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Released
1958 · FILM

Auntie Mame

A free-spirited, eccentric aunt must fight to keep her precocious nephew out of a stifling prep school and instead raise him with wild creativity and unorthodox love in 1920s New York.

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Runtime
143 min
ComedyDramaRomance

Synopsis

Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman in the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father passes away. Conflict arises when the executor of the father's estate objects to Mame's lifestyle and attempts to have Patrick sent to a prep school.

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Principal cast & crew: 20

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Craft leads on file

Edited by William H ZieglerShot by Harry Stradling SrScored by Bronislau Kaper

Also known as

  • Die tolle Tantede
  • Esta tía es un demonioes
  • Ma tantefr
  • La signora mia ziait

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