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George Sanders, Ethel Merman, Donald O'Connor, and Vera-Ellen in Call Me Madam (1953)

Ethel Merman: Sally Adams

Call Me Madam

Ethel Merman credited as playing...

Sally Adams

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  • Cosmo Constantine: You are the most American American I have ever met.
  • Sally Adams: That's the nicest thing anyone's ever told me.
  • Sally Adams: Call Me Madam.
  • Pemberton Maxwell: Madam...
  • Sally Adams: When you call me madam, smile.
  • Grand Duke: Tell me - How does this reception differ from your famous Washington parties?
  • Sally Adams: Well we have a good time!
  • Sen. Charlie Gallagher: Uh, Sally, you wouldn't like me to make a little farewell speech tonight, would you?
  • Sally Adams: That's right, I wouldn't.
  • August Tantinnin: And if I may be permitted an extremely unofficial remark, off the record, as you say, the American ambassador is very beautiful.
  • Prime Minister Sebastian: So beautiful.
  • Sally Adams: Well, thank you.
  • [aside]
  • Sally Adams: A good optometrist could clean up around here.
  • Sally Adams: And just to make sure I haven't got a chance, they make me wear this.
  • [points to her skirt]
  • Sally Adams: I don't mind a "train," but they shouldn't have given me the Super Chief!
  • General Cosmo Constantine: Oh, you are going to permit me to take you home?
  • Sally Adams: Sure, where do you live?
  • Congressman: When will you arrive at your post?
  • Sally Adams: I'm not sure. Hey, boss, where the heck is Lichtenburg?
  • Pemberton Maxwell: Anything else?
  • Sally Adams: Yes, Slither back to your desk and write "I will not be a tattletale" 500 times.
  • Sally Adams: [On the phone with Pres. Truman] Hello?... Hello, Harry! How are ya?... How's Bess?... Good. And Margaret?... You mean to tell me that've got critics in Galesburg, Illinois?
  • Sally Adams: I hear you were wonderful in the senate today, Charlie.
  • Sen. Charlie Gallagher: Why, I didn't speak today.
  • Sally Adams: Everybody loved it.
  • Sally Adams: Look, with the possible exception of myself, nobody in this office is expected to act like a knucklehead.
  • Sally Adams: And I want to tell you how happy I am to be in this Grand Duchy of Lichtenburg. I think one reason is it just so happens that one of my ancestors was Dutch. So you can understand how happy I am to be in the Grand Duchy and to meet all you grand Dutchmen.
  • Cosmo Constantine: Borrowing money is not always difficult; but, uh, paying it back.
  • Sally Adams: Paying it back? Heh, heh, that is naïve.
  • Cosmo Constantine: I would oppose an American loan.
  • Sally Adams: You're kidding.
  • Cosmo Constantine: No, excellency.
  • Sally Adams: Well, seems to me that's not a very friendly attitude.
  • Sally Adams: A good optometrist could clean up around here.
  • Sally Adams: You know what happened, Ken?
  • Kenneth Gibson: She's gonnna marry that guy.
  • Sally Adams: Me and my big mouth.
  • Kenneth Gibson: There's nothing I can do about it.

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