ETHEL MERMAN "The Devil Sea" Paramount 1930

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Published 2013-10-17

Released Feb 27, 1931, copyrighted Feb 28, 1931
With Leslie Stowe. Merman is sad to hear that her lover has died in a shipwreck, but then hears that he is alive..Merman was very prolific at Paramount, making some dozen live shorts and Screensongs (Including four with Betty Boop.)

All Comments (3)

@butchfoot 3 years ago

What a great talent! I appreciate seeing these young Merman shorts, Thanks!
@ernieharburg1926 10 years ago

The songs Ethel Merman sings here are "Old Devil Sea" (music by Vernon Duke; lyric by EY "Yip" Harburg) and "Glory, Glory" (music by Johnny Green, lyric by Harburg). A couple of years after this short, Duke and Harburg would write the classic "April in Paris." Johnny Green wrote the music to several standards including "Body and Soul," "I Cover the Waterfront" and "Easy Come, Easy Go."