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Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. 1st Edition. 1st ed., 3rd printing ; 416 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. ; 25 cm. ; LCCN 99035872 ; LC PN2287.W472 A3 1999 ; Dewey 791.43/028/092 ; ISBN 9780684852843, 0684852845 ; OCLC 41565241 ; Contents: Esther Williams, Cary Grant, and LSD -- The fifth child, 1922-1936 -- In full bloom, 1939 -- The birth of a professional mermaid, 1940 -- L.B. Mayer meets his match, 1940-1941 -- MGM University, 1941 -- The Andy Hardy test, 1942 -- Bathing beauty, 1943-1944 -- Hitting my stride, 1944-1945 -- Becoming a star, 1946 -- Fiesta, 1946 -- Name above the title, 1946-1947 -- Movies and motherhood, 1948-1949 -- Duchess of Idaho and Pagan love song, 1950 -- The end of an era, 1950-1951 -- Million dollar mermaid, 1952 -- Dangerous when wet, 1953 -- Easy to love, my quintessential MGM film, 1953-1955 -- Jupiter's darling and farewell MGM, 1953-1955 -- Going, going ., 1955-1956 -- Gone, 1957-1959 -- The return of Fernando, 1960-1961 -- Esther Lamas, 1961-1964 -- Tethered, 1964-1982 -- The last journey, August-October 1982 -- Godmother to a sport [synchronized swimming], 1982-1984 -- Reflections and compensations ; For the hundreds of thousands of who have seen and loved Esther Williams' movies, comes a wonderfully witty, fresh, and frank autobiography, all about an eighteen-year-old championship swimmer who reluctantly answers the siren call of MGM. Launched on a career that will last more than twenty years, she will help to create a genre of film that seems unimaginable today, and become during those years one of the world's top box office stars. With a sharp mind and a rapier wit, Esther Williams brings to life those times and those bigger-than-life people in the book legions of film fans have been waiting for. ; FINE/FINE. Book.