Auntie Mame Director: Morton Da Costa Cast: Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Fred Clark
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- DVD Release Date: 10/01/2002
- Original Release: 1958
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- Sales Rank: 729
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Closed Caption; Music-only audio track highlighting Bronislaw Kaper's lush score; Theatrical trailers of tis and its musical remake Mame; Interactive menus; Cast/director film highlights; Scene access; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français & Español
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Side #1 --
1. Kaleidoscopic Credits [2:08]
2. Last Will and Testament [1:26]
3. Having Affair Now [1:58]
4. Your Auntie Mame [3:58]
5. Vocabulary Lesson [5:06]
6. Maternal Mame [2:52]
7. Wakeup Calls [4:53]
8. Babcock Visits [5:50]
9. Fished Out of School [5:00]
10. Wiped Out [3:29]
11. Midsummer Madness [4:22]
12. Her Escort [2:36]
13. Chaos Calling [1:27]
14. Selling Skates at Macy's [3:29]
15. Early Christmas [5:58]
16. Santa With a Southern Accent [3:13]
17. Peckerwood [4:41]
18. How to Ride a Horse [3:37]
19. Mounting Meditation [3:37]
20. The Hunt [3:23]
21. Two Men in Her Life [2:11]
22. Two Letters [3:46]
23. Goodbye Beau [1:57]
24. Widow Burnside and Agnes Gooch [5:25]
25. Brian O'Bannion [3:16]
26. Writers at Work [5:47]
27. Patrick the Snob [4:40]
28. Agnes Comes Out [3:05]
29. Countess De Gooch [2:01]
30. Top-Drawer Gloris [4:35]
31. "I Lived" [1:25]
32. Upson Downs [3:39]
33. Plans and Restrictions [3:25]
34. Yul Ullu's Moving Furniture [6:09]
35. The Flaming Mame [2:36]
36. Upset Agnes [1:32]
37. All Her Family [3:21]
38. Ping-Pong Story [1:28]
39. "Jackpot!" [3:11]
40. Planned Exits [2:29]
41. Doors Will Open [4:05]
Editorial Reviews
This rip-roaring comedy, based jointly on a bestselling novel by Patrick Dennis and the Broadway play adapted from it, allowed Rosalind Russell to reprise the role she had created on stage. She plays Mame Dennis, a spirited, eccentric bohemian who believes “life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.” Forrest Tucker plays her husband, southern millionaire Beauregard Burnside. Coral Browne shines as Mame’s cynical actress friend, and Fred Clark shines as the dyspeptic banker determined to free Mame’s nephew (Jan Handzlick) from her corrupting influence. Betty Comden and Adolph Green’s script expands the play by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee, retaining the Broadway show’s best material and adding some comic set pieces of their own devising. Director Morton DaCosta (The Music Man) proves himself unusually adept with this kind of material; his handling is thoroughly cinematic, but it simultaneously suggests the presence of a proscenium arch. DaCosta’s deliberate theatricality is tailor-made for Russell, whose dynamic performance seems more suited to stage than screen. Later musicalized as Mame -- which, like its predecessor, enjoyed Broadway success before coming to the screen -- this buoyant comedy is studded with memorable moments and endearing characters. Unless you’re one of the “poor suckers” Mame pities, you’ll see it as something you’ll want to revisit many times. The DVD offers a music-only audio track along with trailers for both this movie and Mame. Ed Hulse, Barnes & Noble
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