Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (film)

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad
Directed by	Richard Quine
Produced by	Stanley Rubin; Ray Stark
Written by	Ian Bernard
Based on	Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad (play); by Arthur L. Kopit
Starring	Rosalind Russell; Robert Morse; Barbara Harris; Hugh Griffith; Jonathan Winters
Music by	Neal Hefti
Cinematography	Charles Lawton, Jr.; Geoffrey Unsworth
Edited by	Warren Low; David Wages
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures
Release date	February 15, 1967;
Running time	86 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$2.175 million[1]

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad is a 1967 black comedy film directed by Richard Quine, based on the 1962 play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad: A Pseudoclassical Tragifarce in a Bastard French Tradition by Arthur L. Kopit. The screenplay was written by Ian Bernard. The film stars Rosalind Russell, Robert Morse and Barbara Harris; Harris was the only main cast member who had also appeared in the original, Off-Broadway production of the play.

Plot

Described by Kopit as a "farce in three scenes", the story involves an overbearing mother who travels to a luxury resort in the Caribbean, bringing along her son and her deceased husband, preserved and in his casket.

Cast

Rosalind Russell as Madame Rosepettle
Robert Morse as Jonathan
Barbara Harris as Rosalie
Hugh Griffith as Commodore Roseabove
Jonathan Winters as Dad (Narrator)
Lionel Jeffries as Airport Commander
Cyril Delevanti as Hawkins
Hiram Sherman as Breckenduff
George Kirby as Moses
Janis Hansen as The Other Woman

References

↑ Dick, Bernard F. "Engulfed: the death of Paramount Pictures and the birth of corporate Hollywood" (p. 105). The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2001). ISBN 0-8131-2202-3.

External links

Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad on IMDb

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[1] Dick, Bernard F. "Engulfed: the death of Paramount Pictures and the birth of corporate Hollywood" (p. 105). The University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY (2001). ISBN 0-8131-2202-3.