| Academy Awards, USA | |||
| Year | Result | Award | Category/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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