Ethel Merman and Mary Martin were great ladies of the theater. Both of them are legends.

What confidence...she was born to perform for audiences..Love Ethel ❤

Makes me sad now to think of both of them gone. What legends!

Ethel Merman had NO stage fright, no butterflies, nothing but non stop explosive self assurance from day one.

@tenisfin

3 жыл бұрын

I've read that she would say to nervous performers, "If they could do it, they'd be onstage and you'd be in the audience!"

@gregoryphillips3969

2 жыл бұрын

Great observation. I have always thought that Ethel Merman and Frank Sinatra were the 2 most confident performers l have seen. Both unshakeable and just literally in command of every moment.

Wonderful interview. They don't make stars like that anymore.

Great Ladies and wonderful singing voices.

It's always strange to see Ethel calm and speaking softly if you've watched "It's A Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" repeatedly.

@amydorsey5996

4 жыл бұрын

That movie ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

@robertfishman3742

3 жыл бұрын

Amy Dorsey I love that movie!

@briankooker2627

Жыл бұрын

@@robertfishman3742 These things happen because when these things happen all people say is "These things happen"

@robertfishman3742

Жыл бұрын

@@briankooker2627 The movie had a truly all-star cast!

At 5:23 when Merman claims to be 65, Martin just sort of looks at her and says " well you just use what you want to use and to heck with em !" Mermans reaction is edited out.

Two Ladies of the theatre. A kind of Ladies that don't exist anymore.

Love Ethel Merman! Mary Martin too❤

He actually asks their ages! Mary Martin tells the truth while Ethel Merman says: "I really should use 65!". She was actually 69 at the time. Hilarious!

@jamesmcinnis208

9 ай бұрын

"actually"

When I saw Ethel do Annie in 1966, she walked through the first act, and woke up for the second.

Mary reminds me soo much of Barbara Billiingsley

@markwhitman9029

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same thing. Mary and Barbara both pretty

Two greats

I was there. What a great night! It was Merman's show..she had the songs and the personality! Anna produced a classic, to bad Mary said NO to video tape it. Our loss!!!!

gene how bout addressing a question to mary martin.

@okjoe5561

3 жыл бұрын

Really. He was quite rude.

@filmmekker

2 жыл бұрын

It was edited. They might have thought Ethels responses were more entertaining.

She was right about how Broadway has changed on the stage and in the audience back in 1977 becuase it's even worse now. People don't dress or act respectfule but also the shows are mostly stage performances based on a singer's career not actual musicals like back in their days. There aren't any good composers anymore.

Was a fabulous night to I was 16

Miss Martin looks like June Cleavor.

Wow did Mary Martin answer any questions

Merman was really sixty-nine...born in January of 1908...

Mary didn’t get a chance to get a word in.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

I cannot imagine singing on Broadway, as the lead yet, and thinking of what you had to do later, including shopping lists. If it happened once or twice for whatever reason, okay, but Merman makes it sound as if it was ongoing and she was proud of it. To me, it is disrespectful of your job, your art, your commitment to the audience, even IF you really could have your concentration divided like that with no negative consequences. I think Mary Martin was also taken aback, but was too much a lady to pursue it.

The "urban clown" look never caught on despite Mr. Shalit's most valiant efforts.

T

Snooty

Now I get what I kind of suspected: Ethel was a fraud; Mary Martin was the real thing.

@randysills4418

3 жыл бұрын

Mary was the real thing! I met her at a book signing and she spent ten minutes talking to me! Her business manager was trying to move things along but she wanted to talk to talk to me some more and that was that!!!

@SymphonyBrahms

3 жыл бұрын

Ethel Merman was not a fraud. You show your prejudice and ignorance by saying that. Ask 100 people who the greatest Broadway star of all time was, and 99 of them will say that it was Ethel Merman.

@bmbutler2

2 жыл бұрын

Your jealousy is showing. Time to get some help

@bmbutler2

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you didn’t get the notice of Ethel Merman. Jealousy is an ugly thing.

@markwhitman9029

Жыл бұрын

Ethel was a charismatic star but full of herself privately