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Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman, Flinn 9780520260221 New+=
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- Condition
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- 2009-03-13
- ISBN
- 9780520260221
- EAN
- 9780520260221
- Book Title
- Brass Diva : the Life and Legends of Ethel Merman
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Publication Year
- 2009
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 1.3in
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Music, Performing Arts
- Topic
- Film / General, Composers & Musicians, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 25.6 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 560 Pages
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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 over so many decades. This marvelously detailed biography is the first to tell the full story of how the stenographer from Queens, New York, became the queen of the Broadway musical in its golden age. Mining official and unofficial sources, including interviews with Merman's family and her personal scrapbooks, Caryl Flinn unearths new details of Merman's life and finds that behind the high-octane personality was a remarkably pragmatic woman who never lost sight of her roots. Brass Diva takes us from Merman's working-class beginnings through the extraordinary career that was launched in 1930 when, playing a secondary role in a Gershwin Brothers' show, she became an overnight sensation singing "I Got Rhythm." From there, we follow Merman's hits on Broadway, her uneven successes in Hollywood, and her afterlife as a beloved camp icon. This definitive work on the phenomenon that was Ethel Merman is also the first to thoroughly explore her robust influence on American popular culture.
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Publisher
University of California Press
ISBN-10
0520260228
ISBN-13
9780520260221
eBay Product ID (ePID)
71131431
Product Key Features
Book Title
Brass Diva : the Life and Legends of Ethel Merman
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Film / General, Composers & Musicians, General, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2009
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Music, Performing Arts
Number of Pages
560 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
1.3in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
25.6 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ml420.M39
Reviews
Masterfully analyzes Merman's work on stage, screen and TV with a sophisticated eye for detail that will delight theater buffs., "Masterfully analyzes Merman's work on stage, screen and TV with a sophisticated eye for detail that will delight theater buffs."--Publishers Weekly, "This well-written and psychologically astute portrait will satisfy musical theater fans and anyone who loves a snappy comeback."-- The Advocate, "Masterfully analyzes Merman's work on stage, screen and TV with a sophisticated eye for detail that will delight theater buffs."-- Publishers Weekly, This well-written and psychologically astute portrait will satisfy musical theater fans and anyone who loves a snappy comeback.
Table of Content
preface vii 1 / Beginnings 1 2 / From Stenographer to Star 30 3 / The Early Thirties 67 4 / To Hollywood and Back Again 90 5 / Broadway's Brightest: The Early Forties 113 6 / Forging a Family 138 7 / What Comes Natur'lly: Annie Get Your Gun 150 8 / Call Me Madam 177 9 / A More Complex Image 192 10 / Madam in Hollywood 218 11 / Life with Six 239 12 / There's No Business Like Show Business 255 13 / From Mrs. Six to Mama Rose 278 14 / Gypsy: Ethel Merman's Musical Fable 293 15 / It's a Mad, Mad Schedule 333 16 / The Sixties and the Art of Love 347 17 / After the Big Stem--the Seventies 374 18 / Twilight and Transformation 401 19 / Afterlife 415 acknowledgments 429 a word on the scrapbooks 433 discography 437 stage work 443 filmography 463 notes 473 index 000
Copyright Date
2008
Lccn
2007-029515
Dewey Decimal
782.14092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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