Merman also appeared in a few of the "bouncing ball" sing-along cartoons put
out by Fleischer in the early 1930s. One of them contains a really sterling
rendering of "Time on My Hands," with Merman posed on the hands of a
gigantic clock.
Elizabeth Finkler
>From: "Yvonne Dechance" <ydechance@h...>
>>Several people have been discussing early recordings of Ethel Merman.
>
>For those of you who have access to the Classic Arts Showcase television
>broadcasts (not online but described at
>http://www.classicartsshowcase.org/)
>one of the video clips they show features a very young Ethel Merman. I
>believe she's in her teens or early twenties in the clip, and you can hear
>for yourself what Mark and others are talking about when they say how
>particularly fine her early singing was. I didn't recognize her for a
>moment
>the first time I saw the clip, but the core of her voice gave it away long
>before the credits came on screen.
>
>Just something to keep an eye (and an ear) out for,
>
>-y
>
>
>_Dr. Yvonne Dechance
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