" Auntie Mame " is my favorite movie of all time. Of the countless number of absolutely fantastic movies I include amongst my favorites, that's saying a lot about my adoration for " Auntie Mame ".
Hi james, wow that is high praise. I have to say it is in my top tier movies which is really high praise for me. There are probably 10 movies up there. Depending on my mood. It is a very very special movie for me as well.
My mom and I always watched this movie together and it did NOT matter what was going in. We just stopped whatever we were doing. How can anyone not LOVE this movie??? Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!!! ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤
Oh, Robert… how I miss you. I spent so many wonderful movie nights with your insight and passion. I always felt you were talking directly with me. Hugs!
She is who I wanted to be when I grew up 😂 I desperately wanted to be an Auntie Mame to my niece and nephew, but I feared the sister in law 😂😜😂 Wonderful, Happy, and Inspiring 💕💕💕
@@CalTxDude Yup. But, it's been a while since I've seen "The Women", and "His Girl Friday" is my second favorite of hers. She's slapstick hilarious, and the perfect partner for Cary Grant.
In her Biography, Life Is a Banquet, Ms. Russell noted that she took to Auntie Mame so easily because she felt the character was that of her own sister..
Well that would be a neat trick since Rosalind Russell originated the role on stage in 1956, then Start in the film adaptation in 1958. For some unknown reason, Lucy decided to Do the boom adaptation of the 1966 Broadway musical 'Mame'!
OH!! Angela Lansbury starred in the Broadway musical Mame! I stand corrected, She did claimed it La Lansbury "stole" the part from her! LoL Even though, Miss Lansbury could sing and... Well, Lucy good warble. BUT! She did have Beatrice Arthur (original Vera in the '66 Broadway play) as her co-star to soften the caustic blow.
Auntie Mame the character bugs me. For all her carefree bohemian ways, Mame still knew that you needed money to survive. Mame immediately hooked up with the rich man from the South to assure she could keep up her bohemian ways. At the same time she used her bohemian ways to take the high ground over the Connecticut upper middle family who tried to pollute her nephew. Auntie Mame to me shows a lot of the same prejudice she accuses others of showing.
