Ethel Merman: A Life (51 page)

Happy Landing
(film)

Harnick, Sheldon

Harris, Marty

Harris, Radie

Harris, Sam H.

Hart, Lorenz

Harton, Robert

Hastings, Hal

Havoc, June

Hawkins, Goldie

Hayes, Helen

Hays, Robert

Hays, Will H.

Hayward, Leland

Hayworth, Rita

Hearst, William Jr.

Heiman, Marcus

Hellinger, Mark

Hello, Dolly!

Henderson, Ray

Henie, Sonja

Hepburn, Katharine

Herbert, Victor

Herman, Jerry

“He’s Me Pal,”

Hilliard, Bob

Hollywood:

Ethel’s disappointments with

Production Code in

Holm, Celeste

Holman, Libby

Holtz, Lou

Hoover, J. Edgar

Hope, Bob

“Hostess with the Mostes’, The,”

Howard, Eugene

Howard, Willie

Hunter, Ross

Hunter, Tab

Hutton, Barbara

Hutton, Betty

“I Get a Kick Out of You,”

“I Got Lost in His Arms,”

“I Got Rhythm,”

“I Got the Sun in the Morning,”

“I’ll Pay the Check,”

Irene

Irwin, Lou

“It’s a Lovely Day Today,”

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
(film)

“It’s De-Lovely,”

“It’s the Animal in Me,”

Jackson, Eddie

Jacobs, Morty

Jenkins, Allen

Jenkins, Gordon

Jergens, Adele

Jolson, Al

Jones, Jack

Joyce, Peggy Hopkins

Kahal, Irving

Kahn, Gus

Kander, John

Karnilova, Maria

Karr, Harold

Katz, Irving

Kaye, Danny

Kaye, Sylvia Fine

Kean, Jane

Kearns, Allen

Keith vaudeville circuit

Kelland, Clarence Dudington

Kelly, Grace

Kelly, Patsy

Kenley, John

Kermit the Frog

Kern, Jerome

Annie Get Your Gun

Stars in Your Eyes

Kerr, Walter

Kesler, Lew

Kid Millions
(film)

Kiernan, James

Kilgallen, Dorothy

King, Henry

Kiss Me, Kate

Kliesrath, Vic

Klugman, Jack

Knight, Eric

Korman, Tom

Kramer, Stanley

“Lady, Be Good!,”

“Lady Needs a Change, A,”

“Lady with a Song, A,”

Lahr, Bert

Lamas, Fernando

Lambert, Sammy

Landis, Carole

Lang, Walter

Lansbury, Angela

LaPlante, Laura

Larner, Lionel

Lasky, Jesse L.

Laurence, Paula

Laurents, Arthur

Lawrence, Gertrude

“Leader of a Big-Time Band, The,”

Leave It to Me!

Lee, Dixie

Lee, Gypsy Rose

Leigh, Vivien

LeMaire, Charles

Lemmon, Jack

LeRoy, Mervyn

Les Ambassadeurs, New York

Lesko, John

“Let Me Entertain You,”

“Let’s Be Buddies,”

“Let’s Do It,”

Levitt, Ethel Merman:

birth of

childhood of

children of

death of

as Ethel Jr.

as “Little Bit,”

and parents’ breakup

problems of

schooling of

Levitt, Robert

Army service of

death of

drinking

and Ethel’s career

and fatherhood

marriage of Ethel and

separations and divorce

Levitt, Robert Daniels Jr.:

birth of

childhood of

and Ethel’s later years

lifestyle of

and parents’ breakup

theater interest of

travels of

Lewis, Marcia

Lewisohn Stadium, New York

Liberto, Don

“Life Is Just a Bowl of Cherries,”

Liff, Biff

Lillie, Bea

Lindsay, Howard

Anything Goes

Call Me Madam

Happy Hunting

Red, Hot and Blue!

Little, Little Jack

“Little Lamb,”

“Little White Lies,”

Logan, Joshua

Lombard, Carole

Lombardo, Guy

London Paladium Theatre

Louisiana Purchase

“Love, Look in My Window,”

Luce, Clare Boothe

Lukas, Paul

Lyons, Leonard

Maggie Brown
(TV)

Mainbocher

“Make It Another Old-Fashioned Please,”

“Man I Love, The,”

Mansfield, Irving

Mantle, Burns

“Marching Through Berlin,”

Marie, Julianne

194 Marshall, Everett

Martin, Dave

Martin, Mary

Martin, Pete

Marx, Minnie

Matz, Peter

Maxwell, Elsa

Mayo, Archie

McCain, John

McCarten, John

McEvoy, J. P.

McGowan, Jack

McGregor, Edgar

McGuire, Paul

McHugh, Jimmy

McKechnie, Donna

McLean, Barbara

McMein, Neysa

Meadows, Audrey

Meadows, Jayne

Meeker, Charles Jr.

Meredith, Burgess

Merman, Ethel:

art collection of

autobiography of

birth of

building a career

career highlights of

childhood of

children of
see
Levitt, Ethel Merman

Levitt, Robert Daniels Jr. and comedy

death of

drinking

earnings of

either-or views of

as grandmother

health problems of

in later years

as “Little Ethel Zimmermann,”

marriages of
see
Borgnine, Ernest

Levitt, Robert; Six, Robert; Smith

William as Miss Birdseye of 1950

and motherhood

name of

nightclub act of

as opera fan

and parents,
see
Zimmermann, Agnes and Edward

policing the company

pregnancies of

public image of

and stardom

stenography skill of

style of

in symphony concerts

talent of

temper of

and Tony awards

toughness of

on TV and radio

vacations of

voice of

work habits of

Merman—An Autobiography

Merrick, David

Mesta, Perle

Middleton, Ray

Mielziner, Jo