’ encode has some blocky highlights. A shame that they didn’t hire David Mackenzie here.
Cinématographe has unnecessary noise gating not present on the previous releases.
Director: Buster Keaton
Kino Lorber new Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. Blu-ray?
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MoC 4K Blu-ray late 2027
Lobster Films (Kino Lorber?) > Cohen/Eureka https://slow.pics/c/3KWXoMyR The new Kino Lorber's Seven Chances / Sherlock Jr. might be using the same restoration as Lobster Films
Director: Billy Wilder
Sources: Criterion Forum (opens in a new tab)
(transfer of the 1989 MGM LaserDisc, without problems plaguing Kino Lorber's release)
Arrow UHD is an update of the original 4K scan done for their BD. It is also visually far superior to the Kino version and adds Dolby Vision HDR. The Arrow UHD uses a new LD mono capture and has none of the issues or processing found in the Kino UHD which also used an LD mono capture and somehow mucked it up. Short of a brand new scan, the Arrow UHD is as good as it possibly can be.
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