| Other author/creator | Robbins, Jerome choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Merman, Ethel performer. |
| Other author/creator | Martin, Mary, 1913-1990 performer. |
| Other author/creator | Allison, Fran, host. |
| Other author/creator | Tillstrom, Burr host. |
| Included Work | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Alexander's ragtime band. |
| Included Work | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Annie get your gun. There's no business like show business. |
| Included Work | Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific. I'm in love with a wonderful guy. |
| Included Work | Edwards, Gus, 1879-1945 By the light of the silvery moon. |
| Included Work | Von Tilzer, Harry, 1872-1946 Wait 'till the sun shines Nellie. |
| Included Work | Snyder, Ted, 1881-1965. Sheik of Araby. |
| Included Work | Woods, Harry, 1896-1970 When the red, red robin comes bob, bob, bobbin' along. |
| Included Work | Burnett, Ernie, 1884-1959. My melancholy baby. |
| Included Work | Monaco, James V., 1885-1945 You made me love you. |
| Included Work | Barris, Harry, 1905-1962 Mississippi mud. |
| Included Work | Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973 I cried for you. |
| Included Work | Kenbrovin, Jaan I'm forever blowing bubles. |
| Included Work | Carroll, Harry, 1892-1962 I'm always chasing rainbows. |
| Included Work | McHugh, Jimmy, 1894-1969. Every night at eight. I'm in the mood for love. |
| Included Work | Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986 I love a parade. |
| Included Work | Brown, Lew I'd climb the highest mountain. |
| Included Work | Henderson, Ray, 1896-1970 I'm sitting on top of the world. |
| Included Work | Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974 I can't give you anything but love. |
| Included Work | Ahlert, Fred E., 1892-1953 I'll get by. |
| Included Work | Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989. Call me madam You're just in love. |
| Included Work | Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. South Pacific. I'm gonna wash that man right out-a my hair. |
| Included Work | Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Anything goes. I get a kick out of you. |
| Included Work | Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Born to dance I've got you under my skin. |
| Included Work | Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Leave it to me! My heart belongs to Daddy |
| Included Work | Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Girl crazy. I got rhythm. |
| Included Work | Friml, Rudolf, 1879-1972. Rose-Marie. Indian love call. |
| Included Work | Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946. No, no, Nanette. Tea for two. |
| Included Work | Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986 Cotton club parade. Stormy weather. |
| Included Work | Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Love me tonight. Isn't it romantic. |
| Other author/creator | WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) |
| Other author/creator | WNBC-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.) |
| Other author/creator | Ford Motor Company. |
| Other author/creator | Video Artists International. |
| Variant title |
Title on enclosed leaflet: Mary Martin & Ethel Merman |
| Variant title |
Title on DVD container spine: Mary Martin, Ethel Merman: the Ford 50th anniversary show appearance |
| Variant title |
Title at IMDb: Ford 50th Anniversary Show |
| Partial 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. |
| Partial contents |
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 / Edwards, Madden -- Wait till the sun shines Nellie / Sterling, Von Tilzer -- I'm the Sheik of Araby / Smith, Snyder, Wheeler -- When the red red robin comes bob bob bobbin' along / Woods -- Melancholy baby / by Ernie Burnett and George Norton -- You made me love you / by James V. Monaco and Joseph McCarthy -- Mississippi mud / Barris, Cavanaugh -- I cried for you / Arnheim, Freed, Lyman -- I'm forever blowing bubbles / Kenbrovin, Kellette -- I'm always chasing rainbows / McCarthy, Carrol -- I'm in the mood for love / Fields, McHugh -- I love a parade / Arlen, Kohler -- I'd climb the highest mountain / Clare, Brown -- I'm sitting on top of the world / Henderson, Lewis, Young -- I got a feeling you're fooling / Brown -- I can't give you anything but love / Fields, McHugh -- I"ll get by / Turk, Ahlert -- You're just in love / Berlin -- I'm gonna wash that man right outa my hair / Rodgers, Hammerstein -- I get a kick out of you / by Cole Porter -- I've got you under my skin / Porter -- My heart belongs to Daddy / Porter -- I got rhythm / by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin -- Indian love call / by Rudolf Friml -- Tea for two / Caesar, Youmans -- Stormy weather / Arlen, Koehler -- Isn't it romantic? / Rodgers, Hart -- I got rhythm (reprise) / Gershwin -- There's no business like show business (reprise) / Berlin. |
| Abstract |
A segment from the Ford 50th anniversary show, in which Ethel Merman and Mary Martin perform songs, including medleys and duets. |
| 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). |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Broadcast live from the Center Theatre, Rockefeller Center, New York City, on June 15, 1953. |
| Biographical note | The Ford 50th anniversary show was a two-hour television special sponsored by Ford Motors and broadcast by NBC and CBS. |
| UPC |
089948429296 |
| Publisher number | 4292 VAI |