IMDb plot summary: Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.
Directed by Walter Lang. Starring Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, Vera-Ellen, and George Sanders.
There are definitely some good numbers in here, and they stand out in a way they didn't in the cast album, which I had first listened to just a few days prior. Donald O'Connor's drunken disastrous tap dance "What Chance Have I With Love?" is a highlight. The plot is largely insignificant, as was the case with many 1950s musicals. Everything gets wrapped up very abruptly in the final scene. Sadly, the dialogue just also isn't that great and makes for very bland filler in between the musical numbers. This is one worth seeing for the songs alone.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Call Me Madam > The Chalk Garden
Call Me Madam < Hoop Dreams
Call Me Madam > Logan Lucky
Call Me Madam > The Polka King
Call Me Madam > The Last Metro
Call Me Madam < Re-Animator
Call Me Madam > Children of a Lesser God
Call Me Madam < 42 Up
Call Me Madam > Borat
Call Me Madam < Nights of Cabiria
Call Me Madam < The Cranes Are Flying
Call Me Madam > Song of the Sea
Final spot: #890 out of 3288, or 73%.
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