Coral Browne

Studio: Wea-des Moines Video Release Date: 06/20/2006 Run time: 48 minutes

Remember darlings, "Life's a banquet, and most suckers are starving to death." That tag line sums up this exuberant and immensely amusing 1958 comedy that can be seen repeatedly, as it never grows stale. Rosalind Russell plays the flamboyant aunt who takes in poor, orphaned Patrick, played with sophisticated ease by Jan Handzlik. Mame, all glitter and martinis, raises her nephew in a world filled with acceptance and her oddball literati friends. Nothing is too bohemian. This unfolds in colorful episodic segments that allow us to watch Patrick grow as Mame oversees his unusual upbringing while she juggles a few spouses and an extended household. Russell, who created the title role for the stage, simply shines. She is bright and brassy, but never goes too far over the top. Peggy Cass is a comedic delight as her befuddled secretary, and Coral Browne brings class to the production as her best friend. This was based on the exuberant stage play, which in turn was based on Patrick Dennis's humorous, bittersweet novel. The screen version was written by the clever duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Not to be confused with the pathetically lackluster musical version starring Lucille Ball (1974), simply entitled Mame. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 11/09/2010

Remember darlings, "Life's a banquet, and most suckers are starving to death." That tag line sums up this exuberant and immensely amusing 1958 comedy that can be seen repeatedly, as it never grows stale. Rosalind Russell plays the flamboyant aunt who takes in poor, orphaned Patrick, played with sophisticated ease by Jan Handzlik. Mame, all glitter and martinis, raises her nephew in a world filled with acceptance and her oddball literati friends. Nothing is too bohemian. This unfolds in colorful episodic segments that allow us to watch Patrick grow as Mame oversees his unusual upbringing while she juggles a few spouses and an extended household. Russell, who created the title role for the stage, simply shines. She is bright and brassy, but never goes too far over the top. Peggy Cass is a comedic delight as her befuddled secretary, and Coral Browne brings class to the production as her best friend. This was based on the exuberant stage play, which in turn was based on Patrick Dennis's humorous, bittersweet novel. The screen version was written by the clever duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. Not to be confused with the pathetically lackluster musical version starring Lucille Ball (1974), simply entitled Mame. --Rochelle O'Gorman

A stifled housewife (JoBeth Williams) who loses herself in trashy romance novels wins a trip to Paris and, after a bump on the noggin, comes to believe she is her favorite heroine, with adventure and intrigue following her at every turn. Co-stars Tom Conti, Giancarlo Giannini, James Staley. 105 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital 5.1, Dolby Digital stereo Surround, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English.

JoBeth Williams plays an unfulfilled housewife who wins a trip to Paris after entering a short-story contest. Once there, she is hit by a car and wakes up believing she is the ingenious and brave heroine from her story. A series of misadventures leads her on a merry chase with fellow bumbler Tom Conti. The casting is a little dubious, but the ever adorable Conti gives this charm. It may rip off Romancing the Stone--without emulating that flick's witty dialogue or sexuality--but this appealing fluff remains a pleasant, if slight, diversion. --Rochelle O'Gorman

Long (148 minutes) military mystery set among the high command of Nazi Germany in occupied Poland and elsewhere in the Third Reich. A prostitute in wartime Warsaw has been brutally murdered and a German military investigator narrows his field of suspects to three German generals. But the war--and the sense of preening Prussian arrogance--interferes with his investigation, even as he begins to home in on the killer. Moodily sinister atmosphere and a strong cast (Peter O'Toole, Tom Courtenay, Omar Sharif, Christopher Plummer) can't overcome a plodding pace and a tendency to digress. --Marshall Fine

In this gripping WWII suspenser, a German Intelligence officer's investigation into the murders, two years apart, of prostitutes in occupied Warsaw and Paris leads him to a trio of respected Nazi generals and links to a plot to assassinate Hitler. Omar Sharif, Peter O'Toole, Donald Pleasence, and Tom Courtenay star. 144 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English (SDH).

A larger-than-life character that towered over the London stage for half a century, Coral Browne was remarkable for her mesmerizing character performances, her glamour, her liberated attitude to sex, and the quickness of her often-savage wit. This Effing Lady is the hilarious and humane life of a remarkable and truly original star.

She's a naughty lady but you'll love her. Coral Browne was ultra-glamorous, had a razor wit and was the friend of and often slept with the most important people in theater. She won a BAFTA for best actress in the movie An Englishman Abroad and an Evening Standard Award for Best Actress in the amazing magical movie Dreamchild. Vincent Price electrocuted her through her hair rollers in Theater of Blood and then married her in real life. She was his third wife. She wowed them as Vera Charles in Ros Russell's Auntie Mame and shocked 'em in The Killing of Sister George. Read and enjoy gloriously wicked Coral Browne.

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