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1 online resource (591 pages) |
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CONTENTS; PREFACE; 1 Beginnings; 2 From Stenographer to Star; 3 The Early Thirties; 4 To Hollywood and Back Again; Photographs; 5 Broadway's Brightest: The Early Forties; 6 Forging a Family; 7 What Comes Natur'lly: Annie Get Your Gun; 8 Call Me Madam; 9 A More Complex Image; 10 Madam in Hollywood; 11 Life with Six; 12 There's No Business Like Show Business; 13 From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose; 14 Gypsy: Ethel Merman's Musical Fable; 15 It's a Mad, Mad Schedule; 16 The Sixties and the Art of Love; 17 After the Big Stemthe Seventies; 18 Twilight and Transformation; 19 Afterlife; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
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A word on the scrapbooksdiscography; stage work; filmography; notes; index |
| Summary |
Broadway star Ethel Merman's voice was a mesmerizing force and her vitality was legendary, yet the popular perception of La Merm as the irrepressible wonder falls far short of all that she was and all that she meant to Americans. This biography tells the story of how the stenographer from Queens, New York, became the queen of the Broadway musical |
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american culture |
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american musicals |
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american theatre |
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annie get your gun |
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biographical |
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biography |
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broadway actress |
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broadway diva |
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broadway musical |
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broadway |
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dancer |
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diva |
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famous actress |
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gershwin brothers |
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golden age |
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hollywood |
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life story |
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musical theatre |
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popular culture |
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scrapbook |
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singer |
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stage actors |
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stage actress |
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theatre history |
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theatre |
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true story |
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untold story |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Merman, Ethel.
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| SUBJECT |
Merman, Ethel fast |
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Singers -- United States -- Biography
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Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography
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MUSIC -- Genres & Styles -- Musicals.
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MUSIC -- Printed Music -- Musicals, Film & TV.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Broadway & Musical Revue.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Film & Video -- General.
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Motion picture actors and actresses
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Singers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780520927254 |
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0520927257 |
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