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A Balasaur Score of 79 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 88%. Scores higher than 88% of the 260 1950s comedy movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Mame Dennis, a progressive and independent woman of the 1920s, is left to care for her nephew Patrick after his wealthy father dies. Conflict ensues when the executor of the father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle and tries to force her to send Patrick to prep school.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes88%
129 audience votes
Key crew
- Morton DaCostaDirector
- Adolph GreenScreenplay
- Betty ComdenScreenplay
- Bronislau KaperOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rosalind RussellMame Dennis
- Forrest TuckerBeauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
- Coral BrowneVera Charles
- Peggy CassAgnes Gooch
- Jan HandzlikPatrick Dennis - Younger
- Roger SmithPatrick Dennis - Older
- Fred ClarkDwight Babcock
- Connie GilchristNorah Muldoon
- Yuki ShimodaIto
- Patric KnowlesLindsay Woolsey
- Joanna BarnesGloria Upson
- Pippa ScottPegeen Ryan
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Themes
based on novel or bookbased on play or musicalloveeccentricfree spiritorphanguardiannephewsocialitenonconformismbohemian1920s