Call Me Madam (1953) on Netflix
Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes ambassador to the duchy of Lichtenburg, with a young journalist as her press attaché. Lichtenburg wants an American loan, and its leaders disagree.
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Plot summary
Sally Adams, a wealthy Washington, D.C. socialite with political connections, is made United States ambassador to Lichtenburg, though her background gives her no qualifications for the post. A young journalist, Kenneth Gibson, persuades her to take him along as her press attaché. In Lichtenburg, the chargé d'affaires, Pemberton Maxwell, dislikes her insistence that he call her Madam, among other things. Princess Maria, niece of Grand Duke Otto and Grand Duchess Sophie, is promised in an arranged marriage to Prince Hugo of a neighboring land, but the match lacks a sufficient dowry. Prime Minister Sebastian asks Sally to seek a $100 million loan from President Truman, which foreign minister General Constantine opposes because he wants his country independent and self-reliant. Sally is drawn to Constantine, and Kenneth and Maria meet by chance in a department store.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Call Me Madam (1953)
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- A fast two-person tap number that Donald O'Connor said "had everything" was cut from the film when it is shown on television; O'Connor noted that viewers who see the picture in its entirety would still see it.
- For the film, Irving Berlin's "Washington Square Dance" was replaced by his older "International Rag", and "What Chance Have I With Love?" from his musical Louisiana Purchase was interpolated, sung and danced by Donald O'Connor.
