Bathing Beauty

Bathing Beauty (1944)

  • 71% of users liked it
    (753 ratings)

If you've never seen a '40s singing, swimming musical this may be the one to catch. Featuring a mammoth cast, including such notables as Xavier Cugat, Basil Rathbone, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams, this is a swimming spectacular. The plot's quite thin: Skelton plays a lovesick… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Dorothy Kingsley
Genres
Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
In Theaters
Jun 27, 1944 Wide
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Critic Reviews

  • Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

    Director George Sidney has all the oomph and vulgarity required, but he can't do anything about Red Skelton, who takes up way too much time and space.

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  • Universal D


    i know what you're thinking:"looks like a big, fat, and old (released in 1944!) marshmellow!" and you wouldn't be far wrong, but this still manages to be one tasty 64 year old campfire treat. first off, the plot: (and who really cares?) silly campus hijinks ensue… More

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