Friday, March 15, 2013

Call Me Madam (1953)


Academy Awards, USA
YearResultAwardCategory/Recipient(s)
1954 Won Oscar Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
Alfred Newman
Nominated Oscar Best Costume Design, Color
Irene Sharaff

Twentieth Century-Fox Film
Directed by Walter Lang
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Fox)

Two sappy love stories anchor this musical laced with catchy Irving Berlin songs. Ethel Merman, a wealthy Washington socialite whose main credential seems to be throwing a good party, is made ambassador to "Lichtenburg", apparently using Liechtenstein was prohibited. Anyway, she falls in love with George Sanders at first sight, a general with political aspirations. Meanwhile, her "press attache", Donald O'Connor falls head over heels for the Lichtenburg princess, Vera-Ellen. They all dance and sing there way through a fair, endless balls and parties, even an underground tunnel. I hope to one day get the song "You're in Love" out of my head.

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