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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... week. There was no need to go to California; filming would take place in Warners' Brooklyn studio, which would allow ... weeks rolled by without a single assignment. The checks from Warners arrived regularly and were turned over to Pop ...
... week. There was no need to go to California; filming would take place in Warners' Brooklyn studio, which would allow ... weeks rolled by without a single assignment. The checks from Warners arrived regularly and were turned over to Pop ...
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... weeks of being as quiet as possible, Ethel confounded the doctors when she opened her mouth to sing and found that ... week for a sixweek guarantee. It was to be her first real time away from home unchaperoned, and Pop and Mom Zimmermann ...
... weeks of being as quiet as possible, Ethel confounded the doctors when she opened her mouth to sing and found that ... week for a sixweek guarantee. It was to be her first real time away from home unchaperoned, and Pop and Mom Zimmermann ...
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... week, Mom Zimmermann had called her demanding to know how she could possibly be sending home $600 when her weekly salary was half that. At the end of the run, Ethel returned to New York, where Lou Irwin had found a pianist to work with ...
... week, Mom Zimmermann had called her demanding to know how she could possibly be sending home $600 when her weekly salary was half that. At the end of the run, Ethel returned to New York, where Lou Irwin had found a pianist to work with ...
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... weeks at the Brooklyn Paramount, where they would perform several shows a day, in between screenings of the latest Paramount feature films. Ethel was thrilled to have a job that would last practically the entire summer and later ...
... weeks at the Brooklyn Paramount, where they would perform several shows a day, in between screenings of the latest Paramount feature films. Ethel was thrilled to have a job that would last practically the entire summer and later ...
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... week—and she couldn't wait for the engagement to begin. And then, one night toward the end of the run, Broadway producer Vinton Freedley came to the Paramount and heard her sing. Chapter Three By the time he heard Ethel at the.
... week—and she couldn't wait for the engagement to begin. And then, one night toward the end of the run, Broadway producer Vinton Freedley came to the Paramount and heard her sing. Chapter Three By the time he heard Ethel at the.
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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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