3 Movies Starring Esther Williams

Neptune's Daughter

Neptune's Daughter

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-06-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

95 min

IMDB Ratings:

6.4 (852 Reviews)

Director:

Edward Buzzell

Cast:

Writer:

Dorothy Kingsley (screenplay)

Ray Singer (additional dialogue)

Dick Chevillat (additional dialogue)

Fullplot:

Scatterbrained Betty Barrett mistakes masseur Jack Spratt for Jose O'Rourke, the captain of the South American polo team. Spratt goes along with the charade, but the situation becomes more complicated when they fall in love. Meanwhile, Betty's sensible older sister Eve fears Betty's heart will be broken when Jose returns to South America. She arranges to meet with the real O'Rourke and love soon blossoms between them as well.

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-04-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

93 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.8 (2043 Reviews)

Director:

Busby Berkeley

Cast:

Writer:

Harry Tugend (screenplay)

George Wells (screenplay)

Gene Kelly (story)

Stanley Donen (story)

Fullplot:

The Wolves baseball team gets steamed when they find they've been inherited by one K.C. Higgins, a suspected "fathead" who intends to take an active interest in running the team. But K.C. turns outs to be a beautiful woman who really knows her baseball. Second baseman Dennis Ryan promptly falls in love. But his playboy roommate Eddie O'Brien has his own notions about how to treat the new lady owner and some unsavory gamblers have their own ideas about how to handle Eddie.

Million Dollar Mermaid

Million Dollar Mermaid

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1953-04-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

115 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (828 Reviews)

Director:

Mervyn LeRoy

Cast:

Writer:

Everett Freeman (screenplay)

Fullplot:

Million Dollar Mermaid tells the story of Australian swimming sensation Annette Kellerman, who overcame childhood polio to go on and achieve fame as a professional swimmer and film star in the early decades of the 20th century. At the same time, she scandalized the world by wearing a one-piece bathing suit on public beaches long before the style was accepted in polite company, and made waves in other ways as well. The story was a perfect vehicle decades later to showcase the star quality of Esther Williams in the 1950s, and Kellerman's moniker was picked up by Life Magazine when it named Ms. Williams the "Million Dollar Mermaid" herself.

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