Call Me Madam (1953)
March 25, 1953Release Date
Call Me Madam (1953)
March 25, 1953Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
Ethel Merman
Sally Adams
Donald O'Connor
Kenneth Gibson
Vera-Ellen
Princess Maria
Billy De Wolfe
Pemberton Maxwell
George Sanders
General Cosmo Constantine
Helmut Dantine
Prince Hugo
Walter Lang
Director
Arthur Sheekman
Writer
Walter Slezak
August Tantinnin
Steven Geray
Prime Minister Sebastian
Howard Lindsay
Writer
Russel Crouse
Writer
Ludwig Stössel
Grand Duke Otto
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Lilia Skala
Grand Duchess Sophie
Leon Shamroy
Cinematographer
Charles Dingle
Sen. Brockway
Emory Parnell
Sen. Charlie Gallagher
Percy Helton
Sen. Wilkins
Bess Flowers
Lady Seated Behind Duchess
Oskar Beregi
Chamberlain
George Chakiris
Dancer in The Ocarina Number
James Conaty
Guest at Sally's Party
Sayre Dearing
Ball Extra
Sam Harris
Townsman at Fair
Torben Meyer
Rudolph
Forbes Murray
Ball Extra
Jeffrey Sayre
Ball Extra
Bert Stevens
Ball Extra
Barrie Chase
Dancer (uncredited)
Lyle R. Wheeler
Art Direction
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Alfred Newman
Music Director
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
Roger Heman Sr.
Sound
Walter M. Scott
Set Decoration
Bernard Freericks
Sound
Ken Darby
Vocal Coach
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Irving Berlin
Music / Lyricist
Media.
Details.
Wiki.
Call Me Madam is a 1953 American Technicolor musical film directed by Walter Lang, with songs by Irving Berlin, based on the 1950 stage musical of the same name.
The film, with a screenplay by Arthur Sheekman, starred Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy DeWolfe, George Sanders, and Walter Slezak. The film replaced "Washington Square Dance" with the older "International Rag", and interpolated "What Chance Have I With Love?" from Berlin's Louisiana Purchase (sung and danced by Donald O'Connor). A soundtrack album was released by Decca both as a 10-inch LP and as a set of three 7-inch EPs, and was released on CD in 2004 by Hallmark. The numbers "The Hostess with the Mostest'" and "You're Just in Love" are included on the Rhino Records CD set Irving Berlin in Hollywood. The film was out of circulation for many years but was issued on DVD in 2004.
Merman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Alfred Newman won the Oscar for Best Scoring of a Musical Picture, and Irene Sharaff was nominated for her costume design. Lang was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures by the Directors Guild of America and the Grand Prize at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, and Sheekman's screenplay was nominated Best Written American Musical by the Writers Guild of America.