List of the best Esther Williams movies: Duchess of Idaho(1950), Million Dollar Mermaid(1952), Dangerous When Wet(1953), On an Island With You(1948), Fiesta(1947), This Time for Keeps(1947), Pagan Love Song(1950), Skirts Ahoy!(1952), The Big Show(1961), Thrill of a Romance(1945), The Hoodlum Saint(1946), Bathing Beauty(1944) ... ...
6.6/10
Romance
USA
1950
98 Minutes
Esther Williams Van Johnson John Lund Paula Raymond Clinton Sundberg Connie Haines Mel Torme Amanda Blake Tommy Farrell Sig Arno Dick Simmons
secretary dancer playboy band leader boss charming emotional amusing chicago sun valley, idaho office dance hall set-up roommates workplace romance love triangle misunderstanding dancing competition love pursuit
Ellen Hallet is in love with her playboy boss, Douglas Morrison, but is too timid to do anything about it. To help her, her roommate Chris decides to step in and devises a plan. Chris ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Biography
USA
1952
115 Minutes
Annette Kellerman
Esther Williams Victor Mature Walter Pidgeon David Brian Donna Corcoran Jesse White Maria Tallchief Howard Freeman Charles Watts Wilton Graff Frank Ferguson
dancer swimmer annette kellerman father charming gutsy inspiring spirited london australia united states synchronized swimming love triangle moving sexism prejudice sports underdog transformation growing up
Biopic of Australian swimming champ and entertainer Annette Kellerman. After overcoming polio, Kellerman achieves fame and creates a scandal when her one-piece bathing suit is considered indecent.
6.3/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1953
95 Minutes
Esther Williams Fernando Lamas Jack Carson Charlotte Greenwood Denise Darcel William Demarest Donna Corcoran Barbara Whiting Bunny Waters Henri Letondal Paul Bryar
salesman swimmer frenchman farmer beautiful woman amusing campy charming lighthearted english channel farm france swimming farming cartoons love triangle love growing up rivalry 1950s
A young woman enters a contest to be the first to swim the English Channel.
6.1/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1948
107 Minutes
Esther Williams Peter Lawford Ricardo Montalban Jimmy Durante Cyd Charisse Leon Ames Kathryn Beaumont Dick Simmons Marie Windsor Arthur Walsh Nina Ross
movie star lieutenant assistant director actor dancing girl orchestra conductor winsome playful rousing hawaii movie set deserted island romantic dilemma filmmaking dancing kidnapping love triangle dream vs. reality pursuit rivalry
While shooting on location in the South Pacific, a movie star is pursued by a handsome Naval officer who is convinced she is the girl for him.
5.9/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1947
104 Minutes
Esther Williams Akim Tamiroff Ricardo Montalban John Carroll Mary Astor Cyd Charisse Fortunio Bonanova Hugo Haas Jean Van Joey Preston Frank Puglia
bullfighter sister brother father mother composer amusing engaging mexico bullring household bullfighting brother/sister relationship deception disguise aspirations family quest transformation 1940s
When a matador leaves town to focus on his music, his twin sister takes on his identity in the bullfighting ring.
5.9/10
Musical
USA
1947
105 Minutes
Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Jimmy Durante Johnnie Johnston Dame May Whitty Sharon McManus Dick Simmons Mary Stuart Ludwig Stossel Dorothy Porter Nella Walker
soldier synchronized swimmer opera singer suitor bodyguard parent lighthearted amusing emotional theater swimming pool city michigan island show business synchronized swimming father/son relationship determination love rivalry
Expected to follow his opera star father into the business, but discontent with his life; a young man pursues a career in popular music and romances the aquatic-ballet dancer he met during his time in the service.
5.8/10
Musical, Romance
USA
1950
76 Minutes
Mimi Bennett
Esther Williams Howard Keel Rita Moreno Minna Gombell Charles Mauu Philip Costa Dione Leliani Marcelle Corday
A man from Ohio inherits a coconut plantation and falls in love with a half-American, half-Tahitian beauty. Song-and-swim musical ensues in the tropical paradise.
5.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1952
109 Minutes
Esther Williams Joan Evans Vivian Blaine Barry Sullivan Keefe Brasselle Dean Miller Margalo Gillmore Jeff Donnell Thurston Hall Russell `Bubba' Tongay Kathy Tongay
Three young ladies sign up for some kind of training at a naval base. However, their greatest trouble isn't long marches or several weeks in a small boat, but their love life.
5.6/10
Drama
USA
1961
113 Minutes
Esther Williams Cliff Robertson Nehemiah Persoff Robert Vaughn Margia Dean David Nelson Carol Christensen Kurt Fecher Renata Mannhardt
father son brother fiancée animal trainer circus performer brooding germany tent backstage countryside circus family love triangle sibling rivalry father/son relationship transformation sacrifice 1960s
The owner of a German traveling circus is power-mad and exploits everyone in his path, including his family.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1945
104 Minutes
Van Johnson Esther Williams Lauritz Melchior Frances Gifford Henry Travers Spring Byington Carleton G. Young Helene Stanley Donald Curtis Billy House Ethel Griffies
swimming instructor businessman war hero opera singer hotel manager husband lighthearted charming sierra nevada mountains resort wilderness los angeles swimming pool love triangle marrying for money honeymoon newlyweds romance forbidden love adventure
A swim teacher and a wealthy businessman are married after a brief courtship. A charming war hero falls in love with this newly-married woman, after her husband abandons her on their honeymoon for the sake of a business meeting.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1946
92 Minutes
Kay Lorrison
A former reporter comes back home after serving in the army during World War I and finds that it's much more difficult to find work than he expected. Desperate, one day he crashes a wedding... See full summary »
Musical
1944
101 Minutes
Red Skelton Esther Williams Basil Rathbone Bill Goodwin Ethel Smith Jean Porter Donald Meek Nana Bryant Ann Codee Francis Pierlot Margaret Dumont
songwriter producer instructor college student professor wife lighthearted amusing witty endearing los angeles new jersey college wedding swimming pool classroom marriage schemes love triangle career vs. love
A goofy songwriter (Red Skelton) enrolls at a women's college to be near his aquatic sweetheart (Esther Williams).
6.8/10
Comedy
USA
1942
92 Minutes
Sheila Brooks
Lewis Stone Mickey Rooney Esther Williams Cecilia Parker Fay Holden Ann Rutherford Sara Haden Robert Blake William Lundigan Susan Peters
teenager father girlfriend friend sister teen boy cheery amusing playful small town household swimming pool street court family finance maturing small-town life romance law
Andy Hardy is about to graduate from high school and thinks he's pretty big stuff, so he hires a secretary, Kathryn Land. Kathryn and Polly Benedict, Andy's girlfriend, help him pass his ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Musical, Comedy
USA
1949
93 Minutes
K.C. Higgins
Gene Kelly Frank Sinatra Esther Williams Betty Garrett Edward Arnold Jules Munshin Richard Lane Tom Dugan Murray Alper Wilton Graff Mack Gray
baseball team owner baseball player entertainer gambler teammate girlfriend cheery madcap rousing baseball field locker room house theater gambling big break baseball love interest vaudeville song and dance rivalry
Two turn-of-the-century baseball players, who work in vaudeville during the off-season, run into trouble with their team's new female owner and a gambler who doesn't want them to win the pennant.
7.0/10
Fantasy
USA
1943
120 Minutes
Ellen Bright
Spencer Tracy Irene Dunne Van Johnson Ward Bond James Gleason Lionel Barrymore Barry Nelson Esther Williams Henry O'Neill Don DeFore Charles Smith
guardian angel pilot love interest commanding officer friend patriotic spirited england arizona military academy afterlife world war ii bombing jealousy mission love quest 1940s
A dead World War II bomber pilot named Pete Sandidge, becomes the guardian angel of another pilot, Ted Randall. He guides Ted through battle and helping him to romance his old girlfriend, despite her excessive devotion to Sandidge's memory.
6.5/10
Musical
USA
1946
110 Minutes
George Sidney William Powell Charles Walters Vincente Minnelli Judy Garland Fred Astaire Lucille Ball Fanny Brice Lena Horne
singer dancer actor actress comedian spirited spectacular charming lighthearted theater new york city song and dance show business love 1940s
The late, great impresario Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. looks down from Heaven and ordains a new revue in his grand old style.
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