"a profit of $243,000. After the film was released, it was reported Mervyn Le Roy met with Kellerman to discuss a sequel, that would cover Kellerman's career as a film star and her wartime work for the Red Cross. However no sequel was made. On October 6, 2009, Turner Entertainment released ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" on DVD as part of the Esther Williams Spotlight Collection, Volume 2. The 6 disc set was a follow up to the company's Esther Williams Spotlight Collection, Volume 1, and contains digitally remastered versions of several of Williams's films including ""Thrill of a Romance"" (1945), ""Fiesta"""
"(1947), ""This Time for Keeps"" (1947), ""Pagan Love Song"" (1950) and ""Easy to Love"" (1953). The film is recognized by American Film Institute in these lists: The movie and its star are referenced in ""Hail, Caesar!"" Million Dollar Mermaid Million Dollar Mermaid (also known as The One Piece Bathing Suit in the UK) is a 1952 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer biographical musical film of the life of Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman. It was directed by Mervyn LeRoy and produced by Arthur Hornblow Jr. from a screenplay by Everett Freeman. The music score was by Adolph Deutsch, the cinematography by George Folsey and"
"star, Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of MGM scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film, and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in ""A Guy Named Joe"", Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as ""aquamusicals"", which featured elaborate performances with synchronized swimming and diving. In 1952, Williams appeared in her only biographical role, as Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman in ""Million Dollar Mermaid"", which went on to become her nickname while at MGM. Williams left MGM in 1956 and appeared in a"
"a study of 3,000 women, Dudley A. Sargent of Harvard University dubbed her the ""Perfect Woman"" because of the similarity of her physical attributes to the Venus de Milo. Kellermann's large collection of costumes and theatrical memorabilia was bequeathed to the Sydney Opera House. Today, many of her original costumes and personal items are held by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, Australia. She was portrayed by Esther Williams in the film ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" (1952), and Kellermann's name is on a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on Hollywood Boulevard. An award-winning Australian documentary called ""The Original Mermaid"", which"
"Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film, and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in ""A Guy Named Joe"", Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as ""aquamusicals,"" which featured elaborate performances with synchronised swimming and diving. From 1945 to 1949, Williams had at least one film listed among the 20 highest-grossing films of the year. In 1952, Williams appeared in her only biographical role, as Australian swimming star Annette Kellerman in ""Million Dollar Mermaid"", which"
"Fox Film Corporation, ""A Daughter of the Gods"" was the first million-dollar film production. Like many of Kellermann's other films, this is now considered a lost film as no copies are known to exist. The majority of Kellermann's films had themes of aquatic adventure. She performed her own stunts including diving from 92 feet into the sea and 60 feet into a pool of crocodiles. Many times she would play mermaids named Annette or variations of her own name. Her ""fairy tale films"", as she called them, started with ""The Mermaid"" (1911), in which she was the first actress to"
"made three films with Williams before. A film unit left MGM on 21 August 1948 to shoot second unit at Sun Valley. Ricardo Montalban was announced as the third lead. Filming was pushed back when Williams fell pregnant. Then it was announced Cummings and Janet Leigh would support Williams and Johnson. These roles would be played by John Lund (borrowed from Paramount) and Paula Raymond. In her autobiography, ""Million Dollar Mermaid"", Williams called this a ""re-hash of the Esther Williams formula: the mismatched lovers plot. It was enough to give one a case of cinematic deja vu."" This marked Eleanor"
"indecent to be worn in public. Hollywood endorsed the new glamour with films such as ""Neptune's Daughter"" (1949) in which Esther Williams wore provocatively named costumes such as ""Double Entendre"" and ""Honey Child"". Williams, who also was an Amateur Athletic Union champion in the 100 meter freestyle (1939) and an Olympics swimming finalist (1940), also portrayed Kellerman in the 1952 film ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" (titled as ""The One Piece Bathing Suit"" in UK). Swimwear of the 1940s, 50s and early 60s followed the silhouette mostly from the early 1930s. Keeping in line with the ultra-feminine look dominated by Dior, it"
"two films, ""Pagan Love Song"" (also 1950) and later ""Jupiter's Darling"" (1955). They both had cameos in the film ""Callaway Went Thataway"" (1951). In ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" (1952), Williams portrayed Annette Kellermann, a real-life Australian swimming and diving star. Williams co-starred with Victor Mature, who played Kellermann's husband and manager, James Sullivan. The two engaged in a passionate affair during filming. Williams often called this her favorite film, and named her autobiography after it. Williams also won the ""Henrietta Award"" at the 1952 Golden Globes, for World Film Favorite – Female. ""Easy to Love"" (1953), also with Van Johnson, was"
"Million Dollar Baby (1941 film) Million Dollar Baby is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Released by Warner Bros., the film stars Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ronald Reagan, with May Robson and Lee Patrick. When wealthy American expatriate Cornelia Wheelwright (Robson) is informed by her longtime lawyers that her late father swindled his partner, Fortune McCallister, out of $700,000, she acts decisively. First, because James Amory is the only lawyer in the firm to be outraged by the injustice, she hires him and fires the rest of the firm. His first task is to locate all"
"the base storyline significantly. MGM studio head Dore Schary initially envisioned Esther Williams in June Allyson's role. According to her 2000 autobiography, ""The Million Dollar Mermaid"", Williams objected to Schary's casting suggestion, resulting in her suspension from the studio. Shortly after, on agent Lew Wasserman's advice, she left Metro after fourteen years. Eleanor Parker was later cast as Kay Hilliard but was replaced by June Allyson. Jo Ann Greer dubbed Allyson's ballad ""A Perfect Love"". According to MGM records the film earned $1,735,000 in the US and Canada and $1,025,000 elsewhere, resulting in a loss of $1,513,000. The film was"
"Mississippi Mermaid Mississippi Mermaid () is a 1969 French romantic drama film directed by François Truffaut and starring Catherine Deneuve and Jean-Paul Belmondo. Adapted from the 1947 novel ""Waltz into Darkness"" by Cornell Woolrich, the film is about a tobacco planter on Réunion Island in the Indian Ocean who becomes engaged through correspondence to a woman he does not know. When she arrives it is not the same woman in the photo, but he marries her anyway. Filmed in southern France and Réunion island, ""Mississippi Mermaid"" was the 17th highest-grossing film of the year in France with a total of"
"Mermaids (1990 film) Mermaids is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name written by Patty Dann. It was shot in and around the towns of Rockport, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lincoln and Pawtucket. The film is narrated by Charlotte Flax, a quirky and awkward 15-year-old girl living in Oklahoma with her single, eccentric mother, Rachel (whom she calls ""Mrs."
"to their daughter Yasmine in Montreal in the middle of the 1998 Ice Storm. Chung and Ross divorced in 2002, and Chung has sole custody of Yasmine. In 2003, Chung married music producer Jon Yen. They have two daughters, Jaden Chloe, born in August 2008, and Cayla Janie, born in February 2010. Chung and Yen divorced in 2011. In November 2016, Chung married actor Lunshuo Zhang. Chung currently resides in Beijing. She is now a restaurant owner. Christy Chung Christy Chung (born 19 September 1970) is a Canadian actress and restauratrice. She is best known for starring in films ""Mermaid"
"star Fan Bingbing as the mermaid, Kaya Scodelario as Marie-Joséphe, and William Hurt as Pere de Chaise (a character created for the movie). Filming was set to take place in Melbourne, Australia in April 2014, with two weeks of filming also planned in Versailles, France. Barry Berman, James Schamus, Laura Harrington, and Ron Bass wrote the screenplay. Sean McNamara (""Soul Surfer"") directed the film. The $40 million budget was co-financed by U.S. and Chinese sources. The film's rights were previously acquired by Universal's Focus Features, while international sales would be handled by Good Universe. On August 15, 2014, it was"
"The Mermaid (2016 film) The Mermaid () is a 2016 Chinese–Hong Kong fantasy romantic comedy directed, co-written, and produced by Stephen Chow. The film tells the story of a playboy businessman (Deng Chao) who falls in love with a mermaid (Lin Yun) who was sent to assassinate him. It was released in China on 8 February 2016. It broke numerous box office records, including biggest opening day and biggest single day gross through its seventh day of release, as well as having the biggest opening week of all time in China. It is the fourth-highest-grossing film of all time in"
"merpeople. ""The Mermaid"" was filmed from October 2014 to February 2015 in three locations, Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan; and then later in Beijing with the budget of US$60.72 million. Before the filming, confirmed cast members include Deng Chao, Show Lo, Zhang Yuqi, and newcomer Lin Yun was from a talent contest held specifically for ""The Mermaid"" in Shenzhen. Stephen Chow picked Deng Chao to play the film's lead male character Liu Xuan, even though Show Lo (who played Octopus in the film, and had previously worked with Chow in """") was also in the consideration. Chow explained that he ultimately"
"Million Dollar Baby Million Dollar Baby is a 2004 American sports drama film directed, co-produced, and scored by Clint Eastwood, and starring Eastwood, Hilary Swank, and Morgan Freeman. This film is about an underappreciated boxing trainer, the mistakes that haunt him from his past, and his quest for atonement by helping an underdog amateur boxer achieve her dream of becoming a professional. ""Million Dollar Baby"" opened to wide acclaim from critics, and won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture. Its screenplay was written by Paul Haggis, based on short stories by F.X. Toole, the pen name of fight manager and"
"handful of unsuccessful feature films, followed by several extremely popular water-themed television specials, including one from Cypress Gardens, Florida. Many of her MGM films, such as ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" and ""Jupiter's Darling"", contained elaborately staged synchronized swimming scenes, with considerable risk to Williams. She broke her neck filming a 115 ft dive off a tower during a climactic musical number for the film ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" and was in a body cast for seven months. She subsequently recovered, although she continued to suffer headaches as a result of the accident. Her many hours spent submerged in a studio tank resulted"
"as overjoyed at her good fortune as she imagines they would be, and rather resent her. As the last straw, her boyfriend tells her she's an Elsie Dinsmore and breaks it off with her. Pam finally decides on a course of action that makes her happy, as well as those around her. Million Dollar Baby (1941 film) Million Dollar Baby is a 1941 romantic comedy film directed by Curtis Bernhardt. Released by Warner Bros., the film stars Priscilla Lane, Jeffrey Lynn, and Ronald Reagan, with May Robson and Lee Patrick. When wealthy American expatriate Cornelia Wheelwright (Robson) is informed by"
"English writer June Roberts from the novel by Patty Dann, is a terribly gentle if wisecracking comedy about the serious business of growing up."" Mermaids (1990 film) Mermaids is a 1990 American comedy-drama film directed by Richard Benjamin and starring Cher, Bob Hoskins, Winona Ryder (who was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for best supporting actress for her role), and Christina Ricci in her first film role. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name written by Patty Dann. It was shot in and around the towns of Rockport, Gloucester, Ipswich, Lincoln and Pawtucket. The film"
"The Little Mermaid (2018 film) The Little Mermaid is a 2018 American live-action fantasy-adventure film inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen story of the same name. It is directed and written by Blake Harris, co-directed by Chris Bouchard, and produced by Armando Gutierrez and Robert Molloy. The film was released on August 17, 2018, by Netflix and AMC Theatres. The film has grossed over $2.316 million USD on a budget of $5 million. The story begins with an old grandmother telling her two granddaughters the story of ""The Little Mermaid"". Despite their young ages, the girls don't believe in the"
"it was a box-office failure. Far more popular was a musical he made at MGM, ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" with Esther Williams, a biopic of Annette Kellermann, playing Kellermann's promoter husband. According to William's autobiography, she and Mature had a romantic relationship. Back at Fox, Mature was meant to be reteamed with Betty Grable in a musical, ""The Farmer Takes a Wife"", but the studio instead reassigned him to a comedy with Patricia Neal, ""Something for the Birds"". Back at RKO, Mature was meant to star in ""Split Second"", but instead was reteamed with Jean Simmons in the romantic drama ""Affair"
"Lin Yun Lin Yun (, born 16 April 1996), also known by her English name Jelly Lin, is a Chinese actress. She is known for her role as the female lead in the 2016 film ""The Mermaid"". Lin was born Fei Xia () in Huzhou, Zhejiang, on April 16, 1996. Her father, Fei Jianhua (), is a porter, and her mother is a housewife. She studied at the Huzhou No. 12 Middle School, and then attended a performing arts school in Beijing. At the age of 18 and with little acting experience, she was cast as the female protagonist in"
"The Mermaid (1965 film) The Mermaid is a 1965 Hong Kong Huangmei opera film. It was directed by Kao Li and produced by Shaw Brothers Studio, based on ""Yulan Ji"". Like most Huangmei opera films that she starred in, actress Ivy Ling Po portrayed a male character. Her co-star Li Ching portrayed two different characters, a human girl and a carp who transformed into her image. Zhang Zhen's family had fallen on hard times but remembering the bethrothal agreement between his father and the prime minister, Master Chin, he set off for his fiance's home. When he arrived, he was"
"heavy treasure chest telekinetically underwater but it is unknown if these abilities are exclusive to each. Mermaids (2003 film) Mermaids is a 2003 television film directed by Ian Barry and starring Serah D'Laine, Nikita Ager and Australian model Erika Heynatz as a trio of mermaid sisters who band together to avenge their father's death. The film is also known in other languages as ""Sereias"" (Brazil), ""Três Sereias"" (Portugal), ""Mermaids - Las sirenas"" (Spain), ""Oi treis gorgones"" (Greece), ""Seireenisiskokset"" (Finland), ""Sirènes"" (France), ""Sirenas"" (Argentina and Mexico), ""Русалки"" (Bulgaria and Russia), ""Sirene"" (Croatia), ""Mořské panny"" (Czech Republic), and ""Morské panny"" (Slovakia). Unscrupulous"
"The Million Dollar Mystery The Million Dollar Mystery is a 23-chapter film serial released in 1914, directed by Howell Hansel, and starring Florence La Badie and James Cruze. It is presumed lost. A prologue for ""The Million Dollar Mystery"" introduced the characters and groups. After the opening title card shows ""hundreds of hands"" grasping for the money and then a shot of the check for $10,000 the solver of the mystery is shown prior to the beginning of the first reel. Baby Florence is left at a boarding school with a note and half a bracelet instructing that her father"
"Mermaids (2003 film) Mermaids is a 2003 television film directed by Ian Barry and starring Serah D'Laine, Nikita Ager and Australian model Erika Heynatz as a trio of mermaid sisters who band together to avenge their father's death. The film is also known in other languages as ""Sereias"" (Brazil), ""Três Sereias"" (Portugal), ""Mermaids - Las sirenas"" (Spain), ""Oi treis gorgones"" (Greece), ""Seireenisiskokset"" (Finland), ""Sirènes"" (France), ""Sirenas"" (Argentina and Mexico), ""Русалки"" (Bulgaria and Russia), ""Sirene"" (Croatia), ""Mořské panny"" (Czech Republic), and ""Morské panny"" (Slovakia). Unscrupulous fisherman John Mallick and his assistant Carlo are fishing with soda bombs in open water to"
"A Millionaire for Christy A Millionaire for Christy is a 1951 comedy film directed by George Marshall, and starring Fred MacMurray and Eleanor Parker. The film is a screwball comedy, in which Christy Sloane (Parker) is a legal secretary from San Francisco who is sent to California to inform radio host Peter Lockwood (MacMurray) that he has just inherited $2 million. Christabel ""Christy"" Sloane (Parker) is a legal secretary in San Francisco whose desire for finer things is hampered by her desperate financial straits, causing her to lament to her coworker Patsy (Una Merkel) that she needs to find a"
"A Million to One (film) A Million to One is a 1937 American drama film directed by Lynn Shores and written by John T. Neville. The film stars Bruce Bennett, Joan Fontaine, Reed Howes, Monte Blue, Kenneth Harlan and Suzanne Kaaren. The film was released on March 3, 1937, by Puritan Pictures. Bennett is billed as Herman Brix, which was his given name and the one he used as an athlete while competing in football and the 1928 Summer Olympics. After his father wins the Olympic decathlon but is disqualified for being judged a paid professional athlete rather than an"
"Hollywood films such as Esther Williams' ""Million Dollar Mermaid"" made a home pool a desirable status symbol. More than 50 years later, the home or residential swimming pool is a common sight. Some small nations enjoy a thriving swimming pool industry (e.g., New Zealand pop. 4,116,900 [Source NZ Census 7 March 2006] – holds the record in pools per capita with 65,000 home swimming pools and 125,000 spa pools). A two-storey, white concrete swimming pool building composed of horizontal cubic volumes built in 1959 at the Royal Roads Military College is on the Registry of Historic Places of Canada. According"
"Mermaid. A Hungarian film, """", directed by Gábor Herendi, was released in 2017. The feature film presented Kincsem's history with fictitious details. The movie stood as the most expensive domestic movie with a combined cost of 3 billion forint. The Hungarian National Film Fund shared 2,078 billion forint from the total production cost. The movie was released in Hungarian cinemas on 16 March 2017 and was later shown at the Cannes Film Festival. Kincsem Kincsem (; Hungarian for ""My Precious"" or ""My Treasure""; March 17, 1874 – March 17, 1887) was a Thoroughbred race horse who has the most wins"
"said in ""Million Dollar Mermaid"", ""At that point, I really didn't know who I was. Was I that glamorous femme fatale?... Was I just another broken-down divorcée whose husband left her with all the bills and three kids?"" Shortly after reading the article, she contacted Grant. He called his doctor and made an appointment for her. Williams said LSD seemed like instant psychoanalysis. Esther Williams died in her sleep on June 6, 2013, from natural causes, in her Los Angeles home. She was 91. She was cremated, her ashes were scattered in the Pacific Ocean. Of her death CNN quoted"