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27 December 1958 (USA) morePlot:
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. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(12 articles)
AFI's 100 Years ...100 Movie Quotes (From Extra. 4 November 2009, 4:45 AM, PST)
Jerry's Girls Plays The Ivoryton Playhouse 10/28-11/14
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One of the greats!!!! more (91 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| 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 | |
| Joanna Barnes | ... | Gloria Upson | |
| Pippa Scott | ... | Pegeen Ryan | |
| Lee Patrick | ... | Doris Upson | |
| Willard Waterman | ... | Claude Upson | |
| Robin Hughes | ... | Brian O'Bannion | |
| Connie Gilchrist | ... | Norah Muldoon | |
| Yuki Shimoda | ... | Ito |
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View content advisory for parentsRuntime:
143 minCountry:
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EnglishColor:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #19033) | USA:Unrated (video release) | USA:TV-MA | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:G | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | UK:AFun Stuff
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Mame's line in French at Macy's is "Après moi, le déluge" ("After me, the flood"). This quote is attributed to King Louis XV of France and represents a philosophy of living for now when disaster looms in the future. In the movie, it relates to purchasing Christmas gifts on credit so that one doesn't have to worry about paying for them right away, something that a rich socialite would be very comfortable with. moreGoofs:
Continuity: When Ito passes Agnes on the staircase, as she is returning from her night out with Mr. O'Banion, he asks her "What happened Missy Gooch?" and she replies "I lived". Between the question and answer, Agnes' mink stole starts off over her left shoulder, and suddenly it is draped over her right one. moreQuotes:
Auntie Mame: Oh, Agnes! Here you've been taking my dictations for weeks and you haven't gotten the message of my book: live!Agnes Gooch: Live?
Auntie Mame: Yes! Live! Life's a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!
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Auntie Mame is a long movie, but it goes by as fast as a giggle!! There are few movies that I care to watch over and over again. I never tire of Auntie Mame because the screenplay is simply a brilliant piece of work. Comden and Greene are from the laudable days where one was expected to engage the brain when writing comedy! Practically every line is a quotable classic. Warner Brothers did us all a service by hiring theater director Morton da Costa to recreate the Broadway stage play. The movie is classy, sumptuously designed and brilliantly staged with those exquisite blackouts after each scene. Rosalind Russell should have won an Academy Award for this role (she refused to campaign for it) because no one will ever come close to getting that perfect timing that she displays in every scene. You love her from the moment she shakes the monkey's hand in the second scene. The supporting cast is perfection, especially Coral Browne, an undeservedly little known actress who makes a meal of Vera Charles. Peggy Cass is hilarious as Agnes Gooch; Forrest Tucker a charmer as Burnside. Everything about this picture makes it a true classic of the American cinema; one of those rare movies that makes you laugh, but even more important, makes you feel good!!! They don't get any better than this!