Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Dolly_Levi
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#2re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:34pm
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Dolly_Levi
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#2re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:35pm
Laughter is much more important than applause. Applause is almost a duty. Laughter is a reward.
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Updated On: 4/14/08 at 02:35 PM
Dolly_Levi
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#3re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:37pm
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#4re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:39pmI am sorry, but the last one kind-of creeps me out.
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CurtainPullDowner
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#5re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:40pm
Gotta love those pajamas on the boys....
Thnaks for the pics!
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Dolly_Levi
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#7re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 2:45pm
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iluvtheatertrash
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#9re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 3:39pmI've always wondered if there was footage of her performing ROSE'S TURN. Anyone know?
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BrodyFosse123
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#10re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 3:45pm
Nope.
Aside from the standard TV appearances of her performing some songs from GYPSY, she never performed "Rose's Turn" on any of them. Now, color home movie footage does exist of the number, but it is just a few short seconds AND it is silent. This footage can be seen in the BROADWAY: THE GOLDEN AGE documentary. Its basically Merman walking across the stage, so don't expect any dramatic gesturings, etc.
Unfortunately, musical performances weren't done at the Tony Awards back then, plus... the first TV broadcast of the Tony Awards wasn't until 1967. The original Broadway production of GYPSY was in 1959.
#11re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 5:19pmShe can be seen performing "Rose's Turn" at the Theater in My Mind's Eye, nightly and twice on matinee days.
#12re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 6:49pmsandra church is STUNNING!!!! So beautiful!!!
thatgirl712
Broadway Legend Joined: 3/29/08
#13re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:05pm
Thanks for these pics. I enjoyed seeing them!
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#14re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:16pmWhat a Bio!!!
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"That's, like, twelve shows! ...Or seven." -Crazy SA Fangirl
"They say that just being relaxed is the most important thing [in acting]. I take that to another level, I think kinda like yawning and...like being partially asleep onstage is also good, but whatever." - Sherie Rene Scott
#15re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:35pm
There is a mistake in the bio.... it says her autobiograhy is called CALL ME MADAM. It was actually published under two titles. In the USA it was WHO COULD ASK FOR ANUTHING MORE? and in the U.K. and Canada it was published as DON'T CALL ME MADAM.
It is worth a hunt in used bookstores...it's quite a fun read with lots of backstage stories from here early years through 1955.
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Ed_Mottershead
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#16re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 7:41pm
If you feel like going through the bother, try finding LIFE magazine's coverage of the original Gypsy -- it was somewhere in May or June 1959. It has a great color pic of Merman and the cast that I've never seen anywhere else, before or since. I've kept it for years.
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Updated On: 4/14/08 at 07:41 PM
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#17re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/14/08 at 9:04pm"dont let it just hang there like spuh-GEDDY!!!"
callmemadam1953
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#19re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:37pm
Here are some photographs I found of Ethel in Gypsy.
Updated On: 4/16/08 at 12:37 PM
Dolly_Levi
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/8/04
#20re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/16/08 at 12:44pm
That was when star bios were really over the top. And I loved 'em.
I seem to remember Mary Martin's from SOUND OF MUSIC (That same season) was crazy long too.
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callmemadam1953
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#21re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 12:28pm
"Is there any footage of Ethel in Gypsy, Anyone Know?"
No, the only chance we would have to see Ethel as Mamma Rose is if she did the movie. She doesn't even perform Rose's Turn in concerts which I think is a mistake and she should've but that is ok.
#22re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/18/08 at 1:27pmI would have loved to have seen her in it.
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#23re: Pics of Ethel in Gypsy?
Posted: 4/20/08 at 4:53pm
A rare treat for Ethel fans link is this thread on the off Topic Board
Ethel Merman: Mutual Admiration Society
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