Auntie Mame - Telephone Operator
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Auntie Mame is one of my all time favorite movies! A classic from 1958 with a great performance by Rosalind Russell as the wealthy, eccentric New York socialite Mame Dennis. The logline from imdb.com: An orphan goes to live with his free-spirited aunt. Conflict ensues when the executor of his father's estate objects to the aunt's lifestyle.
The film has many great lines in it. Here is one of them...
All in one take, incredible! It's a crime she did not get an Oscar for this performance.
Neil Dickson she was incredible!
True very true but Susan Hayward was good that year in I want to Live.
Hear, stinkin', hear!!
@@AnthonyWilliams-li5mz Sadly, the Susan Hayward award winning movie’s story didn’t stand well since the real life criminal is 100% guilty
I can’t believe it 😡
“There’s no such place as San Francisco!” 😂 i have used that line so many times
When referencing San Francisco I hope!
@@retroguy9494 of course!! I think best time it worked was my cousin was getting married in San Francisco and i replied “what?! There is no such place as SF” 😂 auntie mame is infinitely quotable!
@@JL0ndon GOOD! LOL I'm pretty close to New York City so the line wouldn't work all that well for ME! HAHA! I don't know anyone in San Francisco!
bet you have a lot of crickets in your life
@@Marcel_Audubon You’re rude.
this movie just cracks me up, NO ONE can play this role like Rosalind Russell!
I almost want to give Lucille Ball credit for trying for this role with her inexpressive face and phlegmy voice. Almost.
Stellar...
@@Alusnovalotus Yea but you have to remember, the Lucille Ball version was a MUSICAL. First came the book in 1955 which was semi biographical as Auntie Mame was a real person. A year later came the first Broadway play which was a comedy. THEN came THIS movie in 1958 which was based on both the book and play. Fast forward to 1966 and it was on Broadway again, only this time (and for the very FIRST time) as a musical starring Angela Lansbury. The Lucille Ball version was a musical based loosely on the Broadway production, not THIS movie or the original stage production. Personally, I thought old Lu did a pretty good job. I don't know why everyone dislikes it so much.
@@retroguy9494 well, for one, Lucille never had a voice for singing, ever. Whomever thought she was good for a MUSICAL was either suicidal, narcotically dependent or, Lucille Ball herself.
She’s always been a shameless promoter of herself so it’s not far from what probably happened.
But your comment was very insightful. I’d forgotten this was a play(?) before it was a movie. Either way I loved this version far more than the musical. The only thing I think the musical beat this version out was in costumery. Bea Arthur looked great in flapper gear. Oh. That was the second best thing about the musical. The best was Bea Arthur.
@@Alusnovalotus WOW why do you hate Lucy so much? Its true...she wasn't the best singer. She was EXCELLENT at dancing though. In fact, that's how she broke into Hollywood. As a Goldwyn girl. You ARE right kind of when you say "shameless promoter" in this case. See, Lucy for some odd reason thought Angela Lansbury based her performance on Broadway off of the Lucy Ricardo character so Lucy wanted to do the movie musical and not let Lansbury do it, who was being considered. Plus, she thought movies, since the Hays code was lifted, had become too smutty and gritty (which to some degree they WERE) and felt her performance would re-usher in wholesome family movies. But Warner Brothers wasn't hot on the idea of her playing Mame, thinking her too old and she couldn't sing well. So Lucy put up 5 million of her OWN money (which was almost half the films budget) to ensure she got the role. But that also gave her production control. When Warner's wanted to dub her singing, she refused, demanding she do all her own singing.
Truth be told, even Desi advised her not to do the film. But her mind was made up. She even went to see Lansbury on Broadway and Lansbury caught Lucy in the wings taking notes during the performance! LOL The critics were HORRID towards her and she was very hurt. But I still like it! I can't explain it. Its like....it's Mame.....but its also Lucy! And its a comedy so its almost as if Lucy finally got into the show and although she tried her best, it was a performance like we would expect Lucy Ricardo to give at the club! LOL
Rosalind Russell was brilliant as Mame. How she got through this scene even once is a miracle.
And its said she did it in only ONE take! Brilliant!
"There's no such place as San Francisco!?" lol!!
I remember seeing this on tv a child and laughing my head off at this scene thinking it was the funniest thing I ever saw.
exactly, i was going to post the same thing! saw it as a child and just laughed my head off!
"Oh I'm sorry Mr. Bibbercome… um Bibibibib…"
Such a classic scene! Thanks for posting! 💙
Brilliant. She was Oscar worthy. The speed queen of dialogue, was Russell.
Roz is giving a master class of acting and comedy through this whole movie!
There is no such place as San Francisco! Mame sounds like me in my job. When I am overwhelmed, I freestyle and deny the thing in question even exists.
I think she said no such place IN San Francisco.
Betty Comden and Adolph Green took a great play and made it an even better movie. This scene, which they wrote, is a favorite.
Didn't the movie come first?
@@willg4802 no the book was first then the play followed by the film, then the musical and then the musical film
Was Roz the absolute BEST, or what-?? Great actress.
Dazzling Deb yes she was no one can top her in anything
Love her
One of the most hilarious scenes ever!
I work at a law firm with a name like that and I just showed this to our receptionist and it cracked her up. She knows the feeling! 😂
“Oh, there you are Mr. Applewhite!” 😂
~pain doctor of mine compared me to Auntie Mame one time..whether he was bein a jerk or not...couldn't quite tell...I took it as a HUGE compliment! I ADORE this movie! !
It's funny that so much has changed or been forgotten to history over the decades with modern technology but running the switchboard is the same job no matter what system is in use.
One high stress job! Love it! Auntie Mame adore her!
Literally me at work trying to hold my shit together.
This is one of the greatest films ever made and Rosalind Russell was one of the greatest actors to grace the silver screen.
I was in San Francisco when I first saw the movie in 1982 🙂
Thing is at Arnold bakers in Byram Connecticut I operated a refurbished cord and plug switchboard which to this day is my favorite.
One of my favorite movies. RR is outstanding!! THe way she talks and her expressions.....a true comedic genius!
Lov Roz. National treasure.
Hilarious omg unforgettable
One of my favourite moments (of many) in the film.
God was that talent
LOL! Reminds me of when I used to answer 4 telephone lines for a parts-delivery service! All the garages used to call simultaneously and I'd have one telephone on each ear, another one in my hand, and another line ringing! HAHA!
Instant laugh!. Love RR RIP🌷
Bib-bib-bib-bibb... :D
Great movie. A classic.
(😃😃This is one of my all-time favorite movies , she is just Delirious,🤣🤣 in this movie, she is so funny 🤣🤣this is a happy movie I enjoyed it so much. (thanks for the wonderful memories.😍😍)
Oh Mr. Applewhite what are you doing in that hole with Mr Gutterman!!
Anything, Darling, just make it a double!
😂😂😂😂😂
Dontcha just love the way she stutters those names trying to be all efficient and calm ???? Too effin' funny.
This is one of my all -time favorite moves, thanks for posting these clips!
A cord board. You needed to be pro to survive. Roz is hysterical.
Absolutely my favorite movie...
I love her!
That was me at every call centre job I've had! Except, I got angrier!
😂😂I "LOVE" this scene!❤❤
I was just thinking about this scene…and here it is.
Hilarious! Gotta see that movie now.
“Oh Mr. Applewhite…what ARE you doing in that hole with Mr. Gutterman?”
What indeed? *raising eyebrow*
Only your mind went there.
@@JMarieCAlove A (dirty) mind is a terrible thing to waste.
Thank you for posting this. One of my favorite movie lines "There is no such place to San Francisco!"
Wouldn't life be great if employees had this much humor on the job! ! !
I just saw that movie, and it was good! 👍🏼
Bib bib bib bib bib
"Widdicombe, Gutterman, Applewhite, Bibberman and Black"......
I don’t smoke but I LOVELOVELOVE her stogie holder!!! 🤣♥️🤷🏼♀️
It SO amazing how she tried to keep up and service all the callers. Today you would get, really fast "Widdicombe Gutterman Applewhite Bibberman and Black please hold." Then 15 minutes later someone, if not the operator herself would either repeat it as if you were just calling or say "who are you holding for?" To which I usually say "no one yet because you put me on hold as soon as you answered my call!" Bunch of idiots today!
You wanna try being a telephone operator?
@@WarriorOfWriters Do you mean for one of the telephone companies? Or for a business such as what Mame did? Because if you mean the latter, I sure can do a LOT better than what's out there today. I'm old enough to remember when operators were helpful, courteous and understood things the FIST time you told them (such as your name which I've had to give as many as 4 times before the got it). Plus, back then, everything wasn't automated and computerized the way it is today. There was more work to being an operator!
Love this movie!!
Best movie ever ❤
I started laughing in the first 15 seconds!!! 🤣
I tried to say all the names, and it didn't go well!!!
X-Copy..oooohh....memories, takes me back.
Cool video
First time I saw this film was on British TV in the 90s the first scene I remember is Mame at Macys the one following this one
Makes me think of my mom who was a switchboard operator.
What, what, what.. & what??? 🤔 😂 😂
Me as a receptionist.
(So very funny ,😄😄she had those lines twisted up like a maze .(what a lovely ,sweet ,movie .😊😊(it makes you laugh all the way through .(☆☆☆☆☆thank you so much for this post.🤣🤣🤣🤣)
Author Patrick Dennis performed this scene when he was 11 years old in a Boy Scout play! He decided to add it to the movie and she was hilarious doing it.
I used to be a phone oparator
LOL...I was a phone operator, or directory Assistant for Verizon in a long career that by it's end, totaled in handling literally one million calls. I was the Chief Union Steward, in our Office.. My union execs, started their careers in the 40's, and 50's, using not to dissimilar boards as the one depicted. Every fellow operator, whom I meet, and who worked on boards like that one, stated, that though they were a F'kn Bitch to master, once having done so, were rather easy to work with.
I was a long distance operator for Bell Telephone in 1968, when LD calls still had to be operator assisted. My switchboard looked very similar to this one and no, it wasn't difficult to master. But, we were trained thoroughly before we were actually on the job, helping the public. I'll never forget this guy, estranged from his mother, who was dying in a hospital somewhere in Delaware, and I called all these hospitals trying to find her for him. I don't remember anything else about the call, but we had many situations similar to this one.
Relatable... 😅
Mr applewhite there's no such place as San Francisco
"there's no such place as san francisco"
San Francisco has central coast guard rail station where trains can go
Honestly, Lucille Ball's bit from Fuller Brush Girl way more believable....she managed to blow up the switchboard in an exacting, detailed comedic 1, 2 punch .. ...no need to speed up the film to save it. But Roz was the best Auntie Mame, hands down!!
Ball had to use extra props for her switchboard routine, a dropped open container of powder and a metal lipstick container inserted into the jack of the switchboard.
“Efficient”? Right... 😏
feel bad for the people who had to use those dinosaurs
they were fun
Mr Applewhite, what are you doing in that hole with Mr Gutterman?
hilarious
There is no such place as San Francisco lol
🤣🤣🤣
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