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[Ethel Merman]

Title
  1. [Ethel Merman] [videorecording]
Published by
  1. [n.d.]

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Additional authors
  1. Church, Sandra.
  2. Robbins, Jerome.
  3. Laurents, Arthur.
  4. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994.
  5. Sondheim, Stephen.
  6. Merman, Ethel
  7. Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970
  8. KGO-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (12 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Series statement
  1. Jerome Robbins Collection
Subject
  1. Interviews
  2. Merman, Ethel > Interviews
  3. Video
  4. Music
Genre/Form
  1. Interviews.
  2. Music.
  3. Video.
Contents
  1. [Interview with Ethel Merman] (ca. 7 min.) / excerpt from Episode #456 in the television series Gypsy Rose Lee; interviewer, Gypsy Rose Lee. Merman and Lee discuss Lee's mother, whom Merman played in the musical Gypsy. Lee also screens and discusses b&w footage of her visit to a rehearsal of Gypsy at the New Amsterdam Theater in New York in 1959; among those appearing in this footage are director/choreographer Jerome Robbins and his creative collaborators Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne, and Stephen Sondheim; performers Merman, Sandra Church (who played Louise, Lee's younger persona), Jacqueline Mayro (Baby June), Karen Moore (Baby Louise), and others. The 11-min. film from which this footage was taken appears on *MGZIA 4-6004 JRC Gypsy [Candid footage].
  2. "Some people" (ca. 5 min.) / excerpt from an unidentified television show; time code at bottom of screen; sung by Ethel Merman.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-6029 JRC
Event (note)
  1. First excerpt broadcast by KGO-TV, Channel 7, San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 18, 1967.
Title
  1. [Ethel Merman] [videorecording]
Imprint
  1. [n.d.]
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Series
  1. Jerome Robbins Collection
Event
  1. First excerpt broadcast by KGO-TV, Channel 7, San Francisco, Calif., Jan. 18, 1967.
Local note
  1. For a complete recording of Episode #456 of the series Gypsy Rose Lee, see NCOX 1514.
Added author
  1. Church, Sandra. Performer
  2. Robbins, Jerome. Depicted
  3. Laurents, Arthur. Depicted
  4. Styne, Jule, 1905-1994. Depicted
  5. Sondheim, Stephen. Depicted
  6. Merman, Ethel, performer.
  7. Merman, Ethel, interviewee.
  8. Lee, Gypsy Rose, 1914-1970, interviewer.
  9. KGO-TV (Television station : San Francisco, Calif.)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-6029 JRC
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