TCM Greatest Classic Films: Legends - Esther Williams Vol. 1 (4FE)(DVD)
BATHING BEAUTY (1944) Esther Williams makes a big splash in her first starring role. She plays Caroline Brooks, a teacher at a women's college whose ex-fiancé (a wacky Red Skelton) enrolls to be near her. Featuring an astonishing flames-and-fountains aquatic finale. ON AN ISLAND WITH YOU (1948) A paradise for musical-comedy fans! Williams (in a series of swimsuits and sarongs) plays a film star on a tropical location shoot who gets entangled in a series of romantic mishaps. A multitude of real-life stars, including Peter Lawford, fill out the cast. NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949) The polo team's in town, and so is the fun for Williams, Ricardo Montalban, Red Skelton and Betty Garrett. Frank Loesser songs and one of Williams' greatest splash-happy finales light up this Oscar® winner from director Edward Buzzell and writer Dorothy Kingsley. DANGEROUS WHEN WET (1953) Legendary cartoon cat-and-mouse team Tom and Jerry join Williams in this lighthearted extravaganza about a girl who attempts to swim the English Channel and meets a dashing Frenchman (Fernando Lamas) along the way.
