Bathing Beauty (1944)
- Directed by
- George Sidney
- Genre
- musical film, romantic comedy, aqua-musical
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 33 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A songwriter enrolls in a women's college to win back his fiancée. The story mixes romance and water-themed musical numbers.
lightheartedwhimsicalbreezyplayfulromanticcolorfullivelyold-fashionedcampy
What happens
Bathing Beauty is a 1944 American musical romantic comedy film directed by George Sidney and starring Red Skelton and Esther Williams. Although this was not Williams' screen debut, it was her first Technicolor musical. The film's working title was Mr. Co-Ed, with Skelton having top billing. However, once MGM executives watched the first cut of the film, they realized that Williams' role should be showcased more, and changed the title to Bathing Beauty, giving her prominent billing and featuring her bathing suit-clad figure on the posters. The film is also Janis Paige's film debut. Afterwards Paige would go to Warner Brothers to make such films as Of Human Bondage, Hollywood Canteen, and Romance on the High Seas. In the late 1950s, Paige would return to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a few films. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Step Lively (1944)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.