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Ethel Merman
New York, New York, USA --- 10/16/1950-New York, NY: Ethel Merman, star of the musical "Call Me madame," gets unsettling tidings over a stage telephone at the Imperial Theater, where the play opened on Oct 12. Music is by Irving Berlin, book by Lindsay and Crouse; Paul Lukas plays the male lead. The production has been taken as a comedy paraphrase of the career of Mrs. Perle Mesta, American Ambassador to Luxembourg. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
Ethel Merman
New York, New York, USA --- 10/16/1950-New York, NY: Ethel Merman, star of the musical "Call Me madame," gets unsettling tidings over a stage telephone at the Imperial Theater, where the play opened on Oct 12. Music is by Irving Berlin, book by Lindsay and Crouse; Paul Lukas plays the male lead. The production has been taken as a comedy paraphrase of the career of Mrs. Perle Mesta, American Ambassador to Luxembourg. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS