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	Call Me Madam - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Call Me Madam is one of Irving Berlin's last musical comedies.
		The plot concerns a well-meaning but ill-informed socialite widow who is appointed U.S. ambassador to the fictional European country of Lichtenberg.
		"Call Me Madam" was the name of a long-running column in Penthouse by Xaviera Hollander, a.k.a.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Call_Me_Madam (141 words)

	THE CINEMA LASER DVD REVIEW-- CALL ME MADAM
		In CALL ME MADAM, Merman portrays Sally Adams- the Washington, DC hostess with the most-ess, whom President Truman appoints Ambassador to Lichtenburg, a small European Duchy roughly the size of Brooklyn.
		For this cinematic version of CALL ME MADAM, Ethel Merman finds herself in very good company; Donald O'Connor is in top musical form, demonstrating his best dancing athleticism- both alone and with Vera-Ellen, plus O'Connor keeps up musically with Merman for their duet together.
		Since CALL ME MADAM has been withheld from circulation for so long, it is possible that the sound elements haven’t been preserved quite as well as similar films from the same period.
	www.thecinemalaser.com /dvd_2004/cmm-dvd.htm (822 words)

	Call Me Madam
		Long unavailable to home video and DVD enthusiasts, "Call Me Madam", has been a much sort after musical gem which is highly significant in being one of the rare occasions when Merman, a legend on Broadway for over 30 years, was actually hired to repeat one of her roles in the planned film version.
		Copyright issues kept CALL ME MADAM out of circulation for some twenty years, so any release would have been welcome--but this DVD transfer is quite good, with good sound and brilliant picture and nary a blemish to be found.
		Call Me Madam benefits by giving us this great recording of what a full-stops performer Ethel Merman was.
	www.dvdvan.com /info/B0001FR55C/Call_Me_Madam.html (2116 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Guardian Weekly \| Call me madam
		More typical of the new breed of madam is Nomsa Philiso, 35, who exploited the relax-ation of apartheid towards the end of that era to obtain tertiary education.
		In a rare academic study of the topic several years ago, based on questionnaires sent to 500 madams and interviews with 20 domestics, a psychologist, Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, found that domestics faced a lack of respect in fl households and that some felt a loss of womanhood and dignity.
		Memories of her childhood in a windswept township on the Cape Flats endure, so it hurt when the domestic of a white friend she was visiting refused to clean up after her, saying she had a policy against working for fellow fls.
	www.guardian.co.uk /guardianweekly/story/0,,1291601,00.html (1570 words)

	Call Me Madam
		Call Me Madam a magnificent film: At last Call Me Madam has been released on DVD and the world can see Ethel Merman in all her glory.
		Call Me Madam: Call Me Madam November 25 - December 20, 1998 42nd Street Moon Favorite Meg Mackay Stars in Irving Berlin's Political Satire SAN FRANCISCO (16 October 1998) -- Combining passion with...
		Profile: 'Call me Madam': In 1992, however, the Labour MP for West Bromwich West pulled off the notable triumph of becoming the first woman Speaker in over 700 years of Commons history.
	www.elipsiselectronics.com /B0001FR55C/Call_Me_Madam.html (1045 words)

	Call Me Madam
		CALL ME MADAM will be directed by 42nd Street Moon co-founder Greg MacKellan, with music direction by David Dobrusky, and choreography by Jayne Zaban.
		CALL ME MADAM,s humorous story line examines, among other things, the curiously American idea that money can solve any problem, and that American money is always welcome.
		She earned a Tony Award for her role in CALL ME MADAM, and later a Golden Globe award for her reprisal of that role in the film.
	www.42ndstmoon.org /Schedule/madam.html (833 words)

	CALL ME MADAM
		CALL ME MADAM: While every single one of the monthly "Fox Studio Classics" have been visually nothing less than superb, the print quality of 20th Century Fox's other more general classic releases has ranged from sublime (GENTLEMEN PREFER BLONDES) to ------ uh------ not so sublime (CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN.
		Their release of CALL ME MADAM, however, can firmly be placed in the former category, as this is Fox's best 3-strip Technicolor transfer since the aforementioned BLONDES.
		The accuracy and warmth of the colors in this full screen transfer are a joy to behold, and the pseudo-stereo sound track works far better than usual, as Alfred Newman's wondrous scoring is heard as never before.
	dvdclassicscorner.net /madam.htm (330 words)

	Call Me Madam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Merman's gusto is proverbial; but so is her grace, ingenuousness, timing, and what, for lack of any better summary, might be called her animated animal magnetism.
		"Call Me Madam" is the eleventh musical comedy in which Ethel Merman has appeared on Broadway.
		What she does to the likeable central character of "Call Me Madam" is further proof of the fact that she can imitate people as fantastic as she is." George Jean Nathan summed it all up when he concluded that Ethel Merman is "Miss Atlas of 1950, who carries the show on her powerful shoulders."
	www.lentriola.com /deccapp/callme.htm (748 words)

	Goodspeed Musicals 2005 - 2004 Shows - Call Me Madam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Call Me Madam director and choreographer James Brennan sits down to talk about bringing this classic musical to the Goodspeed stage.
		Call Me Madam opened to an historic advance sale of close to a million dollars — this at a time when the show’s top ticket price was $7.40.
		The light-hearted romp of Call Me Madam couldn’t be written in today’s climate.
	www.goodspeed.org /past_productions/2004/callmemadam.htm (715 words)

	BBC News \| UK POLITICS \| Profile: 'Call me Madam'
		She had a distinguished parliamentary career serving on many select committees and as a whip, but never became a minister.
		On taking up her position as the first woman Speaker she instructed bemused MPs, accustomed only to men holding the position, to "call me Madam".
		While during her election campaign for the post she told MPs: "Elect me for what I am, not for what I was born."
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/uk_politics/830452.stm (464 words)

	Call Me Madam [P. Brenner]
		The exception to the rule was Irving Berlin's "Call Me Madam," the archetypal Merman star vehicle, for which Merman won a Tony Award.
		In "Call Me Madam," the Luxembourg is the fictitious Lichtenburg.
		And, with "Call Me Madam," it is Merman at her "mostes."
	www.mediascreen.com /c/callmemadam1.htm (379 words)

	DVD Verdict Review - Call Me Madam
		Call Me Madam's subject matter seems odd for a Hollywood musical, but with songs by Irving Berlin and solid performances from all involved, it turns out to be an entertaining little affair.
		Her pushy naïveté ensures Americans and their culture (or lack thereof) is as much a target of the satire as the Europeans.
		He shot Call Me Madam in Technicolor in the old Academy ratio of 1.37:1, which the DVD offers in a full screen transfer.
	www.dvdverdict.com /reviews/callmemadam.php (738 words)

	DVD4Music.com: DVD: Call Me Madam - DVD Musical - Call Me Madam
		Call Me Madam gave Ethel Merman one of only two chances (the other being Anything Goes) to re-create one of her stage triumphs on film, and Madam is a much more faithful and successful adaptation than Anything Goes.
		Merman is in top form here, demonstrating why she was a legend on-stage and at the same time why she was rarely used to good advantage in Hollywood.
		O'Connor has often called Ellen his favorite dancing partner, and they are indeed a perfect match.
	www.dvd4music.com /onlineshop/details/00012781-43668-4.html (324 words)

	Call Me Madam!
		Not me. I like a woman who knows many different kinds of show tunes and can belt 'em out brashly or saunter 'em out tenderly.
		Any woman who can belt out phrases like "I Want It All" and "Acquiesce This" and still sound wanting is OK with me. The downside is she doesn't want YOU.
		Likes a) to be called "bitch" b) to press her forefinger forcefully into your ass and c) to be on top, and you will too...
	www.citypaper.net /articles/101295/article020.shtml (1334 words)

	Just call me 'Madam Secretary' 01/02/05
		It would be called the Department of Grammatical and Orthographical Options.
		I use "congresspersons" because I understand that a professor at the University of Michigan, my alma mater, marked a student's paper down because she used "congressman" which he felt to be sexist.
		This brings me to a point we would all do well to remember: If you aren't sure of the meaning of a word or how it ought to be used, forget it until you can get to a dictionary.
	www.pressandguide.com /stories/010205/opi_20050102007.shtml (832 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Guardian daily comment \| Don't call her Madam
		They are referred to as madams, and seen as clever entrepreneurs rather than exploiters.
		"OK, so she didn't rape or beat me like most of the male pimps did, but she was cruel and nasty.
		The term madam is sanitised, as if the female pimp is simply a kindly lady looking out for her girls, rather than exploiting vulnerable women for profit.
	www.guardian.co.uk /comment/story/0,3604,1070674,00.html (741 words)

	Call Me Madam - a musical by Irving Berlin, Russel Crouse and Howard Lindsay
		HE original programme for CALL ME MADAM contained the following information: "The play is laid in two mythical countries.
		The curtain rises in Washington, D.C., where Sally Adams is being sworn in as the new Ambassador to Lichtenburg.
		CALL ME MADAM was first produced at the Imperial Theatre on October 12, 1950, with Ethel Merman as "Sally", Paul Lukas as "Cosmo" and Russell Nype as "Kenneth".
	www.imagi-nation.com /moonstruck/albm92.html (564 words)

	Call Me Madam [1950 Decca Studio Cast] [CD Bonus Tracks]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more \|\|\| Music.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Call Me Madam [1950 Decca Studio Cast] [CD Bonus Tracks]: Reviews, Track Listing, Audio Clips, and more
		Call Me Madam, a fictionalized account of the life of Washington hostess and ambassador to Luxembourg Pearl Mesta, was Irving Berlin [+]'s final hit Broadway musical.
		Opening October 12, 1950, Call Me Madam settled in for a run that eventually totaled 644 performances, making the commercial prospects of a cast album bright.
	music.com /release/call_me_madam/1 (400 words)

	DVD Talk > Reviews > Call Me Madam
		The inference that generous Americans are being bilked through foreign aid isn't laid on too thick (aid was always extended in exchange for valuable influence) and the jokes don't go any deeper than light protocol, with Merman making a fool of prissy Pemberton Maxwell (Billy De Wolfe) as a disloyal charge d'affaires in her embassy.
		He's enthused about the subject and dispenses a lot of info about the play source, how Merman got connected to it, etc. He also dispels the notion that Merman only knew how to "belt out" songs, and repeats testimony of how she used her voice to fill theaters with quieter tunes as well.
		Call Me Madam hasn't been available on home video and was apparently kept out of circulation by the Irving Berlin estate, just like Annie Get Your Gun.
	www.moviereviewindex.com /getreview/169838 (889 words)

	Call Me Madam News
		Call Me Madam News continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.
		Continuing a survey that began with the 40s, I am again dealing with musicals that were not necessarily the finest of their time, but rather with shows that have a particular resonance for me, shows that...
		Kim Criswell Says, Call Me Madam, at Goodspeed, With Brunell as...
	rss.topix.net /movies/call-me-madam (274 words)

	Goodspeed Musicals 2005 - News - April 8, 2004 - Goodspeed Musicals Announces Special Events for Call Me Madam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		performance of Call Me Madam, Goodspeed is offering patrons a wine tasting event, hosted by Shore Discount Liquors in Deep River, Conn., and an introductory talk by a member of Goodspeed’s creative team, for an additional $10 to the purchase of a ticket to that evening’s performance.
		On the first Friday night after the opening performance of Call Me Madam, patrons are invited to Goodspeed’s First Friday happy hour to socialize with fellow theatregoers in Goodspeed’s Victorian Green Room and an introductory talk from a member of the Call Me Madam creative team.
		Having originally opened in 1950 at the Imperial Theatre, Call Me Madam follows a “hostess with the mostest” as she becomes Madam Ambassador.
	www.goodspeed.org /news/040804a.htm (766 words)

	Women's History Documentary - You May Call Her Madam Secretary - A Women's History Documentation on Frances Perkins - ...
		It was sort of up to me. this feeling...sprang out of a period of great confusion which overtakes all young people.
		It is about a woman who denied she had any ambition, yet was torn between her obligations to husband and child and her devotion to public service.
		Frances Perkins was a superb storyteller with a remarkable memory.In You May Call Her Madam Secretary, Broadway and film actress Frances Sternhagen presents Perkins' character on camera using the words from her Oral History, on record at Columbia University, and from lectures, letters and writings.
	www.vineyardvideo.org /francesperkins.shtml (459 words)

	Aisle Say: CALL ME MADAM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Daly was the quintessential Rose, it will be much easier to convince them that she is to be considered a musical theatre star of the first magnitude.
		Whatever went wrong in the "Gypsy" recording session, she makes up for it in spades on the first wholly accurate recording of the Irving Berlin score for "Call Me Madam".
		But "Call Me Madam" has the authenticity, energy and dimension of classic cast albums associated with full productions.
	www.aislesay.com /CD-CALL-ME.html (566 words)

	Goodspeed Musicals 2005 - News - April 8, 2004 - Goodspeed Musicals Call Me Madam Begins April 16 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Golden Age of Broadway and international charm will take over East Haddam, Connecticut when Call Me Madam is staged as the first Goodspeed Musicals production of the 2004 season, April 16 — July 3 at the Goodspeed Opera House (Press Opening, Wednesday, May 19).
		Having originally opened in 1950 at the Imperial Theatre, Call Me Madam follows a “hostess with the mostes” as she becomes Madam Ambassador.
		Call Me Madam is sponsored by Essex Meadows and The Connecticut Light and Power Company.
	www.goodspeed.org /news/040804.htm (498 words)

	Medialunchbox - Music : Call Me Madam (1995 Broadway Concert Cast) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		CALL ME MADAM was a hit on Broadway in the 1950s starring Ethel Merman, but has been sadly neglected since then.
		Merman, in turn, made her own album entitled "Ethel Merman: 12 Songs from Call Me Madam." Dick Haymes accompanied her.
		If you haven't ever heard CALL ME MADAM before, you'll hardly be surprised to find out that there's a paean to Dwight David Eisenhower among the songs.
	www.medialunchbox.com /ItemId/B000000PKX (421 words)

	Amazon.com: Call Me Madam (1953): DVD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		In an interview with Miss Merman she explained "the studios, in those days, they wanted picture names..but when they got to CALL ME MADAM I guess they figured they'd take a chance on me." Some chance.
		MADAM had played 644 performances on Broadway and had been acclaimed a big hit.
		A huge hit on the Broadway stage, "Call Me Madam" was brought to the screen with Ethel Merman allowed to recreate her role of Sally Adams, legendary Washington hostess, named as American Ambassador to a fictional European duchy.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001FR55C?v=glance (2998 words)

	Call Me Madam (1953) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Sally Adams: When you call me madam, smile.
		I came across this thrilling 1953 Fox musical last night by accident and I was immediately hooked.
		"Call Me Madam" is loud, sumptuous, indescribably glorious screen version of Irving Berlin's stage musical, directed with luminous extravagance by Walter Lang.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0045592 (291 words)

	Playbill News: Call Me Madam's Kim Criswell to Release All-Berlin Solo Recording
		Kim Criswell, who is currently starring in the Goodspeed production of Irving Berlin's Call Me Madam, has recorded a new solo album that pays tribute to the music of Berlin.
		Criswell told Playbill On-Line, "Because of [Call Me Madam], John Yap, a producer I work with, and I had a conversation.
		In fact, we have five tracks from Call Me Madam that we had done but had not been released, so we decided to put together an Irving Berlin album, which we kind of raced to do.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/85877.html (478 words)

	Gadhvi pays ‘courtesy call’ on Madam (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Though Gadhvi had described his Delhi visit as a “courtesy call to Madam” before leaving, today he said “a few important things” were also discussed after he met Sonia at 6.15 pm.
		Speaking to Express Newsline over phone from Delhi, Gadhvi said, “Madam was happy about our party’s performance in Gujarat and appreciated my work.” He said he has asked Sonia to take an “immediate decision” on making the size of GPCC “reasonable”.
		He said though Sonia was agreeable to his demands, no decision could be taken because, “Madam keeps extremely busy with government affairs and also because there is no one functioning as Gujarat in-charge at AICC”.
	cities.expressindia.com /fullstory.php?newsid=86517 (475 words)

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