Assertion: merman's opportunity | /r/CapableOf | work with songwriter irving berlin
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text: Alexander's Ragtime Band (1938) gave Merman her first opportunity to work with songwriter Irving Berlin, but the best number he wrote for her ("Time Marches On") wound up on the cutting room floor, and her otherwise solid performance did not lead to other good screen roles, so Merman permanently refocused her energies on Broadway.