Ethel Merman: A LifePenguin, 01.11.2007 - 352 Seiten “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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... gave her his card and told her that he represented Helen Morgan, who only two years earlier had reached the apex of her career as Julie in Show Boat. To Ethel that sounded like heady company, and she asked what he had in mind for her ...
... gave her his card and told her that he represented Helen Morgan, who only two years earlier had reached the apex of her career as Julie in Show Boat. To Ethel that sounded like heady company, and she asked what he had in mind for her ...
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... gave notice to Caleb Bragg and got ready to make her first stab at films. For Ethel it was the beginning of a lifetime of disappointment in the movie business. She had expected to begin filming right away, but weeks rolled by without a ...
... gave notice to Caleb Bragg and got ready to make her first stab at films. For Ethel it was the beginning of a lifetime of disappointment in the movie business. She had expected to begin filming right away, but weeks rolled by without a ...
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... gave her two days' work in a short film, The Cave Club, in which she wore a leopard skin and got chased up a tree. Then it was back to sitting around the apartment in Astoria, waiting for the phone to ring. The time weighed heavily on ...
... gave her two days' work in a short film, The Cave Club, in which she wore a leopard skin and got chased up a tree. Then it was back to sitting around the apartment in Astoria, waiting for the phone to ring. The time weighed heavily on ...
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... gave him the perfect climate in which to launch his new sound, because the United States was caught up in the dizzying process of reinventing itself. The nation had finally stepped out of the long shadow cast by European culture and ...
... gave him the perfect climate in which to launch his new sound, because the United States was caught up in the dizzying process of reinventing itself. The nation had finally stepped out of the long shadow cast by European culture and ...
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... ” From the time Gershwin gave the downbeat, Girl Crazy sailed through with the confidence that belongs only to a sure hit. The audience liked the first number, the easygoing “Bidin' My Time,” sung by a quartet of ranch hands. The songs ...
... ” From the time Gershwin gave the downbeat, Girl Crazy sailed through with the confidence that belongs only to a sure hit. The audience liked the first number, the easygoing “Bidin' My Time,” sung by a quartet of ranch hands. The songs ...
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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