Word: madams
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...unsteadied by the effects of bombs that landed nearby during the war. One night a London bobby called at the front door with an expression of injured dignity. It seems that a piece of the roof had fallen, missing his head by a scant few feet. Said he: "Madam, your house is a menace...
...Call Me Madam. Ethel Merman sparkplugs a big, bouncy movie version of her Broadway hit musical about a diamond-in-the-rough lady ambassador (TIME, March...
...Call Me Madam. Ethel Merman sparkplugs a big, bouncy movie version of her Broadway hit musical (TIME, March...
...Call Me Madam was a good topical musical. Now as an historical motion picture, it is even better. For Call Me Madam was filmed as a part of the past--1951, when Harry Truman was entrenched in the White House and Perle Mesta rampant in Luxembourg. As contemporary satire, the Broadway version lacked bite; now, as a glossy tuneful bit of history, the film lacks nothing...
...Miss Merman's one-sided telephone chats with "Harry" get a little routine and if her romance with Sanders is inspired too often by her million dollars, it doesn't matter much. As long as Call Me Madam has Ethel Merman for its head lady, it can brazen out any lapse...