Mame

Six hours before the stock market crash of 1929, Mame Dennis was ordering champagne for a hundred. Her philosophy was simple: life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death. This 1974 musical comedy, starring Lucille Ball, follows the irrepressible socialite as she inherits her young nephew and turns his world upside down with jazz, art, and a parade of eccentric friends. From a Connecticut mansion to a Southern plantation, Mame’s zest for living proves contagious, even as fortunes rise and fall. It’s a lavish, toe-tapping celebration of choosing joy over convention, where every setback is just a new reason to throw a party.