Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman (26 page)

Hal Forde and Ethel in the fairy-tale short Old Man Blues, 1932.
Author's collection.

Ethel (center) sings "Eadie Was a Lady" in Taking a Chance, 1932.
Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

Unhappy on a hoop: filming Anything Goes, 1936.
Courtesy of UCLA Arts Special Collection.

Ethnic disguise in the film version of Anything Goes.
Courtesy of UCLA Arts Special Collection.

Warhol-esque layout of scrapbook page.
Courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York.

Fan Esther Hader's scrapbook
cover. Courtesy of the Museum
of the City of New York.

Photo sent by Ethel Merman
to Esther Hader. Courtesy
of the Museum of the City
of New York.

Paramount Pictures publicity shot with "modern technology."
Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

"Heat Wave" in Alexander's Ragtime Band, 1938.
Courtesy of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

With Jimmy Durante
in Stars in Your Eyes, 1939.
© Playbill, used by permission;
courtesy of the Museum of
the City of New York.

Seducing Richard Carlson in
Stars in Your Eyes. Photograph
by Lucas & Pritchard;
courtesy of Sydelle Kramer.

Ethel arrives in Hollywood, 1937. Syndicated ACME photograph;
Courtesy of Al F. Koenig Jr.

With Happy Landing costars Don Ameche (left) and Cesar Romero, 1938.
Courtesy of Sydelle Kramer.