Call Me Madam

film by Lang [1953]

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The film Call Me Madam, directed by Walter Lang in 1953, stars Ethel Merman as the U.S. ambassador to the fictional European country of Lichtenburg. Merman, known for her powerful voice and stage presence, reprised her Tony Award-winning role from the Broadway musical of the same name. The film features songs by Irving Berlin and follows Merman's character as she navigates diplomatic duties and a budding romance. It was one of several successful musicals Lang directed for Twentieth Century-Fox during the 1950s.12

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Walter Lang
Films of the 1950s and ’60s
The 1953 Call Me Madam, a long, loud version of the Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Broadway hit, had Ethel Merman as the ambassador to Lichtenburg belting out Irving Berlin songs (“It’s a Lovely Day Today” and “You’re Just in Love”) while being wooed by the foreign…
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The 1953 Call Me Madam, a long, loud version of the Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse Broadway hit, had Ethel Merman as the ambassador to Lichtenburg belting out Irving Berlin songs (“It’s a Lovely Day Today” and “You’re Just in Love”) while being wooed by the foreign…
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