Auntie Mame
Warner Bros. (1958)
Comedy, Drama, Queer Themes/Interest
On Wish List
#487
9*
Seen It:  Yes
(Uncertain)
IMDB   7.9
143 mins USA / English
Forrest Tucker Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
Connie Gilchrist Norah Muldoon
Patric Knowles Lindsay Woolsey
Lee Patrick Doris Upson
Forbes Murray Party Guest
Dub Taylor County Veterinarian
Margaret Dumont Noblewoman in Play
Coral Browne Vera Charles
Fred Clark Dwight Babcock
Joanna Barnes Gloria Upson
Peggy Cass Agnes Gooch
Jan Handzlik Patrick Dennis - younger
Rosalind Russell Mame Dennis
Pippa Scott Pegeen Ryan
Roger Smith Patrick Dennis -older
Olive Blakeney Dowager
Gregory Gaye Vladimir Klinkoff
Gloria Holden Guest at garden party
Henry Brandon Acacius Page
Sam Harris Mr. Jackson
Jack Daly Workman
Yuki Shimoda Ito
Colin Kenny Party extra
Jeffrey Sayre Front Row Audience at Play
Booth Colman Perry
Lela Bliss Party Guest
Rand Harper Pianist
Robin Hughes Brian O'Bannion
Owen McGiveney Man wearing Monocle
Willard Waterman Claude Upson
Director
Morton DaCosta
Producer Morton DaCosta
Writer/Composer Patrick Dennis
Betty Comden
Adolph Green
Cinematography Harry Stradling Sr.
Music Bronislau Kaper


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.
Edition Details
No. of Discs/Tapes 1

Notes
"Auntie Mame (1958): Rosalind Russell as everybody's favorite naughty aunt. Little orphaned Patrick Dennis comes to live with his drinky, amorous, wealthy Auntie Mame. LGBT subjects are alluded to coyly - it was 1958, after all - but the core of the story is about conservatives objecting to Auntie Mame's "lifestyle." It's visually splendid, packed with great character performances, but you may want to strangle little Patrick by the second act. "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!" Be warned: The 1974 musical version Mame, starring Lucille Ball, is a sad disaster. "-Advocate, C.H.