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Mary Martin, Ethel Merman : their legendary appearance on the Ford 50th anniversary show, June 15, 1953.
- Title
- Mary Martin, Ethel Merman : their legendary appearance on the Ford 50th anniversary show, June 15, 1953.
- Publication
- Pleasantville, NY : Video Artists International, [2004], ©2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Robbins, Jerome.
- Merman, Ethel.
- Martin, Mary, 1913-1990.
- Allison, Fran.
- Tillstrom, Burr.
- Burnett, Ernie, 1884-1959.
- Monaco, James V., 1885-1945.
- Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981.
- Voynow, Dick, 1900-1944.
- Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
- Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
- Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
- Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972.
- WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Ford Motor Company.
- Video Artists International.
- Description
- 1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- A segment from the Ford 50th anniversary show, in which Ethel Merman and Mary Martin perform songs, including medleys and duets.
- Alternative Title
- Mary Martin & Ethel Merman
- Mary Martin, Ethel Merman: the Ford 50th anniversary show appearance
- Ford 50th Anniversary Show
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Television specials.
- Humor.
- Medleys (Music)
- Émissions spéciales télévisées.
- Credits (note)
- All sequences staged and conceived by Jerome Robbins ; digital photo editing by Edward Cardona ; executive producer, Ernest Gilbert ; DVD production coordinator, Allan Altman.
- Event (note)
- Broadcast live from the Center Theatre, Rockefeller Center, New York City, on June 15, 1953.
- System Details (note)
- DVD.
- Biography (note)
- The Ford 50th anniversary show was a two-hour television special sponsored by Ford Motors and broadcast by NBC and CBS.
- Contents
- Opening credits -- Alexander's Ragtime Band / Ethel Merman -- Mademoiselle from Armentières / Ethel Merman -- The fashion show ("The Shape" -- comedy routine about changes in fashion over the first half of the 20th century) / Mary Martin -- A Vaudeville pantomime: "Your folks and my folks" / Martin and Merman.
- The following "medley" is performed by Martin and Merman together: There's no business like show business / by Irving Berlin -- I'm in love with a wonderful guy / by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- By the light of the silvery Moon -- Wait till the sun shines Nellie -- I'm the Sheik of Araby -- When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin' along -- Melancholy baby / by Ernie Burnett and George Norton -- You made me love you / by James V. Monaco and Joseph McCarthy -- Mississippi mud / by Hoagy Carmichael, Dick Voynow and Harry Mills -- I cried for you -- I'm forever blowing bubbles -- I'm always chasing rainbows.
- I'm in the mood for love -- I love a parade -- I'd climb the highest mountain -- I'm sitting on top of the world -- I got a feeling you're fooling -- I can't give you anything but love -- You're just in love -- I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair -- I get a kick out of you / by Cole Porter -- I've got you under my skin -- My heart belongs to Daddy -- I got rhythm / by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin -- Indian love call / by Rudolf Friml -- Tea for two -- Stormy weather -- Isn't it romantic? I got rhythm (reprise) -- There's no business like show business (reprise).
- LCCN
- 089948429296
- OCLC
- ocm56475561
- 56475561
- SCSB-14297449
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries