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      • The movie was initially to be titled "The Co-Ed" with Red Skelton having top billing. However, once MGM execs watched the first cut of the film, they realized that Esther Williams ' role should be showcased more, and changed the title to "Bathing Beauty", giving her top billing and featuring her bathing-suit clad figure on the posters.
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  2. Bathing Beauty. While filming at Lakeside Pool on a cold January day, the swimmers went on strike unless director George Sidney stripped naked and went into the water. While performing poolside, bandleader Xavier Cugat draws a large caricature of himself, something he was well practiced in doing.

  3. 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.

  4. Trivia While filming at Lakeside Pool on a cold January day, the swimmers went on strike unless director George Sidney stripped naked and went into the water. Quotes

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    • Comedy, Musical
    • George Sidney
    • 1944-07
  5. Bathing Beauty - (Original Trailer) A songwriter enrolls in an all-girl school to court a pretty gym teacher in Bathing Beauty (1944), starring Red Skelton & Esther Williams.

    • George Sidney
    • Red Skelton
  6. Aug 14, 2020 · 1944’s Bathing Beauty didn’t win any awards for its screenplay or acting. (And rightly so.) But this implausible film is a pioneering work of art in its own right: Bathing Beauty introduced the world to the unique and graceful aquatic talents of Esther Williams.

  7. Feb 17, 2012 · Trivia for Bathing Beauty. In one sequence Red Skeltons character appears in a tutu. In a later interview, Red said it was uncomfortable because he had to have his chest, back and underarms shaved for this costume.

  8. Sep 3, 2014 · Bathing Beauty (1944) Although this wasn’t Esther Williams ‘ first movie (she had small parts in Andy Hardy’s Double Life (1942) and A Guy Named Joe (1943)), this was the first ESTHER WILLIAMS movie! She stars and swims and sets a pattern for most of her films to come.

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