Mary Martin & Ethel Merman (vaimusic.com)

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Mary Martin & Ethel Merman sing The Legendary Duet (excerpt)
From: VAI DVD 4292 Mary Martin & Ethel Merman

The famed 1953 television special celebrating the Ford Motor Company's 50th anniversary brought together two of the greatest leading ladies Broadway has ever known. The highlight of the program is Merman and Martins 13-minute duet medley, where they sing the songs that made them famous, plus much more. On their own, Merman sings Alexanders Ragtime Band and Mademoiselle from Armetières and Martin performs a brilliantly comic routine about changes in fashion over the first half of the 20th century.
27 minutes.
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[ferrierepc]

I don't think it is fair to put Mary Martin down, as she had der hits, and sang more, shall I say, soothingly than Ehtel, who was great! Mary did 'South Pacific, Peter Pan, Sound of Music, plus so many more. Look it up on WIKI. She did not, as someone below said, end up in South America as a bore doing 'philosophical' work, and I think you meant, 'philanthropic', work, which, unless one is a part of the GOP, is usually applauded.

[kevinnlop]

Ethel Merman is just amazing!!!! What a voice. A true American treasure.

[neilnsue]

I was very pleased to see these videos posted-I remember seeing this show live so many years ago. So thank you!

[chattymagpie1210]

@davedave9103 Such a pity. The irony of it is that Mary Martin got a Kennedy Center Honor. Not saying that she didn't deserve it. She was quite the performer herself.

[davedave9103]

@chattymagpie1210 I agree that Merman should have gotten a Kennedy Center Honor---she would have no doubt if she hadn't gotten ill in 1982 and died in 1984. The Kennedy Center Awards began in 1978--she would have received one most likely around the time she took ill.

[kylemcgrath14]

What was the song that Ethel opened with?

[MickeyLovesJudy]

amazing!

[boyinlalaland]

I love them both, but I love love love Mary Martin!!!!!!

[drsunshine1959]

Wow - real singers, singing live and without mics, each with a thoroughly unique and distinctive voice, not resorting to profanity or mean spirited humor, and who didn't call in sick at least once a week. Take a good look and weep, because this Broadway is as dead as the dinosaurs...and it's a damn tragedy.

[SFHndymn]

@Jayee123 Ethel started before theaters all had audio amplification. Singers were trained to always keep their face turned straight forward so their voice would carry to all parts of the theater.

[chattymagpie1210]

These two ladies were legends! I find that when they sing together, it's quite harmonious and pleasant. One's an alto and the other a "belting" soprano. These two were stars in their day.

I would like to say that I definitely think that Ethel should've gotten and deserved a Kennedy Honors - it was her that brought a lot of musicals into popularity and basically contributed almost all her life to musical theater.

[hsdscsds]

great