Cast: Ethel Merman

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Ethel Merman. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

1963 · Movie · 154 min. · United States

Direction Stanley Kramer

Cast Spencer Tracy · Milton Berle · Sid Caesar · Jonathan Winters

Synopsis In It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963), a dying criminal reveals the location of hidden treasure to a group of strangers. This sparks a frenzied, cross-country race as greed takes over, with each participant resorting to outrageous schemes...

6.8

5K votes

6.8

5K votes

Alexander's Ragtime Band

1938 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

Direction Henry King

Cast Tyrone Power · Alice Faye · Don Ameche · Ethel Merman

Synopsis This send-up of ragtime song and dance begins in 1915 San Francisco when society boy Roger Grant decides to pursue popular rather than serious music.

6.5

106 votes

6.5

106 votes

Airplane!

1980 · Movie · 88 min. · United States

Direction Jim Abrahams · David Zucker · Jerry Zucker

Cast Robert Hays · Julie Hagerty · Leslie Nielsen · Lloyd Bridges

Synopsis Airplane! (1980) is a hilarious spoof of disaster films, following ex-fighter pilot Ted Striker, who must overcome his fear of flying to save the day. When food poisoning incapacitates the crew and passengers aboard a commercial flight, Ted, a nervous...

6.4

87K votes

6.4

87K votes

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Ethel Merman · Dan Dailey · Donald O´Connor · Marilyn Monroe

Synopsis Marilyn Monroe and an all-star cast are featured in Irving Berlin's tuneful depiction of the trials and triumphs of a veteran vaudeville family. The talented Donahue family has plenty of love to get them through the hard times - that...

6.1

712 votes

6.1

712 votes

The Art of Love

1965 · Movie · 99 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast James Garner · Dick Van Dyke · Miiko Taka · Elke Sommer

Synopsis Painter Paul Sloan (Dick Van Dyke) feels he's a failure, since nobody will buy his paintings. His art dealer informs him, that the works of an artist become much more wanted and valuable if the artist is dead. Therefore, Paul,...

5.6

138 votes

5.6

138 votes

That Girl (TV Series)

1965 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Sam Denoff · Bill Persky · Hal Cooper · John Rich

Cast Marlo Thomas · Ted Bessel · Ruth Buzzi · George Carlin

Synopsis TV Series (1965-1971). 5 Seasons. A beloved and landmark television series — and the first to spotlight a young female character taking charge of her life — “That Girl” premiered in 1965 to both critical acclaim for the show, and...

5.5

25 votes

5.5

25 votes

Call Me Madam

1953 · Movie · 114 min. · United States

Direction Walter Lang

Cast Ethel Merman · Donald O´Connor · Vera-Ellen · George Sanders

Synopsis Washington hostess Sally Adams becomes a Truman-era US ambassador to a European grand duchy.

5.5

29 votes

5.5

29 votes

Anything Goes

1936 · Movie · 106 min. · United States

5.2

40 votes

5.2

40 votes

Stage Door Canteen

1943 · Movie · 132 min. · United States

Direction Frank Borzage

Cast William Terry · Cheryl Walker · Sunset Carson · Lon McCallister

Synopsis The greatest collection of stars in an "All Out for Victory" musical blockbuster. The story is a simple soldier-meets-USO-girl love story, but what a supporting cast! Katharine Hepburn, Helen Hayes, George Raft, Paul Muni, Harpo Marx, Ed Wynn, Edgar Bergen...

5.0

199 votes

5.0

199 votes

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Straight Place and Show

1938 · Movie · 68 min. · United States

Direction David Butler

Cast The Ritz Brothers · Richard Arlen · Ethel Merman · Phyllis Brooks

Synopsis The Ritz Brothers go to the race track. They raise training end entrance money in a wrestling match and help a young man train the horse of his fiancée.

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We're Not Dressing

1934 · Movie · 74 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Bing Crosby · Carole Lombard · George Burns · Gracie Allen

Synopsis Beautiful high society type Doris Worthington is entertaining guests on her yacht in the Pacific when it hits a reef and sinks. She makes her way to an island with the help of singing sailor Stephen Jones. Her friend Edith,...

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Kid Millions

1934 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Eddie Cantor · Ann Sothern · Ethel Merman · George Murphy

Synopsis A musical comedy about a Brooklyn boy (Eddie Cantor) who inherits a fortune from his archaeologist father, but has to go to Egypt to claim it.

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Strike Me Pink

1936 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Eddie Cantor · Ethel Merman · Sally Eilers · Harry Parke

Synopsis After helping a numbskull graduate college, a nebbish blunders into a job running an amusement park. There he wards off a variety of con artists and other miscreants while he pursues a nightclub singer.

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Direction Michael Winner

Cast Madeline Kahn · Bruce Dern · Art Carney · Phil Silvers

Synopsis In 1924 Estie comes to Hollywood to become an actress, but the dog, that followed her becomes the star. But Hollywood has its own rules of sucess.

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Happy Landing

1938 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Roy Del Ruth

Cast Sonja Henie · Don Ameche · Jean Hersholt · Ethel Merman

Synopsis The Bride's Fair in a small Norwegian village is interrupted by the forced landing of Jimmy Hall and Duke Sargent, two Americans lost - really, really lost - while flying from New York to Paris. Jimmy is the manager of...

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Follow the Leader

1930 · Movie · 76 min. · United States

Direction Norman Taurog

Cast Ed Wynn · Ginger Rogers · Stanley Smith · Lou Holtz

Synopsis Crickets is the cheery, lovable chef at gangland's favorite restaurant and, inadvertently ( and barely explainable), he becomes a hero in their eyes and becomes their unwilling leader. A romance between Mary Brennan and Jimmie Moore is put on hold...

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Not rated