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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Ethel Merman (Panama Hattie) admitted she had married again. Husband No. 2 is Robert D. Levitt, Hearst promotion man in Manhattan. She met him last April, six months before her first husband, Actor's Agent William J. Smith, divorced her on the charge that she deserted him in January after two months of married life...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Free Agent | 12/29/1941 | See Source »

Panama Hattie (TIME, Oct. 28, 1940). Ethel Merman's voice and personality pep up the Canal Zone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Dec. 22, 1941 | 12/22/1941 | See Source »

Keep 'em Rolling had a big-name debut. Its theme ditty, composed for the occasion by Rodgers & Hart, came bugle-like from the lips of musical comedy's forceful Ethel Merman. Master of Ceremonies Clifton Fadiman (with a cute script) kept the program rolling. He discussed the spider situation with a Cleveland professor who has made a specialty of extracting spider silk direct from the producer for cross hairs in range finders. He introduced, as "the nation's No. 1 No man," Priorities Chief Donald M. Nelson, and Mr. Nelson told the nation why. For drama, Maurice...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Radio and Defense | 11/17/1941 | See Source »

Panama Hattie. Raw & rowdy musicomedy, with Ethel Merman and Cole Porter songs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: HOLDOVERS | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

Divorced. Singer Ethel ("Panama Hattie") Merman; by William J. Smith, actors' agent; in Santa Monica. He said she left him two months after their marriage last November...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Oct. 13, 1941 | 10/13/1941 | See Source »

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