Million Dollar Mermaid [VHS] Overview
Million Dollar Mermaid, starring the incomparable Esther Williams, is the story of "the incomparable Annette Kellerman," an Australian swimming champion and water ballet artist who went on to perform in New York's Hippodrome. We start off in Sidney, Australia, where a young Annette is hampered by cumbersome leg braces. She starts swimming to strengthen her legs and before you know it, a star is born. Annette swims and dives her way through the show-biz ranks, struggling to support her musician father and fighting every woman's battle between Love and Career. The highlight of Million Dollar Mermaid is a jaw-dropping water ballet production number that simply must be seen to be believed. Colored smoke! Trapezes! Water slides! Water starlets making floating stars with kicking legs! And, of course, Esther herself, surrounded by sparklers and swimming in all her mermaid glory. They don't make 'em like this anymore: this blast from the past is not to be missed. --Ali Davis
Customer Reviews
Million Dollar Mermaid by Esther Williams is better 'on film, and is the most successful attempt to create a combination of dramatic story ballet passable with water, which was crucial to the plot of the story.
Esther Williams plays the famous Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman, who has thrilled audiences in London and at the Hippodrome in New York, with its beautiful water ballets.
Williams is good as Kellerman, she seems to have the character well in hand. Never in any other image, the Williams show theirconsiderable interpretive skills. It 'very good swim here - both in their actions and in it.
Rounding out the cast is Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon (as his loving father), Donna Corcoran (as the young Annette) and David Brian.
There are elaborate costumes and sets great time. The entire production is flawless.
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