Ethel Merman: A Life“Kellow’s chronology is dishy and seamless; he understands the dynamics of the theater world and makes you feel the exhilaration of an evolving hit and the frustrations inherent in working with a performer like Merman.”—The New York Times Book Review “[Kellow] has painted a vivid portrait of a Broadway diva who shone brighter and sang louder than anyone else.”—The Washington Post BookWorld More than twenty years after her death, Ethel Merman continues to set the standard for American musical theater. The stories about the supremely talented, famously strong-willed, fearsomely blunt, and terrifyingly exacting woman are stuff of legend. But who was Ethel Agnes Zimmermann, really? Brian Kellow’s definitive biography of the great Merman is superb, and the first account to examine both the artist and the woman with as much critical rigor as empathy. Through dozens of interviews with her colleagues, friends, and family members, Kellow (author of Can I Go Now?: The Life of Sue Mengers, Hollywood's First Superagent) traces the arc of her life and her thirty-year singing career to reveal many surprising facts about Broadway’s biggest star. |
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In 1921, Ethel's thirteenth year, life in Astoria suddenly became much more exciting when Adolph Zukor and his partner, Jesse L. Lasky, who had merged in 1916 to create the Famous Players ...
In 1921, Ethel's thirteenth year, life in Astoria suddenly became much more exciting when Adolph Zukor and his partner, Jesse L. Lasky, who had merged in 1916 to create the Famous Players ...
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But because Famous Players–Lasky did not have a sufficiently large physical plant in Hollywood to accommodate all its moviemaking ventures, in a number of years as many as 25 percent of its films were made in New York.
But because Famous Players–Lasky did not have a sufficiently large physical plant in Hollywood to accommodate all its moviemaking ventures, in a number of years as many as 25 percent of its films were made in New York.
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Ruth was often quoted as saying that she found the theater “a fascinating game” that a woman could play just as easily as a man. She was just the sort of tough, determined woman that Ethel admired, and during dinner Ethel did her best ...
Ruth was often quoted as saying that she found the theater “a fascinating game” that a woman could play just as easily as a man. She was just the sort of tough, determined woman that Ethel admired, and during dinner Ethel did her best ...
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... but he saw himself as more the ragtime type, and by his teens he was playing for dances on the Lower East Side and out at Coney Island for seventy-five cents a night. Later he played in a band at Harlem's Club Alamo.
... but he saw himself as more the ragtime type, and by his teens he was playing for dances on the Lower East Side and out at Coney Island for seventy-five cents a night. Later he played in a band at Harlem's Club Alamo.
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Ethel, a last-minute replacement for Ruth Etting, played a musical-comedy star, the intended victim of a kidnap plot that goes awry. Although she did have one song —“Satan's Holiday,” by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal—she doesn't seem to ...
Ethel, a last-minute replacement for Ruth Etting, played a musical-comedy star, the intended victim of a kidnap plot that goes awry. Although she did have one song —“Satan's Holiday,” by Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal—she doesn't seem to ...
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Inhalt
Chapter Five | |
Chapter Seven | |
Chapter Eight | |
Chapter Nine | |
Chapter Fourteen | |
Chapter Fifteen | |
Chapter Sixteen | |
Chapter Seventeen | |
Chapter Eighteen | |
Chapter Nineteen | |
Chapter Twenty | |
Chapter Twentyone | |
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Chapter Eleven | |
Chapter Twelve | |
Chapter Thirteen | |
Chapter Twentytwo | |
Acknowledgments | |
Notes | |
Bibliography | |
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| Titel | Ethel Merman: A Life |
| Autor/in | Brian Kellow |
| Verlag | Penguin, 2007 |
| ISBN | 1101202580, 9781101202586 |
| Länge | 336 Seiten |
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