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Esther Williams was the undisputed queen bee of one of the most baffling Hollywood sub-genres: the Aqua Musicals of the 40s and 50s. No one rose out of the pool depths-with a smile, no less-quite like Williams. But who was she really? Competitive athlete? Pretty pin-up? Feisty feminist? Kept woman? Williams somehow managed to be, at different times in her life, all of these things and more. Let’s dive a little deeper into these facts about Esther Williams, Hollywood’s mermaid.
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@belagracie
@belagracie Месяц назад
I met her in 1980 at the old Cypress Gardens in Florida (it is now the home of Legoland). There was an Ester Williams pool shaped like the state of Florida at the edge of the big lake there. It was used in one of her movies. When we got finished touring the gardens, my mom and I were in the gift shop admiring the beautiful swimsuits they had for sale. I loved to swim but had a hard time finding a suit that fit (even at age 16, I had large “assets” and needed more support than the average swimsuit could provide). There was an older lady there touring the gift shop with a group of executives. She saw my mom and eavesdropped on our conversation. She suddenly strode over to us, said hello, and spotted the problem immediately. She looked me up and down, rifled through the suits on the rack for a second, then handed me a suit. It fit me perfectly and I wore it for the better part of a decade. I still own it, because how can you part with a swimsuit that Ester Williams chose just for you?!
@marsh443
@marsh443 Месяц назад
💐Wow, what a gr8 teenage memory, tkx for sharing👍👏
@wasserdagger
@wasserdagger Месяц назад
Lucky girl! ;-)
@karenhill3970
@karenhill3970 Месяц назад
​@marswh443 what a NEAT story!!!!my precious Mom loved Esther. Could almost swim just as good...I love her movies and THE ONE IS "So EASY TO LOVE" I think....one of my favorites...mom's too She & Daddy were stationed in Florida in 50's Mom LOVED CYPRESS GARDENS ...always talked about it . especially in summer when her movies would come on late show in Fort Worth,Texas...🇺🇸🇨🇱🦜🦜🦩🐬🐬🐠🐠🌊🌊please tell me is CYPRESS GARDENS complete ly gone is any left!???😢😮‍💨😮‍💨😔🙏🙏
@BuntingClipClop
@BuntingClipClop Месяц назад
Quite right! I would NEVER part with a swimsuit Esther Williams had chosen for me! What a moment of luck!
@annerohrbacker6097
@annerohrbacker6097 Месяц назад
Wow! That’s amazing!
@user-us5pv8zw3z
@user-us5pv8zw3z Месяц назад
Thank you for giving Esther Williams the credit she deserves as a world class swimmer and athlete. She was more than just a pretty face. She was a beast of endurance in the water.
@minxella12
@minxella12 Месяц назад
While I'm glad that she found happiness after two duds, I personally would have taken a pass on El Fernando. To me he asked way too much, insisting that she not have a career was part of the times but forsake the kids?! Ugh, ugh. She's lucky they forgave her.
@johnmarshall6271
@johnmarshall6271 5 дней назад
She should.have kept her mouth shut. Brad was a good dog...but Steadfast was much better.
@coryandersen3365
@coryandersen3365 Месяц назад
One small quibble - the word Lamé (as in gold lame) is pronounced lahmay. It's a french word and the final e at the end is pronounced.
@lindak7499
@lindak7499 Месяц назад
Yes, thank you. I can't imagine they would name a fabric "lame"! But, also Lana Turner was not pronounced "lanna" -
@wasserdagger
@wasserdagger Месяц назад
A few other mispronunciations I noticed the narrator made: Deborah Kerr's last name is pronounced "Karr," not "Curr," and Ricardo Montalban's last name is "MONtalbahn," not "Mont ALban."
@ittybittykittymama7582
@ittybittykittymama7582 Месяц назад
What else do you expect from 'artificial' intelligence?
@p.gilfry5623
@p.gilfry5623 Месяц назад
and it's inauspicious (in-aus-pi-cious) not inspicious. these narrators need to be checked for correct pronunciation.
@Eleivana777
@Eleivana777 Месяц назад
You beat me to it. Sometimes they use AI voices that mispronounce everything. But I thnk this narrator is just ignorant.
@rubychew6535
@rubychew6535 Месяц назад
No man is worth giving up your children.
@annsumner8570
@annsumner8570 Месяц назад
How many babies are removed from life, every day. Selfishness is a lot worse, nowadays.
@prioress
@prioress Месяц назад
It doesn't sound like she came from a family that valued children, being unwanted herself. So very sad.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 Месяц назад
....Or WOMAN.
@joycegreer9391
@joycegreer9391 Месяц назад
Yeah, I don't think he gave up HIS children.
@TxNWmn
@TxNWmn Месяц назад
I had no idea Esther Williams did such a thing... I knew of Vivian Leigh, but not Esther. I totally agree, no guy (that Argentine husband was no man, cause a MAN would never ask such a thing!) is worth leaving your children for. SMH.
@cameliawilks2049
@cameliawilks2049 Месяц назад
I was a young girl when I met Ester Williams. A new hotel in my hometown was having a grand opening. It had a large pool. She motioned for me to join her in taking a photo. I stood on the diving board next to her as photographers took photos. My family hoped my photo with her would be one that would be printed in our local newspaper. But it wasn’t. But I can still say I met her and had my photo taken with her.
@lrajic8281
@lrajic8281 Месяц назад
I used to swim in the Esther Williams Pool almost every day in the summer in the 60s. There was a plaque with the name of the pool. It was a basic Olympic sized pool. It was clean and had a huge building for changing. Not many amenities. But, oh, the great memories! We were 30 minutes from the ocean and Hollywood.
@janaleland9038
@janaleland9038 Месяц назад
Son--Lana Turner's name is pronounced "Lah-nah." And regarding Esther Williams' silver Lamé swimsuit--Lamé is pronounced "lah-may."
@nealebradford600
@nealebradford600 Месяц назад
You can always tell when a video is narrated by AI from the mispronounced words
@estellaclifford2608
@estellaclifford2608 Месяц назад
Yes, that mispronunciation was particularly jarring.
@joycegreer9391
@joycegreer9391 Месяц назад
There were several mispronounced words/names.
@shadowlouise
@shadowlouise Месяц назад
janaleland, Silver? I heard "gold." But it did say "lame." 7:50 Although the video did include footage of Esther wearing silver. (Lay-na Turner! Could anyone be that ignorant of one of the biggest stars EVER in the history of Hollywood? Maybe someone very young, but this is not human).
@mctrustsnoone3781
@mctrustsnoone3781 Месяц назад
It was Montalban “Mont-tale-bane” that go me, ugh.
@roxstix
@roxstix Месяц назад
True story. I had a traffic collision with Esther Williams in Long Beach in 1985. I didn't know it was her until her insurance agent told me.
@robinlanier6886
@robinlanier6886 Месяц назад
Wow! 😳
@harpersmythe658
@harpersmythe658 Месяц назад
Lah-na Turner, not Layna 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️
@coribird5177
@coribird5177 Месяц назад
Thank you
@timothymcnamara1631
@timothymcnamara1631 Месяц назад
There's a couple more words in this that made me think it's AI? Beulah is generally pronounced with the first syllable rhyming w You
@elizabethb.1693
@elizabethb.1693 13 дней назад
Correct
@yhwhtlc9217
@yhwhtlc9217 Месяц назад
I would never ever chose a man over my children...
@rsbkug3981
@rsbkug3981 Месяц назад
Met her in Atlantic City she jumped from a helicopter and was so friendly
@lindahughes2289
@lindahughes2289 Месяц назад
ESTHER was a stunning beauty AND could act too !
@toniacollinske2518
@toniacollinske2518 Месяц назад
I enjoy your videos. The frequent mispronunciations are really jarring.
@windycitykitty
@windycitykitty Месяц назад
yes, was going to say the same. LAAna Turner? Many of the RU-vidrs also do the same with the old stars. To my generation, these are household names. I guess these stars are pretty much forgotten today..... PS - Gold Lame (pronounced LaMAY, not lame).
@ambertrujillo8103
@ambertrujillo8103 Месяц назад
It drove me crazy. How hard is it to see how to pronounce names. It seems like he did some homework. I just can't understand it . Oh well sad for me.
@missmayflower
@missmayflower Месяц назад
@@ambertrujillo8103Well, he DID pronounce it phonetically. Since there’s only one n, the final vowel should cause the a to be pronounced as a long a. Lana is no longer a common name. Us old folks take it for granted. By rights, the name should have two n’s.
@rebeccao8895
@rebeccao8895 Месяц назад
It’s an artificial intelligence narration most likely
@annerohrbacker6097
@annerohrbacker6097 Месяц назад
Do they do that in order to get us to comment about it though? Possibly. lol
@lcarolynghearing854
@lcarolynghearing854 24 дня назад
Because of her I became interested n water ballet. I then taught my children how to swim and , as well, water ballet. Which benefitted us all as we had asthma. Had much admiration for Ms Williams, not only for her swimming and acting, but for her backbone…
@doberman1ism
@doberman1ism Месяц назад
Esther Williams was seated in her beautiful brown convertible Mercedes-Benz at a stoplight in Beverly Hills and she waved to me when I looked over at her. She was still a stunningly beautiful woman in the 1970s.
@BuntingClipClop
@BuntingClipClop Месяц назад
That really WAS fascinating! I adored Esther Williams as a teenager. Little did I know of the twists and turns, that horrific neck injury, the body cast for 6 months, the purpose built swimming pool...heavens! I found it engrossing! People are getting a little too bent out of shape about the mispronunciations, I think. Don't lose sight of the fact that there's someone out there making a show that you value watching because nobody else is doing it! Live and let live, guys, we're all on a learning journey.
@shadowlouise
@shadowlouise Месяц назад
BuntingClipClop, Why do you believe "we're all on a learning journey?" Are you suggesting someone is making note of the mispronunciations, and doing something about it? I would like to believe that. If it is true, our criticism of the mistakes is helping in furtherance of that goal. It is not necessarily true that we value watching a mess. I often refuse to watch an entire video because the mistakes are too irritating. I have seen others comment that they are walking out, too.
@cottoncandiez8872
@cottoncandiez8872 Месяц назад
​@@shadowlouise🙄 I see either two scenarios: Firstly, the mistakes are genuine and having so many people correct the mistake is both unneeded and less likely for him to correct in future out of stubbornness Secondly, they are put in place to garner comments as is the current pasttime of the day in which case you are encouraging
@karannetaylor3977
@karannetaylor3977 Месяц назад
Life is thee learning journey indeed, perhaps not for bunting clop clop though
@karannetaylor3977
@karannetaylor3977 Месяц назад
Sorry clop clop liked your comment and didn't like cotton candies shadow Louise's got names muddled there.
@karannetaylor3977
@karannetaylor3977 Месяц назад
Again cotton candies liked your comment but not shadow Louise's.
@armandoacevedo1922
@armandoacevedo1922 Месяц назад
Damn Esther Williams and her "gold, lame swimsuit!" (Seriously, does no one check pronunciation anymore?)
@annaquinn4810
@annaquinn4810 Месяц назад
Does no one?????? How about “doesn’t anyone”.
@ScrapWench0
@ScrapWench0 Месяц назад
@@annaquinn4810”does no one” is also correct.
@armandoacevedo1922
@armandoacevedo1922 Месяц назад
@@ScrapWench0 Thank you.
@dancingfilly7355
@dancingfilly7355 Месяц назад
Why should a guy who has no knowledge of fabrics think to check the pronunciation of a fabric???? Get over it!!
@shadowlouise
@shadowlouise Месяц назад
@@dancingfilly7355 That "guy" seems to be gender fluid. I am now hearing a female voice for the mechanical narrator. Neither of them can correctly pronounce fabrics nor the names of some of the most famous celebrities in Hollywood history. I'm surprised It doesn't refer to this star as "Easter Willy-ams."
@MamieVanDoren-yr6wn
@MamieVanDoren-yr6wn Месяц назад
She is lying. I knew and worked with Jeff he doesn’t deserve this BS. She was trying to sell her book. Jeff isn’t here to defend himself. But I am. RIP dear Jeff Chandler
@susanchase7880
@susanchase7880 Месяц назад
I'm of a mind to agree with Ms. VanDoren. Jeff Chandler never had any scandal attached to his name while in Hollywood. It's easy to tell nasty tails about the dead.
@57buickcentury
@57buickcentury 26 дней назад
Thank you Mamie!
@lindabeaton7488
@lindabeaton7488 20 дней назад
I read jeff chandler was a transvestite when he was dressed as a women and out on the town the LA cops informed the studios honest i believe it its all coming out now the stuff that went on oh kirk Douglas and more
@davegreene8588
@davegreene8588 12 дней назад
A lot of "what's coming out" is the result of literary incontinence.
@stormygayle9388
@stormygayle9388 21 день назад
i can’t count how many times i stayed up late to watch Ester Williams movies + the other Hollywood movies.. 🍿 this was in the late 50’s when TV came into our lounge rooms!
@CarolShook-yg9nn
@CarolShook-yg9nn Месяц назад
She was so talented she made swimming look beautiful and effortless
@LJ-ht4zs
@LJ-ht4zs 29 дней назад
Looking behind the curtain on celebrities can create appreciation or disgust - I feel that way about Esther Williams and Barbara Stanwyck in the negative, and very positive about Myna Loy and Lucille Ball in the + I have seen documentaries and read books written by them, and in Lucille Ball's case, read books about her and Desilu. Myra Loy, while at the top of her career when WWII broke out, devoted everything to the war effort - did not worry about her career or what she was losing out on by turning her back on the glamorous life and $. My appreciation goes very deep - of course I loved her in her movies with William Powell in the Thin Man series and I Love Lucy and always will.
@connierenna-xf9um
@connierenna-xf9um Месяц назад
Thanks, my mom mentioned her a lot when I was growing up, but, I had never known much about her, so I enjoyed hearing about her!!
@purplebutterfly7257
@purplebutterfly7257 Месяц назад
Wow the hydraulic lift and the deep deep pool sounds scary as scary can be. 😱
@sandisteinberg731
@sandisteinberg731 Месяц назад
Williams went to her house every evening and cooked dinner for her children staying to help them with their homework. Then she returned to the house she shared with Lamas. Very unorthodox, but she did not completely give up her children as you imply. I don't think many people could live like that but she made it work with her selfish and domineering husband.
@marsh443
@marsh443 Месяц назад
Old school latin male-focused, self-centered thinking...
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 Месяц назад
But, Wasn't SHE Selfish Also--To CHOOSE A Man Over Her Children? A Victim She Was Not...Except Of HER Own Choices.
@joycegreer9391
@joycegreer9391 Месяц назад
@@marsh443 Yup, typical macho man.
@tracylouiseletch9450
@tracylouiseletch9450 Месяц назад
Why people try to analyze or criticize others bothers me because opinions are usually so dull.
@joycegreer9391
@joycegreer9391 Месяц назад
@@tracylouiseletch9450 LOL
@sandisteinberg731
@sandisteinberg731 Месяц назад
Actress Deborah Kerr's name is pronounced Car.
@user-zr9nl2wl3o
@user-zr9nl2wl3o Месяц назад
Kerr is a Scottish surname and nobody in Scotland has ever pronounced it Carr. That was an affectation that according to Kerr was decided by Louis B Mayer.
@SandySaunders9142
@SandySaunders9142 Месяц назад
Like STAR.
@Swelte
@Swelte Месяц назад
How interesting. I love these mini docs so much!
@williamandrews4251
@williamandrews4251 Месяц назад
Lots of people gave birth at home in the 20s and 30s. My grandfather was from a wealthy family and was born at home and was delivered by a midwife.His father was Doctor.
@ittybittykittymama7582
@ittybittykittymama7582 Месяц назад
My late husband, born in Puerto Rico, was delivered by a midwife. His birth certificate was a handwritten note from the midwife!
@extraterrestrialfascisti7625
@extraterrestrialfascisti7625 Месяц назад
Gamal Abdel Nasser president of Egypt was an Esther Williams fan. He would go to the US Embassy and enjoy her films while eating hotdogs.
@susankerr9521
@susankerr9521 Месяц назад
Yikes. Japan is not a city but a country. Williams wore a gold lame' (pronounced la-may) swimming suit, not a lame one. She competed with Lah-nah Turner, not Lay-nah Turner. It's the little things that are jarring ... .
@countessAugusta
@countessAugusta Месяц назад
😢😂😂😂
@margieshelnutt9006
@margieshelnutt9006 Месяц назад
My Dad adored her and we always watched her movies together. I love your videos.
@LJ-ht4zs
@LJ-ht4zs 29 дней назад
I only saw Esther Williams in one movie which i enjoyed - it wasn't even mentioned. "Easy to Wed" with Lucille Ball, Van Johnson and Keenan Wynn.
@Sunflower8587
@Sunflower8587 Месяц назад
Thank you for making these videos. Very interesting. Just for future reference, Ricardo Montalban's last name is pronounced Mun-tail-bon. He was big on TV in the 70s and 80s when I was growing up. So I heard his name spoken aloud a lot. Fantasy Island was popular and he also played Khan in Star Trek: The Wrath of Kahn. He actually also played the character on OG Star Trek in the 60s too.
@sheryldekoning7341
@sheryldekoning7341 Месяц назад
I was on her side right up until she chose a man over her own children
@unclesven4515
@unclesven4515 Месяц назад
She learned from her mother who didn’t want her.
@jeepstergal4043
@jeepstergal4043 Месяц назад
She did the best with what she had.
@purplebutterfly7257
@purplebutterfly7257 Месяц назад
I wouldn’t give up my children for the world let alone a measly man.
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh Месяц назад
@@unclesven4515 ooooooooooooooh that would do it.
@gladysclausing8785
@gladysclausing8785 Месяц назад
I was under the impression that Fernando Lamas left her for Arlene Dahl and had a son with her! 😮 Also, I can’t believe she left her children for him? Could. Could never understand a woman leaving her children 😡
@heidibee501
@heidibee501 Месяц назад
I enjoyed this video greatly. Her movies were shown on TV in the fifties and sixties. I loved them but had no idea how exciting and dangerous they were. That being said, the names of several actors were not pronounced correctly, and it was a lamé (pronounced lah-may) bathing suit. It's French, complete with an acute accent. *Who took care of her children when she was no longer in the picture? So sad.*
@alanmiller9681
@alanmiller9681 28 дней назад
I remember Esther Williams because Brandon brought her back to life! “Hey Esther!”
@peaceandlove809
@peaceandlove809 Месяц назад
I'm so impressed with these old times features, so interesting.
@penelope5667
@penelope5667 Месяц назад
Brings back memories of watching the movies with Mama and Daddy🥰 so interesting to hear stories of the actresses and actors lives! Enjoy your stories thank you ✌❤🙏
@helenawarsinnak
@helenawarsinnak Месяц назад
How can a mother choose a man over her own children!!!!😡 I hope that she knew how BLESSED she truly was that her children let her come back into their lives!!!!
@connierenna-xf9um
@connierenna-xf9um Месяц назад
Ii know!
@LovelyLass-nb8op
@LovelyLass-nb8op Месяц назад
No way would I have forgiven her
@terry4137
@terry4137 8 дней назад
Of course they did she had money
@JCKay
@JCKay Месяц назад
Dear Narrators of Factinate - please research how to pronounce names and basic words before recording .... Thank you, Your Audience
@joelressner9651
@joelressner9651 Месяц назад
Upfront Canadian accent, too.
@dancingfilly7355
@dancingfilly7355 Месяц назад
Choose a different channel if he’s not up to your standards!!
@shelrichter6247
@shelrichter6247 Месяц назад
@@dancingfilly7355 Not knowing that Japan is not a city is a shame, but not a sin. Esther's "lame" swimsuit? I genuinely giggled at that one. Her request; however, is simple. It's not hard to learn how to pronounce the names of the people's whose lives you're digging into. This is very common on these documentary channels.
@deborahveroneau2732
@deborahveroneau2732 19 дней назад
I loved watching her movies. I wanted to swim just like her. That passion started my adventures at the YWCA. Her Memory is A Blessing.
@Pandabaire3540
@Pandabaire3540 Месяц назад
what kind of woman chooses a man over her children......that's a hard pass on respect from me
@Alan-yn9fk
@Alan-yn9fk Месяц назад
Esther Williams was ok until she wrote her fictional autobiography. She claimed Jeff Chandler was a cross dresser to which his friends and family in droves denied the allegation. When confronted about it, Esther admitted it was made up to sell books. She damaged her career, reputation and any public appeal she may have still had and deserved to be ostracized. I only watched this video to see if this was mentioned. Seems you didn't do your homework.
@marsh443
@marsh443 Месяц назад
Wow Alan, that's interesting where did you get your background information? She was guilty of Libel. Mr Chandler was probably already dead. So sad, no one contested on his behalf.
@rogersmith4834
@rogersmith4834 Месяц назад
ALAN is right--your lack of homework detracts from this kind of video. She later admitted Chandler was not a cross-dresser and she never saw him like that--but her cheap damage to him was done, leaving his survivors to deny it. AND, as others have noted, lame is spoken as lah-may, Lana is lah-na, not lay-na, and the man's name is Mon-tal-BAHN, not Mon-TAL-ban. Learn your job, or give it to me.
@CarolShook-yg9nn
@CarolShook-yg9nn Месяц назад
Well that was one way to get the readers attention poor Jeff 😅
@susanchase7880
@susanchase7880 Месяц назад
@@rogersmith4834 This woman has just shown herself to be shallow and outright liar.
@esmith712
@esmith712 Месяц назад
Love the content. Love the info. Love the narrative .HATE the numerous mispronouncing of words, especially the stars' names, etc. This flaw really hurts the otherwise very polished product. As a professional, please check on the correct descriptors, pronunciations, etc. Thank you
@wendyponsford7428
@wendyponsford7428 Месяц назад
“…confessed, to her mother, what had happened”
@rebeccao8895
@rebeccao8895 Месяц назад
A hundred years ago attitudes about rape were quite different. Society often blamed women when they were not at fault.
@wasserdagger
@wasserdagger Месяц назад
Damn, she was beautiful!
@aliciarobertson4979
@aliciarobertson4979 Месяц назад
Perhaps the mispronunciations are because it is an AI narration?!
@twentynineteen4687
@twentynineteen4687 Месяц назад
Verge does not have a hard g
@aukusart
@aukusart Месяц назад
Love your videos. Could you do one on Remedios Varo, the painter?
@Priciaf
@Priciaf Месяц назад
You mean the Olympics in the city of Tokyo, Japan 😉
@Vinniegret
@Vinniegret Месяц назад
Why in the world wouldn’t they test the costumes before using them during filming? I question the accuracy of that story.
@granniefromky
@granniefromky Месяц назад
Lol, ai always reveals itself with its weird mispronunciations: Lane-uh Turner, Ricardo Mont-owl-ban, and a Gold Lamé bathing suit becomes lame
@karenhill3970
@karenhill3970 Месяц назад
Well nevertheless....we all have things in our family ....some negetive...my precious Mom loved loved Esther Williams !!.i do too...love Her movies ....watch them in summertime ..makes me so happy to think of mt precious Mom .....
@sandisteinberg731
@sandisteinberg731 Месяц назад
Actress Deborah Kerr's nane is pronounced Car.
@Hummingbird108
@Hummingbird108 Месяц назад
Deborah Kerr was Scottish it’s pronounced Kerr only the English call it Carr.
@secretshaman189
@secretshaman189 Месяц назад
Really interesting, thank-you for your research.
@Factinate
@Factinate Месяц назад
Glad you enjoyed it!
@fionamann1553
@fionamann1553 Месяц назад
Artificial intelligence... not as intelligent as it would like us to believe.
@annuknowthe1562
@annuknowthe1562 Месяц назад
I really enjoyed that, thank you.😊
@marsh443
@marsh443 Месяц назад
💐 Thanks for ur gr8 presentation. Before my time so I vaguely recall her name but wow... what a beautiful, talented women, SMART too! 👏 👍
@lucindamoran8686
@lucindamoran8686 Месяц назад
Wow!🎉🎉🎉great video! Thanks! Saw all her movies as a kid! She was beautiful and a fantastic swimmer! What a life she had!
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh Месяц назад
I do not respect women who give up their kids for anyone, let alone a man. period. I am sure her kids did not get over it even if they saw her after he died and it was then "okay" to see her kids. what kind of "mother" does that? not a loving good one, for sure.
@robinlanier6886
@robinlanier6886 Месяц назад
Agreed!
@bdavis4099
@bdavis4099 Месяц назад
A friend of mine complained that crossword puzzles weren't making sense anymore. "It thinks gold material is lame! What is so lame about cloth?"
@sueostergaard8691
@sueostergaard8691 Месяц назад
Lana is pronounced "Lahna" not "Layna".
@maxinenall9950
@maxinenall9950 11 дней назад
I love watching her movies 😍 they always make me happy ❤️💙
@jimfisk4474
@jimfisk4474 Месяц назад
Good god what a life
@dalehoward3704
@dalehoward3704 17 дней назад
Fascinating Story of the great Wsther Williams ❤😊
@sandrasweeney7445
@sandrasweeney7445 Месяц назад
I liked Jupiters Darling. Have watched it several times.
@L.D.Intheditch
@L.D.Intheditch Месяц назад
Lame Swimsuit 🤣💀. Call the Fashion Police,and what not to wear.
@rupertofhentzau920
@rupertofhentzau920 Месяц назад
This AI needs to learn how to pronounce certain words.
@tracylouiseletch9450
@tracylouiseletch9450 Месяц назад
How cool is that. I am a fan and envious
@sbpierce9987
@sbpierce9987 Месяц назад
What happened to her affair with Billy Rose? The one that broke up his marriage to Fanny Brice??
@missourigal
@missourigal Месяц назад
Is this a real person narrating or a computer voice? Because some of the words said are just wrong. Sounds like someone who knows English but then doesn't say some words correctly.
@joycegreer9391
@joycegreer9391 Месяц назад
Yeah, I did think it sounded like a real person narrating.
@chrisbacos
@chrisbacos Месяц назад
Two discrepancies. You mentioned Mexico but I saw a shot of the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain. The second you mentioned Australian military officers but showed a USMC colonel sometime after the 1970s. I recognized the insignia and BDU.
@maggotspawn6882
@maggotspawn6882 Месяц назад
Not exactly mother of the year.
@unclesven4515
@unclesven4515 Месяц назад
She had a crappy mom and learned from her.
@carolewells9215
@carolewells9215 Месяц назад
Joan Crawford " Mommy Dearest" was a monster mom...wickedness & cruelty adopting & using children by famous ppl continues.
@2244ntho66
@2244ntho66 Месяц назад
Her children, born in 1949, '50 and '53, were late teens early 20s when she married Lamas in 1969. So they weren't babes. And his request was that they could not live with them.
@tomsaltsman
@tomsaltsman Месяц назад
In my entire 72 years, I've always heard it pronounced 'LAH-na Turner like the short 'a' in 'lawn.'
@bethalligood2879
@bethalligood2879 Месяц назад
This a robot reading
@barbaraa.walters8798
@barbaraa.walters8798 Месяц назад
I loved her movies
@user-rq2es2io8y
@user-rq2es2io8y Месяц назад
In her autobio Williams alleges that Jeff Chandler was a cross-dresser. His friends deny this. Who knows? Read MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID for a fascinating glimpse into a fascinating, and often disappointing, life.
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh Месяц назад
oops. move over Kaitlyn?
@annaquinn4810
@annaquinn4810 Месяц назад
It’s mostly gossip about everyone she knew in Hollywood. From what i read after that book came out, she lost a lot of “friends”
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh Месяц назад
@@annaquinn4810 Weinstein didn't lose any friends, and I understand he just got out of prison, just like Epstein's clients, no one is in trouble for what they did........lawyers and judges and politicians.......where's Matt Dillon when you need a real lawman?
@stephendomagala-pt6dg
@stephendomagala-pt6dg 17 дней назад
Really,a cross dresser, WHO CARES!!!!!!
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh 17 дней назад
@@stephendomagala-pt6dg it is a little disconcerting if you find yourself with a man who likes to dress as a woman, it does make you think. until you experience it, you won't know.
@mizfrenchtwist
@mizfrenchtwist Месяц назад
hello .......great share . thank you , for sharing🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰............
@andreawales1938
@andreawales1938 Месяц назад
At 7:38, gold “lame” should read “lamé” (two syllables). Also, elsewhere “Layna” Turner should be pronounced “Lana” (short A in the first syllable) or “Lahna.”
@catbemis1513
@catbemis1513 Месяц назад
I loved her movies. ❤❤
@carolewells9215
@carolewells9215 Месяц назад
Mother of the year all time Hollywood winner Joan Crawford .
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh Месяц назад
and runner up, Bette Davis.......
@annsumner8570
@annsumner8570 Месяц назад
What ever, the mother's of the year now, don't have any babies.
@rebeccalee1065
@rebeccalee1065 Месяц назад
Did You KNOW Joan Crawford, Personally? If Not, DON'T Judge! You're Wrong For Bringing Her Up In A Conversation That Didn't Concern Her.
@JustMe-uu3bh
@JustMe-uu3bh Месяц назад
@@rebeccalee1065 oops, someone got triggered. you never saw the movie then, right? Mommy Dearest....her daughter Christina wrote the book......and why is she "wrong" for bringing that up? who are you again? remind me, please? free country, last I checked.
@6843450
@6843450 Месяц назад
I love Esther Williams. Beautiful. I guess we all have our secrets huh? 😮. Still adore her
@gerryc3112
@gerryc3112 Месяц назад
"Japan was the host city."???? Ummm, you do know that it's not a city, don't you?
@JuhiSRK
@JuhiSRK Месяц назад
Her autobiography is a great read.
@davegreene8588
@davegreene8588 12 дней назад
Largely fictional.
@mikefromflorida8357
@mikefromflorida8357 29 дней назад
Hey, ashes aren’t tossed, they are scattered.
@Christina-bz3mo
@Christina-bz3mo Месяц назад
I always enjoyed her swim movies, she was so graceful....🌹🇺🇸
@noneofurbusiness5223
@noneofurbusiness5223 Месяц назад
Sticking up for urself against Mayer, doesn't make u rageful
@bethparker1500
@bethparker1500 Месяц назад
Jeff was crying about his dead wife and her room was his sanctuary, he would cry while smelling her perfume... A very much younger throphy wife of a buddy came forth, to expose any lie Esther wanted to say about jeff Chandler. Besides he was Jewish and she wasnt.
@davegreene8588
@davegreene8588 12 дней назад
Chandler was a standup guy, and a fine actor, and sometimes singer.
@ianedwards4400
@ianedwards4400 Месяц назад
While we are on the subject of Esther Williams, she also disclosed that she was browned off with her husband to Ben Gage and his pipe smoking. She found fruition in the arms of another man, the very handsome, Victor Mature, while shooting "Million Dollar Mermaid". Like she once said in an interview: "I didn't think much of any of my male co-stars and then Victor Mature came along. Yes, he eventually gave me what I needed" Guys, you can draw your own conclusions, without me spelling it out for you.
@ianedwards4400
@ianedwards4400 Месяц назад
Yes, I have always loved Esther Williams. When we were kids, the family during Xmas, New Year and Easter would always choose an Esther Williams film to heighten our enjoyment. Many of her 40's films that we weren't fortunate to see were reissued during the 50's, and screenings of these films were regular. Some weeks cinemas would have an Esther Williams marathon - that is, one film of Esther for different days in the week. My top fave of Esther's films will always be Easy to love, followed by The Duchess of Idaho and Million Dollar Mermaid. Yes, being an Esther fan, I did read about her torrid affair with Jeff Chandler. They starred in one film together: Raw wind in Eden, that also co-starred Rosanna Podesta. Esther broke with Jeff Chandler when she accidentally discovered that he was a cross-dresser. From gowns, to swimsuits to lingerie, he wore them all and always got sexually excited, resulting in you know what. I too am a great fan of Jeff Chandler and, while it is hard to digest this fact about him, I keep asking myself, why would Esther invent such a story otherwise.
@davegreene8588
@davegreene8588 12 дней назад
She did it to make her BOOK a more sizzling seller.
@joycegreer9391
@joycegreer9391 Месяц назад
I loved Jupiter's Darling!
@lethaluks2942
@lethaluks2942 9 дней назад
I found one of the last comments about choosing Fernando false. I read her autobiography years ago and that’s not what happened. She helped them with homework, meals & etc. in their home.
@gogoyubari366
@gogoyubari366 Месяц назад
Ester Williams was so pretty!
@amylou22snowhite
@amylou22snowhite Месяц назад
I really like Million Dollar Mermaid.
@Nursebakr
@Nursebakr Месяц назад
La - mae.
@lisasweeney8158
@lisasweeney8158 Месяц назад
8:42. 😂 That is such an Australian thing to do!
@rebeccawoehler-moss9627
@rebeccawoehler-moss9627 Месяц назад
You need to look up pronunciations on very common words. Lame fabric is pronounced Lah-may. Lana Tuner is pronounced Lah-nah. Ricardo Montlaban is pronounced Mon-ta-bon. Deborah Kerr is pronounced Car. It is hard to watch these when you mess up names and words.
@msbelinda1000
@msbelinda1000 Месяц назад
I am distracted by all the mispronounced words and incorrect facts. Nonetheless interesting video clips.
@mov1ngforward
@mov1ngforward Месяц назад
I loved her so much!!! This shocks me...
@lisabrady9083
@lisabrady9083 Месяц назад
Thanks:) a bit of help with your pronunciation: Lana: LaNaa (think of Lana Del Rae Lame: LaMae (type of fabric)
@micheleparker3780
@micheleparker3780 Месяц назад
So: how did the hydraulic lift injure Williams??
@harpersmythe658
@harpersmythe658 Месяц назад
I was wondering that
@user-rq2es2io8y
@user-rq2es2io8y Месяц назад
in her bio she stated that the 50-foot plunge snapped her neck back and cracked her spine. She wore a brace for more than 3 months. She was lucky not to be paralyzed from the neck down, like poor Christopher Reeve. While she was healing MGM cut off her salary.
@micheleparker3780
@micheleparker3780 Месяц назад
@user-rq2es2io8y Oh; ok - much have miss that part - thank you 😊!
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