Auntie Mame
1958, NR, 143 min.
Directed by Morton Dacosta, Narrated by , Voices by , Starring Rosalind Russell, Forrest Tucker, Coral Browne, Roger Smith, Fred Clark, Patric Knowles, Peggy Cass, Pippa Scott.

“Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death,” are the bywords of the fabulous Auntie Mame, the wonderful character played by Russell, who gives one of the great performances of her career in this – the nonmusical film version – of the beloved play. Mame is a woman who takes life’s pleasures and her promise to raise her nephew very seriously. She flies in the face of what most common and dull people do, and she remains a hilarious and inspirational role model through the ages.

This article appears in June 8 • 2001.

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Marjorie Baumgarten is a film critic and contributing writer at The Austin Chronicle, where she has worked in many capacities since the paper's founding in 1981. She served as the Chronicle's Film Reviews editor for 25 years.