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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... never returned, then went back to her usual way of breathing. Together Ethel and Siegel worked out an act, and Lou Irwin got them booked on the renowned Keith vaudeville circuit, opening in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in June 1930. As their ...
... never returned, then went back to her usual way of breathing. Together Ethel and Siegel worked out an act, and Lou Irwin got them booked on the renowned Keith vaudeville circuit, opening in Elizabeth, New Jersey, in June 1930. As their ...
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... long shadow cast by European culture and asserted itself as never before. It was the age of a frantic new consumerism, of the explosion of advertising, an industry that had previously been relatively genteel in its scope.
... long shadow cast by European culture and asserted itself as never before. It was the age of a frantic new consumerism, of the explosion of advertising, an industry that had previously been relatively genteel in its scope.
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... never change one note of a Gershwin tune.” Ethel was signed at a salary of $375 a week, and rehearsals started immediately at the Alvin Theatre. It was a hectic time, because of the two-show-a-day run at the Palace that she and Al ...
... never change one note of a Gershwin tune.” Ethel was signed at a salary of $375 a week, and rehearsals started immediately at the Alvin Theatre. It was a hectic time, because of the two-show-a-day run at the Palace that she and Al ...
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... never go near a singing teacher. Then he added, “And never forget your shorthand.” Chapter Four Perhaps the famed Yiddish theater actress Molly Picon.
... never go near a singing teacher. Then he added, “And never forget your shorthand.” Chapter Four Perhaps the famed Yiddish theater actress Molly Picon.
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... NEVER TAUGHT ME ANYTHING. Winchell printed her remarks, which Ethel considered “as close to a retraction as you could get from him in his prime.” The next several months were among the busiest of Ethel's life. Paramount released Follow ...
... NEVER TAUGHT ME ANYTHING. Winchell printed her remarks, which Ethel considered “as close to a retraction as you could get from him in his prime.” The next several months were among the busiest of Ethel's life. Paramount released Follow ...
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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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