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Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 4 nominations total
Ludwig Stössel
- Grand Duke Otto
- (as Ludwig Stossel)
Elizabeth Allan
- Singing Telephone Operator
- (uncredited)
Leon Alton
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
Leon Belasco
- Leader
- (uncredited)
Oscar Beregi Sr.
- Chamberlain
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
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- TriviaThis is the only full film musical that George Sanders made, despite his appealing singing voice.
- Quotes
Cosmo Constantine: You are the most American American I have ever met.
Sally Adams: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever told me.
- Crazy creditsDuring the opening credits, as each word in the title appears onscreen, we hear, but do not see, Ethel Merman exclaiming, in a demanding tone of voice: "Call..me..madam!"
- ConnectionsFeatured in Fred Astaire Salutes the Fox Musicals (1974)
- SoundtracksOverture
Music and Lyrics by Irving Berlin
Performed by Ethel Merman and the 20th Century-Fox Studio Orchestra and Chorus
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Crackpot musical from Fox does indeed fit Merman like a glove...
Ethel Merman's overly-jovial, happily impersonal, maniacally spirited stage persona didn't always translate well to the silver screen (she was accused of projecting too big, as was Carol Channing). She certainly had some worthwhile movie opportunities however, this bright musical from Fox--modeled on the career of Perle Mesta--being one of them. Merman plays a Washington, D.C. hostess who is appointed U.S. Ambassador to Lichtenberg by her good friend Harry Truman, whom she telephones once in a while to check up on. Farcical, frantic and thoroughly insincere, the picture is still a marvel to behold as seen in unreal Technicolor (looking like 20 different flavors of Jell-O). Finger-snapping Merman is a hoot in her duet with lackey Donald O'Connor ("Your heart goes pitter-patter/I know just what's the matter..."), although Ethel never really adjoins herself to anybody else: she's intent on towing this ship fully on her own steam. It's a snug, entertaining concoction, though one which is apt to amusingly perplex and frazzle those unfamiliar with Merman's impertinent charm and gimme-some-elbow-room gusto. **1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- Feb 21, 2008
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- Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam
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- Runtime1 hour 54 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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