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dflprincess

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3. When the movie came out, several people who knew her, including her father

Reply to elleng (Original post)

Tue Feb 4, 2025, 10:39 PM

Feb 4

were convinced my mother was the model for Mame. And there are a couple scenes where she's so much like Mom I almost believe that.

Several years ago I made a couple of my nieces watch it with me. I said nothing about what some people thought. Right at the start, when Patrick & Nora arrive during the cocktail party, one of them said "She makes me think of Grandma." - I heard the words "that's like Grandma" several times through the movie.

I love Auntie Mame.

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*AUNTIE MAME!!! TCM, now! [View all] elleng Feb 4 OP

#1 favorite movie of all time! Lulu KC Feb 4 #1

Good judgment!!! elleng Feb 4 #2

When the movie came out, several people who knew her, including her father dflprincess Feb 4 #3

Rosalind Russell leftieNanner Feb 4 #4

How GREAT! elleng Feb 4 #5

And the book's fun, too Lulu KC Feb 4 #6