Auntie Mame

In 1929 Mame and Lindsey talk about what Dr.

Spock has to say on child rearing, a decade before his famous book was published.

As Mame and Patrick ascend the staircase and she explains that his room still has her weaving loom in it, she can be heard saying, "I began with an enormous rug", but her lips don't move.

During a scene set in 1929, 1940s-vintage cars can be seen through the rear window of the taxi taking Norah and Patrick to Mame's Beekman Place apartment.

During the Upsons' visit, Vera Charles hands Mame a drink.

In the following two shots, it alternates from being held with her hands by her sides, to up near her face, then back again.

When Patrick and Ms.

Muldoon arrive on the afternoon of Mame's "Affair" to tell Mame that Ms.

Muldoon is not the glass washer lady, Mame says, "Then I must have invited you" and takes a cocktail from Ito's tray.

You hear the ice tinkling in the glass but clearly there is no ice in either of the glasses.

After Beauregard takes a picture of Mame in Egypt, he mounts a two humped camel, which are native to Asia.

The one humped Dromedaries are the native camels in Egypt.

When Ito passes Agnes on the staircase, as she is returning from her night out with Mr.

O'Banion, he asks her "What happened Missy Gooch?" and she replies "I lived".

Between the question and answer, Agnes' mink stole starts off over her left shoulder, and suddenly it is draped over her right one.

When Mame is sitting on the bar stool having a cocktail at the Upson's house, the napkin in her right hand disappears and then reappears.

When Lindsey and Vera are waiting for Mame's return at Beekman Place after Beau's death, as Miss Gooch arrives, Vera takes off her coat and puts it in the chair by the lilies, then as Mame and Patrick arrive a minute later, Vera, Lindsey and Miss Gootch run to hide without picking up the coat, and when Mame and Patrick come in, the coat is no longer in the chair.

When Mame is looking through the want ads, both times, some of the surrounding ads are implausible as there is absolutely no contact information.

When Norah is paying the taxi, she says, "Keep the change" but her lips don't move.

Patrick's father dies in September 1928.

Patrick then goes to live with Mame starting on October 1.

Weeks later (it's clear it was weeks, not a year), he is discovered at Mr.

Page's school in the village, the same day as the stock market crash.

However, the market crashed in October 1929, not 1928.

In the first shot of the film, we see the Last Will and Testament of Patrick's late father.

The address listed is on West Lasalle in Chicago, Illinois.

Lasalle is a street that runs north and south, there is no "West Lasalle.

" After learning that Patrick will be sent away to boarding school, the hand Mame holds to her face switches between shots.

In the final scene, Mame reads a telegram and the written telegram is filmed as it is being read.

They mention the date, "June 31st".

There are only 30 days in June.

This is intentional.

When Patrick shows up to Mame's at the beginning, Mame says that he wasn't supposed to arrive until September 31st and is then informed there are only 30 days in September.

- PLOTThe time line of the story is impossible.

It begins with the stock market crash in 1929, when Patrick is 10 years old.

We know he graduates college, and if he did so at the standard age of 21, that places his graduation year as 1940 at the earliest.

The final scene is dated by a telegram as 1946, and Patrick is married with a 10 year old son.

For that to happen, the story line would have to cover at least 21 years, ending, at the earliest, in 1950.

(at around 9 mins) The newspaper headline is "BUSINESSMAN DROPS DEAD IN STEAM ROOM OF CHICAGO BROKERS CLUB," but the text of the accompanying article begins "In one move, the city planning board and zoning commission yesterday both tightened and loosened restrictions on subdivision plats offered for approval.

" When Mame enters the Marie Antoinette bedroom saying "Vera, I am about to be attacked by the Knickerbocker Bank," the veil is pinned to the left side of Vera's head.

A second later, it is on the right side.

When the fox hunt is over, Auntie Mame hands Patrick the fox, which is a stiff and obviously stuffed prop.

When Mame and Patrick return to her apartment in New York after Beau's death, Patrick closes the door and the whole room shakes.

Even though "Auntie Mame" takes place between 1928 and 1946, most of the clothing and furnishings are of a 1950's mid-century modern style.

Telltale items are the sofas in Mame's apartment in the opening scenes, the seating that raises and lowers, and the grown Patrick's narrow lapel suit.

During the fox hunt scene, a puff of white smoke can be seen coming from behind a bush as the fox runs by.

This is likely from a small explosion, like a firecracker, used to scare the fox along a set path.

And so somebody did. And from that came a play, this movie, eventually a musical comedy and finally the movie version of that musical comedy.

This is one witty, zany, rollicking romp for the great Rosaline Russell, truly the pinnacle of a marvelous acting career. "Auntie Mame" began life as a novel by Patrick Dennis.

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I loved every single second of this movie and I have watched it at least 10 times!!!! Hilarious and touching!!!

Orphaned boy is raised by flamboyant aunt (Rosalind Russell) and we see him go from child to man. The whole movie is basically a hurricane performance by Russell, as she blows away everybody else on screen.

Whilst almost everyone has had enough of 2020, here's a classic film with a grand dame that will put a big smile on your face. Overwhelmed?

Reveals its stage origins, which in this case, benefits the more theatrical aspects of the story. When Mame and Beau are on their honeymoon, all the scenes are shot indoors.

When "Auntie Mame" was first published, I read and re-read it (and its sequel, "Around the World with Auntie Mame") for several summers. Believe it or not, the books are even funnier than the film.

This tale of a young boy adopted by his artsy, eccentric aunt is terrifically entertaining but a little slack for parts of the first hour. At times it feels more like a series of amusing anecdotes than a real story, which may be while I most enjoyed the final part of the movie, which felt more cohesive, and was also notable for terrific small performances by Peggy Cass as the hapless Agnes Gooch and Pippa Scott as an odious socialite.