Remembering Esther Williams...🥰 . Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley. George Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Be

Our first-ever poolside screening was the lavish Esther Williams musical NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER ('49) with Williams herself in attendance along with Betty Garrett and synchronized swimmers. It doesn't get more MGM than that! | Turner Classic Movies: TCM

"In November 1945, Esther Williams, celebrated for her groundbreaking aquatic roles in Hollywood musicals, married Ben Gage, a former radio vocalist and announcer, during an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles. Williams, then riding a wave of popularity following her star turn in Bathing Beauty (1944), found in Gage a partner who shared her love for sport and performance. The couple became fixtures of postwar California society, often photographed at poolside events and charity galas. Their union,