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Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon

From the 1940s to the 1950s, swimming, singing, dancing star Esther Williams was MGMs top grosser, and MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID, directed by Mervyn LeRoy (GOLD DIGGERS OF 1933, SWEET ADELINE), is widely...( read more  read more... ) considered Williams's best work. In it, Williams stars in the real-life story of Annette Kellerman, Williams's predecessor as a professional swimmer who turned into a movie star. Kellerman is an Australian who battles her childhood physical handicap by swimming in the local pond. Kellerman soon becomes Australia's swimming champion and moves to Europe to compete in the big leagues. Arriving in England, she meets publicist James Sullivan (Victor Mature), who arranges for her to swim 17 miles across the Thames. For the next stunt, Sullivan has Kellerman appear in a one-piece suit in Revere, the beach closest to Boston. She is arrested for indecent exposure, but the scandal achieves the publicity necessary to start Kellerman's film career. With underwater sequences choreographed by Busby Berkeley, MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID is not to be missed.

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Unrated, 115 min.

Directed by: Mervyn LeRoy

Release Date: December 4, 1952

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DVD Release Date: July 22, 1992

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  • Ghw12158
    June 20, 2009
    Ghw12158
    this guy does it all
  • 01MovieMan
    May 12, 2008
    01MovieMan
    This is a good movie
  • turtleap
    June 23, 2007
    turtleap
    Everyone can enjoy this story. It is really neat, but I love older movies.
  • frecissimo19
    June 22, 2007
    frecissimo19
    If all this girls, I may say the movie is old but the ladys a gorgerous.
  • SDphotoggirl
    December 1, 2006
    SDphotoggirl
    Esther Williams is the goddess of the 'swmming muscial"...of course she is the only actress to make them. Great muscial numbers and a very good plot.
  • mrscobbler
    October 21, 2006
    mrscobbler
    Great classic movie!!
  • barelygotout
    June 16, 2006
    barelygotout
    Most amazing performance by Esther Williams. It would have to be, she practically broke her neck making this.

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