In a popular series of MGM musicals from Bathing Beauty to the 1955 Jupiter’s Darling, Esther Williams would doff her robe, revealing a sleek one-piece swimming costume, dive into a pool and, as ...

Readers can chime in with their own favorites. Will “Bathing Beauty,” a film soon to be available as a 4K Blu-ray from the Warner Archive Collection, be among them? Maybe: Its denouement is among the ...

Esther Williams: How the Bathing Beauty Changed Swimsuit Style The MGM star, who recently died, single-handedly glamorized the water wear industry with rhinestones and metallic lame.

Esther Williams, a 'Bathing Beauty' like no otherWilliams, who hailed from Inglewood, arrived in Hollywood at a time when studios had great success turning athletes into movie stars. Olympic ...