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Auntie Mame is a 1958 American Technirama Technicolor comedy film based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Edward Everett Tanner III (under the pseudonym Patrick Dennis) and the 1956 play of the same name by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee.
Auntie Mame: Directed by Morton DaCosta. With Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark. An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
Auntie Mame. 1958 · 2 hr 24 min. TV-14. Comedy · Drama · Romance. A flamboyant socialite raises her orphaned nephew through the roaring '20s and Great Depression, opening his eyes to her whirlwind approach to life.
Auntie Mame. The legendary Rosalind Russell ("Gypsy," "His Girl Friday") recreates on screen her Broadway triumph as an eccentric grande dame whoteaches her 10-year old nephew to appreciate life. 6,638 IMDb 7.9 2 h 23 min 1958. X-Ray 13+. Comedy · Drama · Cheerful · Gentle. Available to rent or buy. Rent. HD $2.99. Buy. HD $12.99. More purchase.
Film Details. Based on the novel Auntie Mame by Patrick Dennis (New York, 1955) and the play Auntie Mame by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, produced by Robert Fryer and Lawrence Carr (New York, 31 Oct 1956).
Auntie Mame: An Irreverent Escapade is a 1955 novel by American author Patrick Dennis chronicling the madcap adventures of a boy, Patrick, growing up as the ward of his Aunt Mame Dennis, the sister of his dead father.
Mame Dennis (Rosalind Russell), a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick (Jan Handzlik/Roger Smith) after his wealthy father dies. Mr. Babcock...
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Rosalind Russell recreates her hallmark stage role as the eccentric grand dame of highlife, bringing up a 10-year-old nephew. A banquet of laughter, nominated for 6 Academy Awards.
An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle. Mame is an unconventional individualist socialite from the roaring 20's. When her brother dies, she is forced to raise her nephew Patrick.
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
