Watchable in high quality (click link under Views:)From "Ed Sullivan's Toast of the Town" TV show (February 14, 1954, CBS). This episode was an hour long tribute to help celebrate MGM's 30th anniversary. Lana Turner made a live appearance on the show and performed the "Madame Crematante" number (aka "A Great Lady Has An Interview") that Judy Garland had performed in 1946's "Ziegfeld Follies".Anyone who has seen the movie "Ziegfeld Follies" and is familiar with Judy Garland's rendition of the "Madame Crematante" number will be pleasantly surprised with Lana's version. Lana delightfully makes fun of her image as the man killing vamp and while she doesn't exactly sing her heart out, she dances and "talks" along with the music as only a seasoned performer can. She was living in Europe at this time and had darkened her hair for the two films she had made there, "Betrayed" and "The Flame and the Flesh".There are also some very recognizable faces among the male chorus, including Richard Anderson and Steve Forrest, who both starred in numerous TV shows and films.
