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Plot

If you've never seen a '40s singing, swimming musical this may be the one to catch. Featuring a mammoth cast, including such notables as Xavier Cugat, Basil Rathbone, Red Skelton, and Esther Williams, this is a swimming spectacular. The plot's quite thin: Skelton plays a lovesick songwriter who enrolls in a girls' school to stay near his new wife who ditched him shortly after the wedding bells rang and was hired on as the college's swim teacher. Of course Esther Williams is the beautiful swimming instructor who spends most of her time in the pool performing in a score of choreographed pieces.
MPAA Rating:
Not Yet Rated
Genre(s):
Comedy,Family,Musicals
Run Time:
101min.
Director(s):
George Sidney
Starring:
Red Skelton , Esther Williams , Basil Rathbone , Bill Goodwin , Ethel Smith
Themes:
Assumed Identities,Gender-Bending,Crumbling Marriages,Love Triangles
Tone:
Sentimental,Bright,Gentle,Stylized,Upbeat,Humorous,Light
Keywords:
executive,extramarital-affair,identity-switch,lookalike,love,music,romance,songwriter,spouse,swimming,teacher
Language:
English