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Word: merman (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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Annie Get Your Gun. Ethel Merman doin' what comes natur'lly-giving humor and bounce to a big routine musical (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: Best Bets on Broadway, Sep. 15, 1947 | 9/15/1947 | See Source »

Silver Theater (Sun. 6 p.m., CBS). Leave It to Ethel, with Ethel Merman...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jul. 28, 1947 | 7/28/1947 | See Source »

Bing Crosby Show (Wed. 10 p.m., ABC). Guests: Ethel Merman, Alec Templeton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Radio: Program Preview, Jun. 9, 1947 | 6/9/1947 | See Source »

Today things have changed, but not much. No more Victor Herbert, but Irving Berlin is very much around with a huge and highly entertaining hit called "Annie Get Your Gun." Ethel Merman is the star, but you don't see her until well into the first act, after reams of talk about her, and otherwise the show is complete with tenor, girls, comedian, and all other standard equipment, the most important of which is the feeble plot. While the non-musical stage and even the movies have moved with the times, the musical-comedy, with few exceptions, has lingered lucratively...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: From the Pit | 2/28/1947 | See Source »

Annie Get Your Gun. Ethel Merman doin' what comes natur'lly-giving humor and high spirits to a big routine musical (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Bets on Broadway, Nov. 25, 1946 | 11/25/1946 | See Source »

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