Million dollar mermaid [DVD] / M-G-M [presents] a Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer picture ; produced by Arthur Hornblow, Jr. ; screenplay by Everett Freeman ; directed by Mervyn LeRoy.
Title from container. Esther Williams, Victor Mature, Walter Pidgeon, David Brian, Donna Corcoran. Originally released as a motion picture in 1952.
Summary:
The story of 'the incomparable Annette Kellerman, ' an Australian swimming champion and water ballet artist who ends up performing in New York's Hippodrome. When Annette is younger, she hampered by cumbersome leg braces. She starts swimming to strengthen her legs and before long, a star is born. She swims and dives her way through the show-biz ranks, struggling to support her musician father and fighting a woman's battle between love and career.
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