Auntie Mame

(1958)

Synopsis

Best Picture nominee is about a young impressionable orphan who receives a dizzyingly wild upbringing from his eccentric madcap aunt who detests nonsense in others but loves it in herself. The script is based on Patrick Dennis' autobiographical novel that also spawned a Broadway hit and was made into a movie musical in 1974.

Cast

Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Fred Clark, Coral Browne, Patric Knowles