Brass Diva: The Life and Legends of Ethel Merman (95 page)

Song Shopping (1933)

Paramount

Directed by Dave Fleischer

Songs: "I'm Yours" and "Sing, You Sinners"

Cast: Ethel Merman, accompanied live on piano by Johnny
Green

Features (Theatrical Releases)

Follow the Leader (1930)

Paramount

Directed by Norman Taurog. Screenplay by Gertrude Purcell,
Sid Silvers. Based on the musical play Manhattan Mary, by
William K. Wells, George White (with music and lyrics by
B. G. DeSylva, Lew Brown, and Ray Henderson), Yip Harburg
and Arthur Schwartz, Irving Kahal and Sammy Fain.

PRIMARY CAST

Were Not Dressing (1934)

Paramount

Directed by Norman Taurog. Produced by Benjamin Glazer.
Screenplay by Horace Jackson, Frances Martin, and George
Marion Jr. Based on stories by Walton Hall Smith and
Benjamin Galzer, and J. M. Barrie's The Admirable Crichton.
Music and lyrics by Harry Revel and Mack Gordon.

PRIMARY CAST

Kid Millions (1934)

Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists

Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Written and adapted by Arthur
Sheekman, Nat Perrin, and Nunnally Johnson. Songs by Gus
Kahn and Walter Donaldson, Burton Lane, and Harold
Adamson. Dance ensembles by Seymour Felix.

PRIMARY CAST

The Big Broadcast ofz936 (1935)

Paramount

Directed by Norman Taurog. Written by Walter DeLeon,
Francis Martin, and Ralph Spence.

PRIMARY CAST

Strike Me Pink (1936)

Samuel Goldwyn-United Artists

Directed by Norman Taurog. Screenplay by Frank Butler,
Walter DeLeon, and Francis Martin, with additional dialogue
by Phillip Rapp. Based on a story by Clarence Budington
Kelland. Music and lyrics by Harold Arlen and Lew Brown.

PRIMARY CAST

Anything Goes (1936)

Paramount

Directed by Lewis Milestone. Taken from the musical comedy
by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse; music and lyrics by Cole
Porter, with additional songs by Leo Robin, Richard A. Whiting,
Frederick Hollander, Hoagy Carmichael, and Edward Heyman.

PRIMARY CAST

Happy Landing (1938)

zoth Century-Fox

Directed by Roy Del Ruth. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Screenplay by Milton Sperling and Boris Ingser. Music and
lyrics by Sam Pokrass, Jack Yellen, Walter Bullock, Harold
Spina, and Raymond Scott.

PRIMARY CAST

Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938)

loth Century-Fox

Directed by Henry King. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Screenplay by Kathryn Scola and Lamar Trotti, adaptation by
Richard Sherman. Music and lyrics by Irving Berlin.

PRIMARY CAST

Straight, Place and Show (1938)

zoth Century-Fox

Directed by David Butler. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck.
Screenplay by M. M. Musselman and Allen Rivkin, with
additional dialogue by Lew Brown. Based on the unproduced
play Saratoga Chips, by Damon Runyon and Irving Caesar.
Music and lyrics by Lew Brown and Lew Pollack.

PRIMARY CAST

Stage Door Canteen (1943)

Sol Lesser-American Theatre Wing, United Artists

Directed by Frank Borzage. Screenplay by Delmer Daves. Songs
by Jimmy Monaco, Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart, Johnny
Green, and Gertrude Lawrence.

PRIMARY CAST

plus some seventy guest stars, including Ethel Merman

Around 1944, Merman also appeared (as herself) in Sing with
the Stars, produced by the Army Pictorial Service. The short
film has no date.

Call Me Madam (1953)

zoth Century-Fox

Directed by Walter Lang. Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck/Sol C.
Siegel. Screenplay by Arthur Sheekman. Based on the stage
musical comedy by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. Songs
by Irving Berlin.

PRIMARY CAST