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At two hours and twenty-three minutes, Auntie Mame (1958) is a long, lavish, big-budget Warner Bros. comedy, shot in glorious Technicolor. Morton DaCosta, the director of the stage production on which ...

Rosalind Russell took a huge risk when she accepted a role that would forever change her Hollywood career. The character was that of the alluring, fast-talking Hildy Johnson in 1940’s “His Girl Friday ...

In her very first try at the stage, when she was a college freshman, Rosalind Russell confidently expected and got the leading role. Cast as St. Francis Xavier, she was required in one scene to whip ...

When it comes to living life to its fullest, Rosalind Russell's character Auntie Mame is still the silver screen's exemplar. And Mame, the role Russell (1907-1976) will always be remembered for, ...

Linda Stein’s Funeral Reveals Fondness, AngerHundreds turned out at the Riverside Memorial Chapel on the Upper West Side this afternoon for the funeral of murdered real-estate icon Linda Stein. Fellow ...

To lose ourselves in a world of winks and wisecracks from quick-witted showgirls, ditzy heiresses and fast-talking career women may seem like a borderline irresponsible choice in These Troubled Times.

S.N. Behrman's Broadway success starred Katharine Cornell. Rosalind Russell, in the same part, endows it with skill equal to that of her predecessor. Combined with a deftness for handling comedy and a ...