| Description |
1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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video file |
| Contents |
Opening credits -- Alexander's Ragtime Band / Ethel Merman -- Mademoiselle from Armentières / Ethel Merman -- The fashion show ("The Shape" -- comedy routine about changes in fashion over the first half of the 20th century) / Mary Martin -- A Vaudeville pantomime: "Your folks and my folks" / Martin and Merman. |
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The following "medley" is performed by Martin and Merman together: There's no business like show business / by Irving Berlin -- I'm in love with a wonderful guy / by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- By the light of the silvery Moon -- Wait till the sun shines Nellie -- I'm the Sheik of Araby -- When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin' along -- Melancholy baby / by Ernie Burnett and George Norton -- You made me love you / by James V. Monaco and Joseph McCarthy -- Mississippi mud / by Hoagy Carmichael, Dick Voynow and Harry Mills -- I cried for you -- I'm forever blowing bubbles -- I'm always chasing rainbows. |
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I'm in the mood for love -- I love a parade -- I'd climb the highest mountain -- I'm sitting on top of the world -- I got a feeling you're fooling -- I can't give you anything but love -- I'll get by -- You're just in love -- I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair -- I get a kick out of you / by Cole Porter -- I've got you under my skin -- My heart belongs to Daddy -- I got rhythm / by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin -- Indian love call / by Rudolf Friml -- Tea for two -- Stormy weather -- Isn't it romantic? I got rhythm (reprise) -- There's no business like show business (reprise). |
| Credits |
All sequences staged and conceived by Jerome Robbins ; digital photo editing by Edward Cardona ; executive producer, Ernest Gilbert ; DVD production coordinator, Allan Altman. |
| Performer |
Performed by Ethel Merman and Mary Martin ; hosted by Kukla, Fran, and Ollie (Burr Tillstrom, puppeteer). |
| Event |
Broadcast live from the Center Theatre, Rockefeller Center, New York City, on June 15, 1953. |
| Summary |
A segment from the Ford 50th anniversary show, in which Ethel Merman and Mary Martin perform songs, including medleys and duets. |
| Biography |
The Ford 50th anniversary show was a two-hour television special sponsored by Ford Motors and broadcast by NBC and CBS. |
| Genre/Form |
Television specials.
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Television specials.
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Musicals.
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Musicals.
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| Subject |
Ford Motor Company -- Anniversaries, etc.
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Ford Motor Company. |
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Fashion -- Humor.
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Fashion. |
| Genre/Form |
Humor.
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| Subject |
Women singers.
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Women singers. |
| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Humor.
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| Added Author |
Robbins, Jerome.
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Merman, Ethel.
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Martin, Mary, 1913-1990.
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Allison, Fran.
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Tillstrom, Burr.
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Burnett, Ernie, 1884-1959.
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Monaco, James V., 1885-1945.
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Carmichael, Hoagy, 1899-1981.
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Voynow, Dick, 1900-1944.
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Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
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Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
South Pacific. I'm in love with a wonderful guy.
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Gershwin, George, 1898-1937.
Girl crazy. I got rhythm.
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Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989.
Annie get your gun. There's no business like show business.
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Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972.
Rose-Marie. Indian love call.
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WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Ford Motor Company.
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Video Artists International.
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| Note |
Title on enclosed leaflet: Mary Martin & Ethel Merman |
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Title on DVD container spine: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman: the Ford 50th anniversary show appearance |
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Title at IMDb: Ford 50th Anniversary Show |
| Standard No. |
089948429296 |
| Music No. |
4292 VAI |
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