Auntie Mame (1958)

7.7	Rating (48 ratings)
7.9	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Morton DaCosta

Starring (View all)

Rosalind Russell
Mame Dennis

Forrest Tucker
Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside

Coral Browne
Vera Charles

Fred Clark
Dwight Babcock

Roger Smith
Patrick Dennis - Older

Patric Knowles
Lindsay Woolsey

Peggy Cass
Agnes Gooch

Jan Handzlik
Patrick Dennis - Younger

Written by

Betty Comden
(screenplay) and

Adolph Green
(screenplay)

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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

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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

Tags: Comedy (6), Based On A Play (4), 1958 (3), Musical (3), Christmas (2), Funny (2), 1950s (2), Camp (2), Romance (2), Color (2), Drama (2), Family Interaction (2), AFI Top 100 Laughs (1), AFI Top 100 Movie Quotes (1), Semi-biographical (1), Humor (1), Comedies (1), 50's (1), Aunt (1), HQ (1)

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" 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 "

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