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Overview
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Director:
Writers:
Russel Crouse (musical "Call Me Madam")
Howard Lindsay (musical "Call Me Madam")
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Release Date:
April 1953 (USA) more
Plot:
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy. | add synopsis
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 1 win & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Call Me Madam Opens 9/26 At 42nd Street Moon
(From BroadwayWorld.com. 3 September 2009, 9:35 AM, PDT)
Donald O'Connor<br>1925-2003
(From WENN. 29 September 2003)
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O'Connor and Merman Shine more (40 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Ethel Merman | ... | Sally Adams |
 | Donald O'Connor | ... | Kenneth Gibson |
| Vera-Ellen | ... | Princess Maria |
| George Sanders | ... | General Cosmo Constantine |
| Billy De Wolfe | ... | Pemberton Maxwell |
| Helmut Dantine | ... | Prince Hugo |
| Walter Slezak | ... | August Tantinnin |
| Steven Geray | ... | Prime Minister Sebastian |
| Ludwig Stössel | ... | Grand Duke Otto (as Ludwig Stossel) |
 | Lilia Skala | ... | Grand Duchess Sophie |
| Charles Dingle | ... | Sen. Brockway |
| Emory Parnell | ... | Sen. Charlie Gallagher |
| Percy Helton | ... | Sen. Wilkins |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam (USA) (complete title)
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Runtime:
114 min
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording)
Certification:
UK:U | Finland:S | USA:Approved (PCA #16117) | Sweden:Btl
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The stage production of "Call Me Madam" opened at the Imperial Theater in New York on October 12, 1950 starring Ethel Merman and ran for 644 performances. more
Quotes:
Sally Adams:
Call Me Madam.
Pemberton Maxwell:
Madam...
Sally Adams:
When you call me madam, smile.
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Referenced in "Whose Line Is It Anyway?: Series 1 Compilation 1 (#1.11)" (1988) more
Soundtrack:
The Best Thing For You Would be Me more
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Both Ethel Merman and Donald O'Connor suffered from the same misfortune -- lack of quality movie roles to showcase their extraordinary gifts. In O'Connor's case, it was because from childhood up into his middle twenties he was contracted by Universal Studios which, up 'til that time, produced "B" movies, suitable for coming into an air-cooled movie theater on a hot summer's day, but not much else. He always shone brightly, however, even in those early films, but not 'til Singin' In The Rain -- and Call Me Madam -- did he get the chance to glitter in great "A" material. Ethel Merman, the greatest of the Broadway greats had expansive mannerisms, stereophonic lungs, and irrepressable exhuberance, and was not considered cinema material by the powers that be. See how wrong the powers can be? O'Connor and Merman together in this film make it great -- his dancing, her voice, their personalities blending in just the right way. Great movie with two great leads -- don't miss "Call Me Madam"!