We didn’t think Desilu Productions would grow so big. I’m sometimes scared of everything that has happened to us.
I’m happy that I have brought laughter because I have been shown by many the value of it in so many lives, in so many ways. I’d rather regret the things I’ve done than regret the things I haven’t done. In this business, you have to know when to get off. It couldn’t top I Love Lucy, and I’d be foolish to try. I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can. I was very appreciative of it because I had no talent. I regret the passing of the studio system. Love yourself first, and everything else falls into line. I have an everyday religion that works for me. Neither Desi nor I have been the same since, physically or mentally. I hate failure and that divorce was a Number One failure in my eyes. How I Love Lucy was born? We decided that instead of divorce lawyers profiting from our mistakes, we’d profit from them. They were Mame, Lovers and Other Strangers, History of the World, Part 1 and For Better or Worse.Ability is of little account without opportunity. Saks won three Tony awards for directing the plays I Love My Wife, Brighton Beach Memoirs and Biloxi Blues.įor as much success as Bea Arthur had on stage and the small screen, she didn’t do many movies. They maintained their marriage through Arthur’s starring role in Maude, but divorced before she hit super stardom in the Golden Girls. Saks and Arthur were married from 1950 to 1978. Like Dorothy on Golden Girls, Bea Arthur Was a Divorcee Cukor’s replacement was Gene Saks, who directed the show on Broadway. Because of the medical delay, George Cukor, the movie’s original director, dropped out. The movie was supposed to start filming in 1972. Bea Arthur was Vera Charles, Mame’s best friend, on both Broadway and the movie. In the Broadway production, Angela Lansbury was Mame.
Mame was the final movie for Lucille Ball.
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