Gypsy
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elyrest — 19 years ago(August 17, 2006 07:05 PM)
I love "Call Me Madam" and have been known to sing both parts of "You're Just In Love" (at the same time). Why do we never see this movie on TV anymore? I haven't seen it in more than 30 years and I can still hear Ethel Merman and Donald O'Connor singing. It's a delightful musical that uses Merman's talents to the fullest.
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tms1983 — 19 years ago(February 05, 2007 12:38 PM)
The film had been unavailable for years, due to an issue with the music rights, but was released on DVD in 2004 (still in print) and I believe Fox occasionally shows it on their Fox Movie Channel.
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shandy8 — 17 years ago(March 03, 2009 01:13 PM)
Merman might have done well in the role if someone could have reined her in. She's a blast to watch in "Call Me Madam", and I'm delighted that we have that performance, but Rose is not a brassy charactcature like Sally Adams; I could imagine her overdoing it.
I would have loved seeing the great Judy Garland tackle the role.
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Harold_Robbins — 15 years ago(January 16, 2011 08:38 PM)
Merman's formidable shadow has cast itself over every production of GYPSY - no matter the star performances by others rewarded with Tonys, and despite not appearing in the film version, no one has ever quite wrested GYPSY away from Ethel Merman, and doubtless reviews of the next revival will mention her, just as reviews of the most recent (LuPone) revival seldom failed to. And there's a very good reason (among several): With the exception of one song that composer Jule Styne pulled out of his 'trunk' (without telling his lyricist, Stephen Sondheim, incidentally),
every note of the songs for Rose was written for
Merman's
voice.
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MyMovieTVRomance — 13 years ago(September 11, 2012 01:44 AM)
Not that I agree of disagree, but "big" and "loud" aren't words that I've ever heard associated with Mary Martin either. And, yet, Martin never really made a successful career of anything but the stage.
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SimplemindedSociety — 13 years ago(September 11, 2012 04:04 AM)
'Martin never really made a successful career of anything but the stage'.
Did she attempt to?
When I say big/loud, for example, think of Carol Burnett. Burnett,admittingly said in her book she has a Broadway-voice, not a great voice(not that they can't be inclusive) -