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Posted by:	Richard Connema 08:50 pm EDT 05/07/15
In reply to:	re: When the movie hurts the play.... - TeriG 06:43 pm EDT 05/07/15

Yes let's forget Lucille Ball in "Mame" It think it was 1973 when we at the Burbank studio heard that Lucille Ball has bought the rights to "Mame" Oh did we moan and groan when we found out Warners was going to produce and film it on lot. Needless to say several of us had seen Roz Russell do it on stage and we had hope she would repeat it on film. She was box office even at the time. Nope it would be Lucy. I had hoped I was not be part of the crew. However about one or two weeks into the shooting I was told by my boss that I would be joining the Philip H Lathrop cinematography crew. My job was to shoot with a camera still photos of sets and costumes and publicity photos of Lucille also to help with the actual camera work. I remember that Lucy was always giving everyone orders on how to film her scenes. I had to take photos of her with a my camera and I always remember she kept saying "Hurry up, I can't be here forever". The only good thing I remember on working on the film was meeting and becoming friends with Jane Connell who played Agnes Grooch.

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