Remembering Esther Williams...🥰 . Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and the choreography by Busby Berkeley. George Folsey received a 1953 Oscar nomination for Be

"In November 1945, Esther Williams, celebrated for her groundbreaking aquatic roles in Hollywood musicals, married Ben Gage, a former radio vocalist and announcer, during an intimate ceremony in Los Angeles. Williams, then riding a wave of popularity following her star turn in Bathing Beauty (1944), found in Gage a partner who shared her love for sport and performance. The couple became fixtures of postwar California society, often photographed at poolside events and charity galas. Their union,