Director George Sidney’s “Bathing Beauty” (1944) is a delirious movie musical. It is, in many respects, an exemplar of the genre, and while It’s not the best, it ain’t bad. Sidney’s picture is ...
The MGM star, who recently died, single-handedly glamorized the water wear industry with rhinestones and metallic lame. By Erin Weinger Esther Williams Portrait - P 2013 This story first appeared in ...
Even her dog could swim. That’s one of my favorite memories from interviewing swimmer-turned-movie-star Esther Williams at her house in Beverly Hills in 1984. Williams, who died Thursday morning at ...
Answer Man thought the beauty contests were just a footnote, a mere bagatelle in the larger story he told in this space last week about how, until 1925, many Washingtonians used the Tidal Basin for ...
A new exhibition dedicated to all things swimming has opened at London’s Design Museum. It features everything from an Olympic gold medal to the red bathing suit Pamela Anderson wore in Baywatch.