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Pagan Love Song ** (1950, Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Rita Moreno) – Classic Movie Review 12,794

MGM’s 1950 Technicolor romantic musical film Pagan Love Song stars high-spirited Esther Williams and Howard Keel, with the 19-year-old Rita Moreno in her first major role. Director Robert Alton’s 1950 MGM American Technicolor romantic musical […]

Jan, 14

Skirts Ahoy! *** (1952, Esther Williams, Vivian Blaine, Joan Evans) – Classic Movie Review 12,291

Star power. Esther Williams said she disliked MGM’s original ‘cotton sleeveless T-shirt’ swimsuits and designed her own swimsuit for Skirts Ahoy! (1952) and then persuaded the director of the US Navy to make it their […]

Aug, 30

On an Island with You ** (1948, Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Xavier Cugat, Leon Ames, Marie Windsor) – Classic Movie Review 11,515

Director Richard Thorpe’s 1948 musical Technicolor romantic comedy film On an Island with You stars Esther Williams, Peter Lawford, Jimmy Durante, Ricardo Montalban, Cyd Charisse, Xavier Cugat, Leon Ames and Marie Windsor. MGM’s colourful, escapist musical concerns a swimming […]

Aug, 25

Neptune’s Daughter *** (1949, Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalbán, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn, Xavier Cugat, Mel Blanc) – Classic Movie Review 11,508

Director Edward Buzzell’s 1949 Technicolor musical romantic comedy film Neptune’s Daughter is a pleasing MGM Esther Williams aquatic musical, memorable for the Oscar-winning song, ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ (Frank Loesser), sung by Esther Williams and […]

Aug, 23

Bomba and the Jungle Girl ** (1952, Johnny Sheffield, Karen Sharpe, Walter Sande) – Classic Movie Review 11,014

‘Jungle-clad princess… man-killing monsters… in land of screaming terror!’ The 1952 Monogram Pictures black and white adventure film Bomba and the Jungle Girl is written and directed by Ford Beebe and again stars Johnny Sheffield, […]

Mar, 12

Easy to Wed *** (1946, Van Johnson, Esther Williams, Lucille Ball, Keenan Wynn) – Classic Movie Review 9893

You must remember this? Socialite brings libel case against a newspaper editor who can’t marry until he gets a reporter buddy to compromise her. Director Edward Buzzell’s 1946 Easy to Wed is MGM’s glossy, popular Technicolor […]

Jun, 11

Million Dollar Mermaid ** (1952, Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian) – Classic Movie Review 9373

Director Mervyn LeRoy’s 1952 MGM Technicolor musical Million Dollar Mermaid [The One Piece Bathing Suit] is a wet and washed-out biography of Annette Kellermann [Kellerman] (6 July 1887 – 6 November 1975), the turn-of-the-last-century champion […]

Feb, 12

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