Bathing Beauty (1944)


Bathing Beauty
Release Date27 June 1944
Budget$2,000,000
TaglineM.G.M's Mammoth Technicolor Musical Spectacle!
GenreComedy, Musical
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsLakeside Country Club - 4500 W. Lakeside Drive, Toluca Lake, Los Angeles, California, USA
LanguageEnglish, Spanish, French
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassRomantic Comedy, Musical Comedy
MoodMood Enhancers
ThemesLove Triangles, Crumbling Marriages, Gender-Bending, Assumed Identities
TonesLight, Humorous, Stylized, Upbeat, Gentle, Bright, Sentimental
TagsExecutive, Extramarital Affair, Identity Switch, Lookalike, Love, Music, Romance, Songwriter, Spouse, Swimming, Teacher

Bathing Beauty is a 1944 musical starring Red Skelton, Basil Rathbone and Esther Williams and directed by George Sidney.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Steve Elliot

Caroline Brooks

George Adams

Bill Goodwin
Professor Willis Evans

Jean Allenwood

Dean Clinton

Carlos Ramírez
Himself

Ethel Smith - Music Teacher

Lina Romay
Herself

Harry James and His Music Makers
Themselves

Herself - Singer with Harry James and His Music Makers

Chester Klazenfrantz

Jacqueline Dalya
Maria Dorango

Francis Pierlot
Professor Hendricks

Ann Codee
Mme. Zarka

Mrs. Allenwood

Bunny

Janis

Himself - Leader of Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra

Himself - Leader of Harry James and His Music Makers

Miss Hanney - Faculty Secretary

Margaret Adden
Co-ed

Douglas Berle
Pedro

Karin Booth
Co-ed

Lucille Casey
Co-ed

Jesús Castillón
Guadalajara Trio Member

Showgirl

Donald Davis
Pablo

Linda Deane
Co-ed

Pat Dean
Swimmer

Dolores Dey
Co-ed

Elspeth Dudgeon
Miss Travers - Faculty Member

Bonnie Edwards
Co-ed

Sarah Edwards
Faculty Member

Herbert Evans
Backstage Manager

Alice Eyland
Co-ed

Dorothy - Tall Co-ed

Mary Ganley
Mary - Co-ed

Jane Green
Wife of Justice of the Peace

Betty Lou Hanson
Swimmer

Charmienne Harker
Co-ed

Mary Ann Hawkins
Specialty Swimmer

Jonathan - Gateman

Mr. Allenwood

Frank Holiday Jr.
Musician in "Alma llanera" Number

Jane Isbell
Western Union Girl

Co-ed

Captain of Waiters

Swimmer

Gloria Lake
Co-ed

Vicky Lane
Co-ed

Lamberto Leyva
Guadalajara Trio Member

John Lopez
Bellhop

Ann Lundeen
Co-ed

Co-ed

Alphonse Martell
Doorman

Beryl McCutcheon
Co-ed

Buddy Moreno
Buddy -Singer in "I'll Take the High Note" Number

Muriel Morris
Co-ed

Douglas Morrow
Stage Manager

Edmund Mortimer
Faculty Member

Helen - Co-ed

Cigarette Girl

Mary Perine
Co-ed

George Pitman
Musician in "Alma llanera" Number

Bob Priester
Musician in "Alma llanera" Number

Bertha Priestley
Fat Girl

Eloise Rawitzer
Singer in "I'll Take the High Note" Number

Danny Reilley
Pancho

Mildred Riley
Showgirl

Noreen Roth
Noreen - Co-ed

Mario Santos
Guadalajara Trio Member

Earl Schenck
Professor Nichols

Naomi Scher
Co-ed

Erin Selwyn
Co-ed

Almira Sessions
Miss Phillips

Mary C. Taylor
Water Ballet Performer

Ray Teal
Maitre d' at Adams' Club

Andrew Tombes
Justice of the Peace

Celia Travers
Sourface Chorus Girl

The Guadalajara Trio
Musicians in "Bim, Bam, Bum" Number

Harry Von Schloeten
Musician in "Alma llanera" Number

Sarah Wallace
Showgirl

Allan Watson
Musician in "Alma llanera" Number

Constance Weiler
Co-ed

Joe Yule
Bartender

Director

Writer

Kenneth Earl

M.M. Musselman

Curtis Kenyon

Joseph Schrank

Allen Boretz

Frank Waldman

Producer

Jack Cummings
producer

Cinematographer

Harry Stradling Sr.

Editor

Blanche Sewell
-

Art Director

Stephen Goosson
-

Merrill Pye
-

Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
-

Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup designer

Ben Libizer
makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Sandy Ross
assistant director

George Ryan
assistant director

Herman E. Webber
assistant director

Art Department

McLean Nisbet
associate set decorator

Sound Department

recording director

William Edmondson
production sound mixer

Frank McKenzie
sound effects editor

Ralph Shugart
sound re-recording mixer

Stunts

Gil Perkins
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Sam Leavitt
camera operator

Ted Weisbarth
director of photography: Water Ballet sequence

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Kay Dean
associate costume supervisor

costume supervisor

costume designer: water ballet costumes

Music Department

Ted Duncan
orchestrator

Johnny Green
musical director, music supervisor

Calvin Jackson
orchestrator

Johnny Thompson
orchestrator

Other Crew

dance director

John Murray Anderson
water ballet

Merwin Daynes
assistant technical director

Jack Donohue
dance director

Henri Jaffa
associate technicolor color director

Natalie Kalmus
technicolor color director

gag consultant

Edith Motridge
swimming double: Esther Williams

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.

Loew's

Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

MGM/UA Home Entertainment

ClassicLine

Loew's

Warner Home Video






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