Call Me Madam (1953)
March 25, 1953Release Date
Call Me Madam (1953)
March 25, 1953Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Ethel Merman
Sally Adams
Donald O'Connor
Kenneth Gibson
Vera-Ellen
Princess Maria
George Sanders
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
Lilia Skala
Grand Duchess Sophie
Charles Dingle
Senator Brockway
Emory Parnell
Senator Gallagher
Percy Helton
Senator Wilkins
Bess Flowers
Lady Seated Behind Duchess (uncredited)
Oskar Beregi
Chamberlain (uncredited)
George Chakiris
Dancer in The Ocarina Number (uncredited)
James Conaty
Guest at Sally's Party (uncredited)
Sayre Dearing
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Townsman at Fair (uncredited)
Torben Meyer
Rudolph (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Jeffrey Sayre
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Bert Stevens
Ball Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller
(uncredited)
Barrie Chase
Dancer (uncredited)
Walter Lang
Director
Irving Berlin
Original Music Composer / Lyricist
Ray Kellogg
Visual Effects
Sol C. Siegel
Producer
Leon Shamroy
Director of Photography
John DeCuir
Art Direction
Irene Sharaff
Costume Design
Media.
Details.
Release DateMarch 25, 1953
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 56m
Content RatingG
Genres
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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.