Grand Duke:
Tell me - How does this reception differ from your famous Washington parties?
Sally Adams: Well we have a good time!
--Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams) in Call Me Madam
Sally Adams: Well we have a good time!
--Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams) in Call Me Madam
Congressman:
Sally, you wouldn't like me to make a little farewell speech tonight?
Sally Adams: That's right. I wouldn't!
--Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams) in Call Me Madam
Sally Adams: That's right. I wouldn't!
--Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams) in Call Me Madam
Congressman:
When will you arrive at your post?
Sally Adams: I'm not sure. Hey, boss, where the heck is Lichtenburg?
--Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams) in Call Me Madam
Sally Adams: I'm not sure. Hey, boss, where the heck is Lichtenburg?
--Ethel Merman (as Sally Adams) in Call Me Madam
[first lines]
Reno Sweeney: [singing] In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking, / Now, Heaven knows, / Anything goes!
[as she sings the words "anything goes", the title of the film appears onscreen]
--Ethel Merman (as Reno Sweeney) in Anything Goes
Reno Sweeney: [singing] In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking, / Now, Heaven knows, / Anything goes!
[as she sings the words "anything goes", the title of the film appears onscreen]
--Ethel Merman (as Reno Sweeney) in Anything Goes
[Molly is dunking Tim's head in a sink full of water to try to sober him up]
Tim Donahue: Ma!
[she dunks his head under water]
Tim Donahue: Ma! You're drowning me!
[Molly dunks his head again]
Molly Donahue: Don't put any ideas in my head
--Ethel Merman (as Molly Donahue) in There's No Business Like Show Business
Tim Donahue: Ma!
[she dunks his head under water]
Tim Donahue: Ma! You're drowning me!
[Molly dunks his head again]
Molly Donahue: Don't put any ideas in my head
--Ethel Merman (as Molly Donahue) in There's No Business Like Show Business