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Call Me Madam

by 20th Century Fox

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Director:Walter Lang
Release Date:2004-04-20
Label:20th Century Fox
UPC:024543113669
Binding:DVD
Published By:20th Century Fox
ASIN:B0001FR55C
Category:DVD

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Studio: Tcfhe Release Date: 04/15/2008 Rating: Nr
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A great star and a great composer can make a Broadway musical into a smash, as Ethel Merman and Irving Berlin proved with Call Me Madam. Not a bad place to start with a movie, either, and the 1953 film of the show has both Merman and Berlin represented in brassy fashion. Granted, Merman's platinum-throated talents were best suited to the stage, and the production overall has that dutiful, stodgy tone of so many Fox musicals. Extra points for the suavity of George Sanders (he's Merman's love interest in tiny Lichtenburg, where the lady has been appointed U.S. ambassador), and for the dancing of Vera-Ellen and Donald O'Connor. A year after crashing through the wall in Singin' in the Rain, O'Connor has a similar solo athletic workout to "What Chance Have I with Love." High point: Merman and O'Connor trading verses on "You're Just in Love," the best tune in a bouncy score. --Robert Horton

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This is my favorite movie!! - Reviewed on 2008-10-22
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I'm a huge fan of Donald O'Connor, and had no idea this movie existed until reading some of his biography online. So after watching some clips on YouTube and finally renting it from Netflix, I was hooked and bought it. Irving Berlin's music is fantastic, as always, and Ethel Merman does a super job belting out her songs while providing some humor along the way. George Sanders is perfect in his role as the foreign minister, and his singing is heartwarming and pleasant. And let's not forget the singing AND dancing of O'Connor and Vera-Ellen! Watching the two of them together makes you feel like you're in a different place in a different time. Highly recommended.
Last of the great musicals... - Reviewed on 2008-09-20
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This was Ethel Merman at her best. Even if you're not a fan, this is a cute movie with lovely songs and great dancing. The story is a bit silly and dated, but the acting and inside jokes keep it from being totally inane. The commentary was a little too dry. That was something that could have used some more Hollywood sparkle and less of a history lesson. Anyway, it was great to see Donald O'Connor in his prime and the duet with Ethel was a knockout. Just try and get some of those Irving Berlin songs out of your head after you watch this!
Call Me Madam - Reviewed on 2008-08-12
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Excellent product. Attempted to give this product 5 stars but one was missing. It is definitely a 5 star product.
The best commentary ever - Reviewed on 2008-01-28
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1 customer found this review not to be helpful.
All other reviews has talked about how wonderful this movie is, but there is one more reason to own this movie. The commentary by musical film scholar Miles Kreuger is great! It is almost like a lesson in musical history. He gives so much information on Mr, Berlin, all the actors,, even dance and costume. If you love musical, you just have to watch this movie with the commentary on for once, you will surprise how much you can learn about this movie.
Call me Ethel - Reviewed on 2007-11-13
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3 customers found this review not to be helpful.
Ethel Merman got to make the film version of her Broadway hit, Call Me Madam. Previously, producers almost always cast other actresses to recreate her stage successes. Stage fans complained (as they did later when Audrey Hepburn substituted for Julie Andrews in My Fair Lady), but seeing Merman in Call Me Madam should silence the complainers. She sinks her own film version. Her presence is no more than a gross caricature: vulgar, utterly charmless and crude. Either she refused to accept any direction or the director found it impossible to guide her into giving a performance for film.

On the other hand, seeing Donald O'Connor in this film makes one wish that he had found more musical roles in film and on stage. Vera Ellen dances at the top of her game with her singing dubbed as usual for the terrific Irving Berlin score.
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