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Auntie Mame

Year:
Duration:
143 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama | Romance
IMDB rate:
8
Director:
Morton DaCosta
Awards:
Nominated for 6 Oscars. Another 6 wins & 3 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1958-12-27
Filming Locations: Stage 11, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA
Earnings
Budget: $2,240,000
Gross: $23,300,000 (USA) Rentals $9,300,000 (USA)
Cast
Actor
Character
Pippa Scott
Pippa Scott
Auntie Mame
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
Lee Patrick
Doris Upson
Willard Waterman
Claude Upson
Robin Hughes
Brian O'Bannion
Connie Gilchrist
Norah Muldoon
Yuki Shimoda
Ito
Brook Byron
Sally Cato MacDougall
Carol Veazie
Mrs. Burnside
Henry Brandon
Acacius Page
Cris Alexander
Mr. Loomis (uncredited)
Olive Blakeney
Dowager (uncredited)
Lela Bliss
Party Guest (uncredited)
Peter Bourne
Party Guest (uncredited)
John Caler
College Boy (uncredited)
Evelyn Ceder
Woman in White (uncredited)
Roydon Clark
Stable Boy (uncredited)
Booth Colman
Alan - Party Guest (uncredited)
Max Cutler
Gangster (uncredited)
Morton DaCosta
Edwin Dennis (voice) (uncredited)
Jack Daly
Workman (uncredited)
Mark Dana
Reginald (uncredited)
Paul Davis
Stage Manager (uncredited)
Margaret Dumont
Noblewoman in Play (uncredited)
Sandra Edwards
Party Guest (uncredited)
Adolph Faylauer
Sleeping Man in Audience (uncredited)
Robert Gates
Actor as 'Lord Dudley' (uncredited)
Gregory Gaye
Vladimir Klinkoff (uncredited)
Rand Harper
Pianist (uncredited)
Michael Harris
Party Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Mr. Jackson (uncredited)
Charles Heard
Dr. Feuchtwanger (uncredited)
Butch Hengen
Emory MacDougall (uncredited)
Gloria Holden
Guest at Garden Party (uncredited)
Dick Hudkins
Stable Boy (uncredited)
Terry Kelman
Michael Dennis (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Perry - Party Guest (uncredited)
Louise Lane
Jazzy Dame (uncredited)
Cajan Lee
Woman Hunter (uncredited)
Carl M. Leviness
Actor on Stage (uncredited)
Thomas Martin
Party Guest (uncredited)
Frank McClure
Actor on Stage (uncredited)
Tom McDonough
Expressman (uncredited)
Owen McGiveney
Man Wearing Monocle (uncredited)
Daniel Meyers
Groom (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Extra Boarding Departing Ship (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Party Guest (uncredited)
Doye O'Dell
Cousin Jeff (uncredited)
Barbara Pepper
Mrs. Krantz (uncredited)
Jack Perrin
Doorman (uncredited)
Richard Reeves
Mr. Krantz (uncredited)
Larry Rio
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Gladys Roach
Mrs. Klinkoff (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Front Row Audience at Play (uncredited)
Hazel Shermet
Macy's Customer (uncredited)
Dean Smith
Puts Mame on her Horse (uncredited)
Smokey
Mame's Horse (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Party Guest (uncredited)
Dub Taylor
County Veterinarian (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey
Actor in Play (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Mrs. Jennings (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The line, "Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death," does not appear in the book. It is derived from the stage play, where it was originally, "Life is a banquet and most poor sons-of-bitches are starving to death." Though "damn" and "hell" are both heard in the film, "sons-of-bitches" was apparently thought too rough.
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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.
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Peggy Cass won the 1957 Tony Award (New York City) for Best Featured Actress in a Drama for "Auntie Mame" and recreated her role in the film version.
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Goofs
When Patrick and Ms. Muldoon arrive on the afternoon of Mame's "Affair" to tell Mame that Ms. Muldoon is not the glass washer lady, Mame says, "Then I must have invited you" and takes a cocktail from Ito's tray. You hear the ice tinkling in the glass but clearly there is no ice in either of the glasses.
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When Mame is looking through the want ads, both times, some of the surrounding ads are implausible as there is absolutely no contact information.
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As Mame and Patrick ascend the staircase and she explains that his room still has her weaving loom in it, she can be heard saying, "I began with an enormous rug", but her lips don't move.
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Quotes
Auntie Mame: Please dear, your Auntie Mame's hung.
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Patrick Dennis: Is the English lady sick, Auntie Mame?
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Auntie Mame: Darling! I'm your Auntie Mame!
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Faq
Q
A Note Regarding Spoilers
A
The following FAQ entries may contain spoilers. Only the biggest ones (if any) will be covered with spoiler tags. Spoiler tags have been used sparingly in order to make the page more readable.
Q
How does the movie end?
A
Several years after the fateful party where Patrick (Roger Smith) broke off his engagement to Gloria Upson (Joanna Barnes) and her stuffy parents (Willard Waterman and Lee Patrick), Patrick receives a telegram from Mame announcing her return from India. The family gathers at Mame's Beekman Place apartment (redecorated to look like an elaborate Indian palace) and Mame lavishes presents from her travels on Patrick and Pegeen's (Pippa Scott) eight-year-old son Michael (Terry Kelman). When Mame suggests that she take her 'little love' back to India with her, Patrick says that it's out of the question but relents when Michael reminds him that ''Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death!' Mame promises to return Michael by Labor Day (which, according to Mame, falls sometime in November) so that Michael can return to school. In the final scene, Mame leads Michael up the stairs to try on his traveling gear, which she's already purchased, while regaling him with the vistas they're going to explore together.
Q
Is 'Auntie Mame' based on a book?
A
Indirectly. Auntie Mame was based on a stage play, adapted from a 1955 novel by American author Patrick Dennis. The screenplay for Auntie Mame was co-written by American playwrights/lyricists Betty Comden and Adolph Green.
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Photos from cast
Pippa Scott
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