#call me madam

Costume from Call Me Madam (1953), Designed by Irene Sharaff: Ethel Merman as Mrs. Sally Adams (source)

MarilynMonroe surrounded by police officers at the premiere of Call Me Madam in Los Angeles, California, March 1953.

crushondonald:

Donald O'Connor does a take-off on Vera-Ellen by pretending to knit a woman’s glove on the set of “Call Me Madam” in December 1952. 

Vera-Ellen went into a knitting routine every spare moment she got between takes on the Hollywood set.