| Description |
xiv, 542 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Note |
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 473-524), discography (pages 437-442), filmography (pages 463-471), and index. |
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"Stage work": pages 443-461. |
| Contents |
Beginnings -- From stenographer to star -- The early thirties -- To Hollywood and back again -- Broadway's brightest : the early forties -- Forging a family -- What comes natur'lly : Annie get your gun -- Call me madam -- A more complex image -- Madam in Hollywood -- Life with Six -- There's no business like show business -- From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose -- Gypsy : Ethel Merman's musical fable -- It's a mad, mad schedule -- The sixties and the art of love -- After the big stem--the seventies -- Twilight and transformation -- Afterlife. |
| Subject |
Merman, Ethel.
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Singers -- United States -- Biography.
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.
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| ISBN |
9780520229426 cloth alkaline paper |
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0520229428 cloth alkaline paper |
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