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Film - Auntie Mame
Presented at AFI Silver Theater

“There’s no place like home.” – Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz

The idea of what makes a house a home, and explorations of how and where Americans live, have powerfully informed many significant films over the years, in ways both subtly thought-provoking and farcically over-the-top. The National Building Museum is proud to partner with the American Film Institute (AFI) Silver Theatre and Cultural Center to present a film series associated with the Museum’s exhibition House & Home. "Reel Estate: The American Home on Film" presents a wide-ranging series of films focusing on the American home, from nostalgic classics like Gone With the Wind, to post-WWII suburban melodramas like No Down Payment, and to subversive comedies like Hal Ashby’s The Landlord.

Auntie Mame
February 23, Saturday, 1:30 pm
Almost as flamboyant as Auntie Mame herself, the apartment at 3 Beekman Place in New York provides many of the film’s best opportunities for humor as its interiors constantly evolve to mirror the many moods, and fashions, of Rosalind Russell’s flamboyant Mame Dennis. Embracing far-ranging motifs--from East to West, traditional to ultra-modern—the sets are an extreme reflection of design trends from the 1930s to 50s. Russell is indefatigably funny as the madcap Mame, as are Coral Browne as her boozy best pal Vera and Peggy Cass, Russell’s Tony-winning costar from the stage play, as her personal secretary Agnes Gooch. DIR Morton DaCosta; SCR Betty Comden, Adolph Green, from the novel by Patrick Dennis; PROD Morton DaCosta. US, 1958, b&w, 143 min. NOT RATED

Ticket Information:
BUY TICKETS THROUGH AFI.com/Silver. $8.50 AFI and NBM members | $11.50 General Admission | $9 Seniors (65+), Students (with valid ID), and Military | $7 Children (12 and under).  Tickets may also be purchased at the box office (opens 30 minutes before the first show of the day).  Please note that tickets are not available for purchase through the National Building Museum.

The AFI Silver Theatre is located at 8633 Colesville Road in Silver Spring, Maryland, Silver Spring Metro, Red Line. 


Support for House & Home and related education programming is provided by The Home Depot Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Hanley Wood, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, Andersen Corporate Foundation, The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, MASCO Corporation Foundation, and AARP, among others.

Date:
Time: 1:30 PM - 4:00 PM

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