Auntie Mame
Directed by	Morton DaCosta
Produced by	Morton DaCosta
Written by	Betty Comden Adolph Green based on the novel by Patrick Dennis
Starring	Rosalind Russell Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne Roger Smith
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Harry Stradling Sr.
Editing by	William H. Ziegler
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	1958
Country	USA
Language	English
IMDb profile

Auntie Mame is a 1958 film based on the play of the same title, starring Rosalind Russell. Comden and Green was the writing duo of Betty Comden and Adolph Green. ... Adolph Green (December 2, 1914 – October 23, 2002) was an American lyricist and playwright who, with long-time collaborator Betty Comden, penned the screenplays and songs for some of the most beloved movie musicals, particularly as part of Arthur Freeds production unit at MGM, during the genres heyday. ... Patrick Dennis (May 18, 1921 – November 6, 1976) was an American author. ... Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was a four-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning American film, stage actress. ... Forrest Tucker (right) in Cosmic Monsters. ... Coral Edith Brown, later Browne (23 July 1913-29 May 1991) was a stage and screen actress. ... Roger Smith (born 18 December 1932) is an American actor and producer. ... Warner Bros. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_the_United_States. ... // Events February 16- In the Money is released on this date. ... Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was a four-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning American film, stage actress. ...

Plot

For the plot details, refer to Auntie Mame, the novel. Broadway poster Auntie Mame is a 1955 novel by Patrick Dennis that chronicles his madcap adventures growing up as the ward of his deceased fathers eccentric sister. ...

Awards

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, Best Cinematography, Color, Best Film Editing and Best Picture. Academy Award The Academy Awards, popularly known as the Oscars, are the most prominent and most watched film awards ceremony in the world. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ... The Academy Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; nominations are made by Academy members who are actors and actresses. ... The Academy Awards are the oldest awards ceremony for achievements in motion pictures. ... The Academy Award for Best Cinematography is awarded each year to a cinematographer for his work in one particular motion picture. ... The Academy Award for Film Editing was first given for films issued in 1934. ... // The Academy Award for Best Motion Picture is one of the Academy Awards, awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which are voted on by others within the industry. ...

Cast

• 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
• Brook Byron ... Sally Cato MacDougall
• Carol Veazie ... Mrs. Burnside
• Henry Brandon ... Acacius Page

Rosalind Russell (June 4, 1907 - November 28, 1976) was a four-time Academy Award nominated and Tony Award winning American film, stage actress. ... Forrest Tucker (right) in Cosmic Monsters. ... Coral Edith Brown, later Browne (23 July 1913-29 May 1991) was a stage and screen actress. ... Clark in his film debut, The Unsuspected (1947) Frederick Leonard Clark (born March 19, 1914; died December 5, 1968) was an American film character actor. ... Roger Smith from The Big O. Roger Smith is the main character in the anime television series and the manga, The Big O. He is Paradigm Citys top negotiator, and lives in the Illegal Residential Sector in a former bank with his butler Norman Burg and R. Dorothy Wayneright. ... Patric Knowles Patric Knowles (November 11, 1911 – December 23, 1995) was an English born film actor who appeared in films of the 1930s through the 1970s. ... Peggy Cass (left), with James Thurber and Joan Anderson (1960) Mary Margaret (Peggy) Cass (May 21, 1924 in Boston, Massachusetts - March 8, 1999 in New York City) was an actress, comedian, game show panelist, and announcer. ... Joanna Barnes (born 1934-11-15) is an American actress and writer. ... Pippa Scott is an American actress who appeared in movies and television since the 1950s. ... Lee Patrick (November 22, 1901 – November 21, 1982) was an American theater and film actress. ... Willard Waterman (b. ... Born Heinrich Von Kleinbach on 8 June 1912 in Berlin, Germany, Henry Brandon was a character actor in over 100 American films, famous for playing Indian, Arab, Persian, Turkish, Native American and East Asian roles, usually villians. ...

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

External links

• Auntie Mame (1958) at IMDB

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