New acquaintances and lifelong fans of Auntie Mame will all relish this second round of even more outrageous escapades with the world s most glamorous globetrotter. Also included is an account of Mame s stopover at the Mother Bloor Communal Farm in rural Russia, an irreverently comic chapter suppressed when the book was first published at the height of the Red Scare. If you thought her Manhattan parties were superb, you ll want to put yourself on the guest list for her splashy Venice bash featured in this equally tipsy and titillating romp.
But not to worry she doesn t rough it for long. Next, Mame s antics lead her to a gunrunning ship on the eve of World War II, causing luxury accommodations to be forfeited for the sake of action. Setting sail aboard the Normandie, Mame soon finds herself pursued by Interpol and rescued from seminudity by a pack of Irish wolfhounds. Narrated once again by Mame’s fictional deadpan nephew, Around the World With Auntie Mame takes readers on a first rate if not always first class voyage to intriguing locales around the world including Paris, London, and Lebanon. When young, impressionable Patrick Dennis millionaire father dies, the boy is left in the care of his only living relative-his flamboyant, extravagant. Three years later, thousands of fans celebrated her reappearance in a novel of international hijinks. In 1955, Auntie Mame spent 112 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list, but that was only her first act. Wildly successful when it was first published in 1955, Patrick Dennis’ Auntie Mame sold over two million copies and stayed put on the New York Times bestseller list for 112 weeks. Auntie Mame - Full Cast & Crew 1958 2 hr 23 mins Family, Comedy NR Watchlist Where to Watch Best Picture nominee is about a young impressionable orphan who receives a dizzyingly wild upbringing.
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