Directed by Morton DaCosta
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.
Rosalind Russell Forrest Tucker Coral Browne Fred Clark Roger Smith Patric Knowles Peggy Cass Jan Handzlik Joanna Barnes Pippa Scott Lee Patrick Willard Waterman Robin Hughes Connie Gilchrist Yuki Shimoda Brook Byron Carol Veazie Henry Brandon Frank Baker Lela Bliss Margaret Dumont Gregory Gaye Colin Kenny Frank McLure Harold Miller Leoda Richards Bert Stevens Dub Taylor John Alban Show All…
La signora mia zia, Ma tante, Die tolle Tante, Tía y mamá, 앤티 맘, Ciotka Mame, A Mulher do Século, 欢乐梅姑, Тетушка Мэйм, La tia Mame, Min fantastiska tant
rosalind russell said no ward of mine is gonna be a heterosexual god fearing conservative
There’s a scene at the beginning of this movie where Auntie Mame tells Patrick, the kid, to write down words he hears but doesn’t know or understand and one of the words he writes down is “heterosexual.” Honestly huh??? What does that word mean? Never heard of it!!
“Auntie Mame” is film dreamed up in Technicolor by the Broadway ladies who lunch.
Based on a play of the same name, and starring the same inimitable Rosalind Russell, “Mame” is an epic of style and sensibility. In an era of high cost and full saturation blowout productions, as Hollywood threw its Golden Age good bash, “Mame” is a treasured guest of honour at the party.
The movie and stage show were a career winter period revitalisation for the 51-year-old Russell, who literally leaps and bounds into the picture with such vim and vigour that the actress broke her ankle running down a flight of stairs. It’s just the sort of glamorous injury one would expect from perhaps cinema’s greatest…
i want to be auntie mame when i grow up
This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.
WHEN MAME TURNS TGE PROPERTY NEXT TO THE BIGOTS INTO A HOME FOR JEWISH REFUGEE CHILDREN???? WIG SNATCHED
she’s gay your honour
My gay cousin gave me this DVD for Christmas the year I turned 8 and read my baby gay ass for filth.
Rosalind ending every scene by hitting her mark and playing her reaction for another 5 seconds under spotlight is the eternal mood.
I listened to the Mame OBCR again in my car the other day and cried.
You know that feeling when you want an event to finally occur so you can experience a piece differently? Like, I want to fall in love with someone so that when we break up and I finally experience heartbreak, I can watch Carol differently. I really don't want my mom to die, but knowing that I'll have 20th Century Women and…
This film is overflowing with gay aesthetic and I love it dearly
letterboxd: you’ve reviewed this film five times
me: then by god let’s make it six
I am Agnes Gooch and I think I’ll just fix myself a Dr Pepper.
How the fuck did Rosalind Russell not win a goddamn Oscar for this movie?
Fix the animal in the eye with a masterful gaze. Fix the master in the eye with an animal gaze, in the asterful eye. Fix the aster in the maze with an animal guy!