Auntie Mame (1958)
Directed by
Starring (View all)
Written by
Lists
130 votes
6,006 Movies For a Post-Covid World...
(6013 items)list by ToonHead2102
Published 11 years, 8 months ago
14 comments

42 votes
First Time Viewings of 2013
(257 items)list by Michael M
Published 10 years ago
19 comments

26 votes
Academy Award for Best Picture
(506 items)list by AFIoscar
Published 14 years ago
1 comment

26 votes
AFI's 100 Years...100 Movie Quotes - 2005
(87 items)list by AFIoscar
Published 14 years, 6 months ago
1 comment

View all Auntie Mame lists (43 more)
Auntie Mame Videos
View all Auntie Mame videos
Cover art, photos and screenshots
View all Auntie Mame pictures (48 more)
Reviews
Live! Live! Live!
8 years ago at Jan 14 0:12
1 vote
It’s hard for me not to be complete enamoured by a movie and a character like Auntie Mame. Two and half hours of zany histrionics with a central character who is a free-thinking, non-conformist and constantly has a joyous, optimistic outlook on life; oh, and did I mention she is a total screwball. Few other fictional characters seem to lead such an exciting life that I as the viewer am actually ... read more
Description:
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
... (more)
Release date: 27 December 1958
UPC: 085391115229
UPC: 085391115229
Tags:
My tags:

Update feed
buddhaj added this to wanted list 3 weeks, 4 days ago
apo55a rated this 8/10 1 month ago
Georgini voted for an image 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Kandi added this to a list 7 months, 3 weeks ago
Kandi posted a image 7 months, 3 weeks ago
johanlefourbe added this to a list 1 year, 1 month ago
My Queue 2 - Movie backlog (1518 movies items)
ladyb rated this 10/10 1 year, 6 months ago
Yensid Naf rated this 4/10 1 year, 8 months ago
mhthehammer added this to a list 1 year, 9 months ago
Best Picture Nominees (in Ten Sentences) (478 movies items)
Nusch added this to a list 2 years, 4 months ago
Stehako added this to a list 2 years, 5 months ago
Kandi added this to a list 2 years, 5 months ago

" Jan Handzlik and Rosalind Russell Patrick Dennis (Jan Handzlik), orphaned in 1928 when his father unexpectedly dies, is placed in the care of Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell), his father's sister in Manhattan. Mame is a flamboyant and exuberant woman, who hosts frequent parties with eclectic, bohemian guests. Patrick is quickly introduced to his aunt's free-spirited and eccentric friends, including Vera Charles (Coral Browne), a Broadway actress, who spends many of her nights passed out drunk in "
Kandi added this to a list 2 years, 8 months ago
Georgini voted for 2 images 2 years, 8 months ago
Kandi posted 2 images 2 years, 8 months ago
Texal added this to a list 3 years, 1 month ago

"“La vida es un banquete¡y la mayoría de los pobres se están muriendo de hambre!”"
mirinbuddy added this to wanted list 3 years, 6 months ago
jeffpsych added this to a list 3 years, 6 months ago
1001 favorite films (1020 movies items)
Phoenix Feather added this to a list 3 years, 9 months ago
Phoenix Feather's Top Films by Year (565 movies items)
legato rated this 4/10 3 years, 10 months ago
Clarence added this to a list 3 years, 11 months ago
Watched (2019) (1200 movies items)
Clarence rated this 7/10 3 years, 11 months ago
coroner rated this 6/10 4 years ago
Phoenix Feather added this to a list 4 years ago
Seen Films (1890s to 1970s) (558 movies items)
dctclibrary added this to a list 4 years, 11 months ago
Literary Oscar Nominees (189 books items)
jeffpsych rated this 9/10 5 years ago
Leo rated this 9/10 5 years, 1 month ago
Kandi added this to a list 5 years, 1 month ago
Kandi voted for an image 5 years, 1 month ago
Kandi voted for an image 5 years, 1 month ago
Nusch posted a image 5 years, 1 month ago
Johnny Love rated this 8/10 5 years, 4 months ago
Laurence3 rated this 10/10 5 years, 6 months ago
IMPONDERÁVEL rated this 7/10 6 years, 4 months ago
dhove added this to a list 6 years, 5 months ago
Best Pictures (584 movies items)
HI-FI a go-go added this to wanted list 6 years, 8 months ago
jeenha added this to wanted list 6 years, 10 months ago
shealockholmes added this to have watched list 6 years, 11 months ago
People who liked this also liked
Rating: 7.4
Rating: 8
Rating: 8.2
Rating: 7.9
Rating: 6.4
Rating: 7.6
Rating: 8.3
Rating: 7.5
Rating: 7.6
Rating: 6.5
Rating: 7.7
Rating: 7.8
Rating: 7.9
Rating: 6.7
Rating: 6.5
Rating: 8.2
Rating: 8.1
Rating: 7.3
Rating: 8.3
Rating: 7.1
Rating: 7.9