2 Movies Directed by Morton DaCosta

Auntie Mame

Auntie Mame

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1958-12-27

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

143 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

(7695 Reviews)

Director:

Morton DaCosta

Cast:

Writer:

Betty Comden (screenplay)

Adolph Green (screenplay)

Patrick Dennis (from the novel: "Auntie Mame" by)

Fullplot:

Mame is an unconventional individualist socialite from the roaring 20's. When her brother dies, she is forced to raise her nephew Patrick. However, Patrick's father has designated an executor to his will to protect the boy from absorbing too much of Mame's rather unconventional perspective. Patrick and Mame become devoted to each other in spite of this restriction, and together journey through Patrick's childhood and the great depression, amidst some rather zaney adventures.

The Music Man

The Music Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1962-06-19

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

151 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.7 (12517 Reviews)

Director:

Morton DaCosta

Cast:

Writer:

Meredith Willson (based on: "The Music Man")

Franklin Lacey (written in collaboration with)

Marion Hargrove (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Confidence man Harold Hill arrives at staid River City intending to cheat the community with his standard scam of offering to equip and train a boy's marching band, then skip town with the money since he has no music skill anyway. Things go awry when he falls for a librarian he tries to divert from exposing him while he inadvertently enriches the town with a love of music.

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