TY - GEN AU - Flinn, Caryl. ED - American Council of Learned Societies. TI - Brass diva: the life and legends of Eth el Merman PY - 2007/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Merman, Ethel. KW - Singers KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Motion picture actors and actresses N1 - "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; 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; Electronic text and image data; Ann Arbor, Mich.; University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing; 2010; Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text; ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]); Mode of a ccess: Intranet UR - http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.08030 ER -