Adult Audiovisual DVD - Mil
Esther Williams stars in this fictionalized biography of swimming star Annette Kellermann. Williams would carry this title as her nickname, while at MGM, and use it for her autobiography (this being one of her own favorite films). The synchronized swimming numbers here, choreographed by Busby Berkley, are memorable (notably recreated, in part, in the Coen Bros.' Hail, Caesar!). Williams broke her neck performing a high dive here; coming "as close to snapping my spinal cord and becoming a paraplegic as you could without actually succeeding" (she was in a body cast for seven months). She made several films after this (including Easy to Love, where she performed all of her waterskiing stunts while pregnant).
