Shirley Booth--Hostess With the Mostes', 1957 TV, Perle Mesta

Shirley Booth stars in "The Hostess With the Mostes'" a 90-minute TV drama based on the real-life story of Washington hostess Perle Mesta, who was previously portrayed by Ethel Merman in the classic (but fictionalized) Irving Berlin musical "Call Me Madam". Co-stars include Evelyn Rudie (TV's "Eloise"), Louise Beavers, Hedda Hopper, Shepperd Strudwick, Joan Wetmore, Robert Lowery, and Perle Mesta herself.