For the 1974 musical film starring Lucille Ball, see Mame (film).

Auntie Mame
Film Poster
Directed by	Morton DaCosta
Produced by	Morton DaCosta
Written by	Betty Comden Adolph Green based on the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee and the novel by Patrick Dennis
Starring	Rosalind Russell Forrest Tucker Coral Browne Roger Smith
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Harry Stradling
Editing by	William H. Ziegler
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date(s)	December 27, 1958
Running time	143 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	Unknown

Auntie Mame is a 1958 film based on the novel by Patrick Dennis and its theatrical adaptation by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee. This film version stars Rosalind Russell and was directed by Morton DaCosta. Mame, a musical version of the story, was released in 1974 starring Lucille Ball as the titular character.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Awards and honors 3 Cast 4 Production Crew 5 Box office performance 6 See also 7 References 8 External links

[edit] Plot

Mame (Russell) is the flamboyant, mad-cap aunt of a young boy Patrick, who is orphaned when his father dies. Placed in Mame's care, Patrick is quickly introduced to his aunt's free-spirited and eccentric lifestyle. As Mame watches her young nephew grow into a man she attempts to rescue him from the stuffy, conventional lifestyle towards which he is heading. Her frequently repeated motto is "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"

[edit] Awards and honors

The film was nominated for Academy Awards for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Rosalind Russell), Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Peggy Cass), Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Black-and-White or Color (Malcolm Bert, George James Hopkins), Best Cinematography, Color, Best Film Editing and Best Picture.^[1] It was also nominated for three Golden Globes of which it won two.

American Film Institute recognition

• 2000: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Laughs #94
• 2005: AFI's 100 Years... 100 Movie Quotes #93
  • "Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!"

[edit] Cast

• Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis
• Forrest Tucker as Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
• Coral Browne as Vera Charles
• Fred Clark as Dwight Babcock
• Roger Smith as Patrick Dennis - older
• Patric Knowles as Lindsay Woolsey
• Peggy Cass as Agnes Gooch
• Jan Handzlik as Patrick Dennis - younger
• Joanna Barnes as Gloria Upson
• Pippa Scott as Pegeen Ryan
• Lee Patrick as Doris Upson
• Willard Waterman as Claude Upson
• Robin Hughes as Brian O'Bannion
• Connie Gilchrist as Norah Muldoon
• Yuki Shimoda as Ito
• Brook Byron as Sally Cato MacDougall
• Carol Veazie as Mrs. Burnside
• Henry Brandon as Acacius Page

[edit] Production Crew

• Production Design - Malcolm C. Bert
• Art Direction - Malcolm C. Bert
• Set Decoration - George James Hopkins
• Costume Design - Orry-Kelly
• Makeup Supervisor - Gordon Bau
• Makeup - Gene Hibbs
• Hair stylist - Myrl Stoltz
• Makeup - Robert J. Schiffer
• Assistant Director - Joseph Don Page
• Art - interior - Robert Hanley
• Storyboard - Harold Michelson
• Sound Department - M.A. Merrick
• Stunts - Roydon Clark, Bob Herron, Dick Hudkins, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Audrey Scott, Dean Smith
• Stage producers - Lawrence Carr & Robert Fryer
• Music supervisor - Ray Heindorf

[edit] Box office performance

This film was the #1 moneymaker of 1959, earning a net profit of $8,800,000.^[2]

[edit] See also

• List of American films of 1958
• Auntie Mame (novel by Patrick Dennis)
• Mame (musical)
• Mame (musical film)

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Auntie Mame (film)

• Auntie Mame at the Internet Movie Database
• Auntie Mame at Allmovie
• Auntie Mame at the TCM Movie Database
• Auntie Mame at Rotten Tomatoes

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