Call Me Madam (1953)

Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, George Sanders, Billy De Wolfe ... see more  , Helmut Dantine , Walter Slezak , Steven Geray , Ludwig Stossel , Lilia Skala , Charles Dingle , Emory Parnell , Percy Helton , Leon Belasco , Oscar Beregi Sr. , Nestor Paiva , Torben Meyer , Richard Garrick , Walter Woolf King , Olan Soule , John Wengraf , Fritz Feld , Ernö Verebes , Hannelore Axman , Donald Dillaway , Johnny Downs , Frank Gerstle , Lal Chand Mehra , Gene Roth , Melinda Wood Allen , Charles Conrad , Sid Marion

Ethel Merman reprised her role as a socialite turned diplomat in this screen adaptation of Irving Berlin's hit Broadway musical. Sally Adams (Merman) has made it her business to know everyone worth kn... read more owing in Washington D.C., and her penchant for parties pays off when she's appointed United States Ambassador to Lichtenburg. Once she is installed in her new position, she falls in love with suave Foreign Minister Cosmo Constantine (George Sanders), while Princess Maria (Vera-Ellen) has her head turned by Sally's press attaché, Kenneth (Donand O'Connor). Call Me Madam is a showcase for Merman's roof-raising musical comedy style, and here she gets to sing a handful of Berlin tunes, including "You're Just In Love," "Can You Use Any Money Today?" and "Hostess With The Mostes' on the Ball." Vera-Ellen's singing was dubbed by Carol Richards. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi