Brass diva : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.
Brass diva : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Call Numbers
N782.14092/15
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Language
English
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Physical content
p. cm.
Contents
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 busi...
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Publisher
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2007.
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
c2007.
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Summary
"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 belov...
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Brass diva : the life and legends of Ethel Merman / Caryl Flinn.
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Includes discography (p. ), filmography (p. ), and index.
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Date Copyright
c2007.
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Call Numbers
N782.14092/15
Record Identifier
74VK3DXVl2WX
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VK3DXVl2WX
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ISBN
9780520229426 (cloth : alk. paper)
DDC
782.14092 B
MMS ID
991023659889702626
