Brass diva the life and legends of Eth el Merman - Flinn, Caryl; American Council of Learned Societies (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2007)
Beginnings -- From stenographer to star -- The early thirties -- To Hollywood and back again -- Broadway's brightest : the early forties -- Forging a family -- What comes natur'lly : Annie get your gun -- Call me madam -- A more complex image -- Madam in Hollywood -- Life with Six -- There's no business like show business -- From Mrs. Six to Mama Ros e -- Gypsy : Ethel Merman's musical fable -- It's a mad, mad schedule - - The sixties and the art of love -- After the big stem--the seventies -- Twilight and transformation -- Afterlife.
"Roth Family Foundation music in America imprint."
Includes bibliographical references (p. 473-524), discography (p. 43 7-442), filmography (p. 463-471), and index.
"Stage work": p. 443-461.
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Keywords: Merman, Ethel; Singers -- United States -- Biography; Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography