Ethel Merman
ETHEL MERMAN  -  TIME ON MY HANDS
TIME ON MY HANDS  (SCREEN SONGS)  1932
Ethel Merman was born in Queens, New York in 1908. By the late 1920's, Merman was performing at nightclubs and private parties. Merman received a first break into film when she was hired to replace Ruth Etting in the 1930 Paramount film Follow The Leader. In 1932, Max Fleischer brought Merman back to the screen alongside Betty Boop in 3 different Screen Songs films: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, You Try Somebody Else and Time On My Hands. In 1933, Merman was featured in the Screen Songs film Song Shopping. Between 1930-1933, Merman also had been contracted to perform in 10 short musical films for Paramount, and she performed in various hit musicals. After 1934, Merman began to appear in the first of numerous hollywood musicals, and later Broadway shows where she has introduced standards such as I Got Rhythm, I Get A Kick Out Of You, There's No Business Like Show Business, and many others. She has been called "the undisputed first lady of the musical comedy stage".
ETHEL MERMAN appears in:
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART (Screen Songs)
YOU TRY SOMEBODY ELSE  (Screen Songs)
TIME ON MY HANDS (Screen Songs)
​SONG SHOPPING (Screen Songs)
ETHEL MERMAN  -  LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART  (SCREEN SONGS)  1932
ETHEL MERMAN  -  YOU TRY SOMEBODY ELSE
YOU TRY SOMEBODY ELSE  (SCREEN SONGS)  1932
THE DEVIL SEA  -  1930
IRENO  -  1932
ETHEL MERMAN & BING CROSBY
YOU'RE THE TOP  -  1936
AN EARFUL OF MUSIC AND AN ARMFUL OF YOU
ETHEL MERMAN & FRED ASTAIRE
MY FUTURE JUST PASSED  -  1930
DEVIL SEA  -  1930
SING YOU SINNERS  -  1931
OLD MAN BLUES  -  1931
ROAMING  -  1930
BE LIKE ME  -  1931
from the short film AFTER YOU'VE GONE
EDDIE CANTOR, ETHEL MERMAN & AL JOLSON
ALEXANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
LET ME CALL YOU SWEETHEART - 1930
TALLULAH & ETHEL MERMAN
SING-OFF  -  1951
ETHEL MERMAN & RAY MIDDLETON
ANYTHING YOU CAN DO
RAY BOLGER & ETHEL MERMAN
DEARIE  -  1950
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU  -  1979
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
I GET A KICK OUT OF YOU - 1949
Rare Clip
ETHEL MERMAN & THE KEAN SISTERS
EDDIE CANTOR & ETHEL MERMAN ​from the film STRIKE ME PINK
CALABASH PIPE  -  1936

ETHEL MERMAN & FRANK SINATRA from ANYTHING GOES
YOU'RE THE TOP
DONALD O'CONNOR & ETHEL MERMAN
YOU'RE JUST IN LOVE - 1953
FRED ASTAIRE & ETHEL MERMAN
SOME PEOPLE  -  1966
ETHEL MERMAN WITH THE BOSTON POPS
THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
​
WHAT I DID FOR LOVE  -  1977
ETHEL MERMAN & THE MUPPETS
NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS
ETHEL MERMAN from The Muppet Show
ETHEL MERMAN SHOW TUNES MELEDY
LUCY TEACHES ETHEL MERMAN TO SING  -1950
ETHEL MERMAN
& MARY MARTIN

THE
MELEDY

1953
JUDY GARLAND &
ETHEL MERMAN

GARLAND
MERMAN
MELEDY
ETHEL MERMAN
ALLEN LUDDEN

WHAT'S
MY LINE?

1963
BARBARA STREISAND
JUDY GARLAND
ETHEL MERMAN

JUDY
GARLAND
SHOW
​
1963
ETHEL MERMAN
​ON

KRAFT
MUSIC
​HALL

1960
ETHEL MERMAN
TONY RANDALL

WHAT'S
MY LINE?

1965
ETHEL MERMAN
FRED ASTAIRE
​DUET

SOME
PEOPLE

1966
ETHEL MERMAN
​SINGS

I'VE GOT
SUN IN THE
MORNING

1966
ETHEL MERMAN
@ 1972 TONY
​AWARDS

EVERYTHIN
COMING
UP ROSES

1972
ETHEL MERMAN

THE MELEDY

1970's
COMMERCIAL

TEXACO

1970's
ETHEL MERMAN
MARVIN HAMLISH

SARDI'S
BROADWAY
SALUTE

1976
PROPOSED
ETHEL MERMAN
SIT-COM

YOU'RE
GONNA
LOVE IT
​HERE

1977
COMMERCIAL

VEL

1970's
ETHEL MERMAN
ON SESAME STREET
​CHRISTMAS

TOMORROW

1978
BEFORE
THE
PARADE
PASSES
​BY

1982
GENE SHALIT
INTERVIEW

1977
ONE OF HER FINAL
PERFORMANCES

EVERYTHING'S
COMING UP
ROSES
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