Million Dollar Mermaid

Repertory

In 1925 George Merrick hired the most recognized person on the planet to help market his new city of Coral Gables – and it worked!

Come enjoy Million Dollar Mermaid, a 1952 film about the amazing back story of Annette Kellerman (our Coral Gables mermaid), featuring water ballets choreographed by Busby Berkeley. This screening will be introduced by Australian Honorary Consul Don Slesnick.

Esther Williams stars in this dramatic true musical romance of turn-of-the century swimming champion Annette Kellerman, better known as the Million Dollar Mermaid. As a child in Australia, Kellerman learns to swim to overcome a potentially crippling physical handicap and develops into a champion. As a young woman, she travels with her father to London and dreams of a career as a dancer. But when her father falls on hard times, Kellerman resorts to her aquatic talents: swimming 30 miles of the Thames in a famous publicity stunt, then shocking Boston by appearing in a one-piece suit.

In partnership with Australian Honorary Consul and former mayor of Coral Gables Don Slesnick, the Coral Gables Merrick House Governing Board, the Merrick House Docents, the Coral Gables Historical Resources & Cultural Affairs Department, the City of Coral Gables Community Recreation Department, the City of Coral Gables, and Books & Books.

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