Meet the Director: Hollywood's Mermaid & Bathing Beauty (1944) + Q&A

Director Brian Gerston will join us for a discussion and Q&A after a screening of his documentary film about Hollywood's most glamorous swimming star - Hollywood's Mermaid: The Esther Williams Story, and a screening of her 1944 classic Bathing Beauty. Hollywood’s Mermaid: The Esther Williams Story chronicles the remarkable life and work of Esther Williams. Through rarely seen archival footage and interviews we follow Esther from a 16-year-old Olympic hopeful and swimming sensation to a 90-year-old Hollywood icon. But this is not your typical hagiography and Esther was not your average Hollywood starlet. Bathing Beauty (1944) Director: George Sidney