Call Me Madam (1953)
- Directed by
- Walter Lang
- Genre
- comedy film, musical film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 58m
- Rated
- G
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 25 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A wealthy American socialite becomes a diplomatic envoy to a small European country. She navigates politics and romance while singing and dancing to Irving Berlin songs.
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What happens
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, stars Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, Billy DeWolfe, George Sanders, and Walter Slezak. Merman won the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. Music director 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; Sheekman's screenplay was nominated Best Written American Musical by the Writers Guild of America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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