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Jupiter's Darling: 1954
Esther Williams, star of silver screen and swimming pool who died yesterday at age 91, shown filming a scene for the underwater epic "Jupiter's Darling" in 1954. Photo by Earl Theisen and Robert Vose for Look magazine. View full size.
RIP Esther
Another actress from the Golden Era of Hollywood gone. God bless Esther Williams.
June 24, 2013 [error]
A full day of films by Williams on TCM.
CORRECTION: June 13, 2013 at 8:00 PM eastern time.
Sorry, glad I caught it in time!
Million Dollar Mermaid
The lovely Ms. Williams was Louis B. Mayer's answer to Sonja Henie. She had made the 1940 Olympic swimming team, but the Olympics were not held because of the war. MGM built a $250,000 pool to film her.
Hold Your Breath!
On one of the evening news programs last night in NYC, there was an interview (from some years ago) with Esther Williams. She related, in a very modest way, that she had the uncanny ability to hold her breath for long periods of time with very little effort.
Makes sense.... as you can see from the photo, she is very calm and relaxed. A natural ability put to a wonderful, entertaining use.
RIP, Esther! The heavenly pool is all yours today!
Fullback to Esther's back
The role of "Principal Swimming Statue" was credited to John Olszewski, perhaps the California football player who had recently been drafted by the Chicago Cardinals.
Musculature
Not in the statue, but in the gorgeous human: biceps and shoulder of right arm, taut right thigh, toes of right foot curled under metal apparatus, pointed left foot. Thank you, Dave, for noting the passing of this beautiful and elegant woman. (And, tterrace, for breaking the news yesterday in the comment on the pool photo.)
Hydro Testing
OK, that makeup and lipstick pass the waterproof test!
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