Comedy ·Drama · United States of America · 1958 · 2h 23m

Auntie Mame

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Director
Morton DaCosta
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
Crew
Harry Stradling Sr. — Director of Photography William H. Ziegler — Editor Bronislau Kaper — Original Music Composer Adolph Green — Screenplay Betty Comden — Screenplay Patrick Dennis — Novel
Tagline

Tops the Best-Seller! Tops the Play! The One and Only!

Synopsis

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.

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Mood & Themes
based on novel or bookbased on play or musicalloveeccentricfree spiritorphanguardiannephewsocialitenonconformismbohemian1920s
Key Collaborators
Morton DaCosta Director Harry Stradling Sr. Director of Photography William H. Ziegler Editor Bronislau Kaper Original Music Composer Adolph Green Screenplay Betty Comden Screenplay Patrick Dennis Novel Morton DaCosta Producer Malcolm C. Bert Production Design Orry-Kelly Costume Design
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