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.
This film was nearly impossible to view between its original theatrical release and its introduction to home video in the 1990s. It was broadcast once on network television in the late 1970s at 12:40am EST on The CBS Late Movie in a two-hour slot that necessitated cutting 21 minutes of footage.
James Sullivan:
Baby, somewhere along the line, we got our signals crossed. You've got it into your head that you're Joan of Arc. Well, get it out fast. You're a swimmer doing a tank act in Sullivan's water carnival, and not a bad show either.
Annette Kellerman:
And how long can it ...
Annette Kellerman (Esther Williams) tells the judge that her swimsuit "will cover the entire body except the *forearms* and the head." However, the swimsuit she exhibits in court and which she wears in the following scenes does not cover *any part of her arms*.
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