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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Red Skelton | ... | Steve Elliot | |
| Esther Williams | ... | Caroline Brooks | |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | George Adams | |
| Bill Goodwin | ... | Professor Willis Evans | |
| Jean Porter | ... | Jean Allenwood | |
| Nana Bryant | ... | Dean Clinton | |
| Carlos Ramírez | ... | Carlos Ramirez | |
| Ethel Smith | ... | Ethel Smith - Music Teacher | |
| Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra | ... | Xavier Cugat and His Orchestra | |
| Lina Romay | ... | Lina Romay | |
| Harry James and His Orchestra | ... | Harry James and His Orchestra (as Harry James and His Music Makers) | |
| Helen Forrest | ... | Helen Forrest | |
| Donald Meek | ... | Chester Klazenfrantz | |
| Jacqueline Dalya | ... | Maria Dorango | |
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Francis Pierlot | ... | Professor Hendricks |
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Storyline
Songwriter Steve Elliott is about to marry Caroline Brooks. A strange woman who's been paid by Steve's agent to say she's his wife interrupts the ceremony. An angry Caroline gets her old job back teaching at a girl's college. Determined to win her back, Steve enrolls in the school to become its only male student. Written by Daniel Bubbeo <dbubbeo@cmp.com>
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Country:
USARelease Date:
July 1944 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Co-Ed See more »Edit
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Budget:
$2,361,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)Color:
Color (Technicolor)Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1
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Cugat Orchestra: Wait till you see what's in it!
George Adams: Don't tell me it's a woman - he'd never fall for a bathing suit.
Cugat Orchestra: Wait till you see what's in it!
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(uncredited)
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Sung by the Co-eds with Ethel Smith on organ
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At the time of its release, this was MGM's third-highest grossing film, after Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925) and Gone with the Wind (1939). See more »Quotes
Cugat Orchestra: But he doesn't like pools!Cugat Orchestra: Wait till you see what's in it!
George Adams: Don't tell me it's a woman - he'd never fall for a bathing suit.
Cugat Orchestra: Wait till you see what's in it!
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Soundtracks
Loch Lomond(uncredited)
Traditional Scottish folk song
Sung by the Co-eds with Ethel Smith on organ
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Bathing Beauty is one of those films that one can see over and over again. Lavishly produced and with a wonderful and exciting music, it is a picture that must be included in every DVD collection. My first contact with this movie was one late night when I taped it from our local TV station. Then, several years later, my daughter Paloma was only 10 when she saw it for the first time. She was fascinated!! Now she is 18 and knows the music and most of the script by heart. Esther Williams is beautiful, very warm and excellent swimmer. Skelton funny as always. Although the plot is silly, it serves as a frame for a wonderful presentation of long past artists such as our Colombian Carlos Julio Ramírez who was considered one of our best baritones. Also, Xavier Cugat "Cugie", Harry James and Ethel Smith. Today we have no artists like them. So if you enjoy MGM musicals, you will enjoy this one quite a lot!!