The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story

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Paperback
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9781741144321

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Allen & Unwin
ISBN-10
1741144329
ISBN-13
9781741144321
eBay Product ID (ePID)
50882633

Product Key Features

Book Title
Original Million Dollar Mermaid : the Annette Kellerman Story
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Women, General, Sports
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Author
Barbara Firth, Emily Gibson
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.8 in
Item Weight
14.3 Oz
Item Length
9 in
Item Width
6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2006-404924
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
791.092 B
Table Of Content
The Perfect Woman Swimming back the family fortune I never get tired and I swim like a clock Carnival time Scandal in Boston The big time: vaudeville and New York City Physical beauty: how to keep it More than a friendly interest Some great ideas for a moving picture Million dollar movie The most dramatic episode of my life Give me the wide open spaces Conquering the Continent We'll be beachcombers The Dinkum Diggers' Dip A namby pamby attempt Movie star, retired to the tropics, wishes to sell mink coat
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'The Original Million Dollar Mermaid' tells the story of Annette Kellerman, who started swimming to overcome a childhood illness, and went on to become an international swimming sensation, and a Hollywood star. She is one of the unsung Australian heroines., The extraordinary story of Annette Kellerman, who started swimming to overcome a childhood illness and went on to become an international swimming sensation and a Hollywood star. The original Million Dollar Mermaid, she is one of the great unsung Australian heroines. In the early twentieth century, a young Australian woman became one of the highest paid and most adored Hollywood and vaudeville stars of the day. Her name was Annette Kellerman. Born into a musical family in suburban Sydney in 1886, Annette's first love was performing. Yet when she took up swimming to overcome a childhood illness, she quickly found herself breaking records and beating the boys and loving it. When the Depression hit, Annette and her father headed for England to seek their fortune. It was to be the start of a dazzling international career. After winning over Londoners with her death-defying swims in the Thames and the English Channel, she was soon wowing them at the Palladium with her trademark vaudeville act: a performance that included diving into a giant glass tank where she captivated the crowds with her graceful and athletic underwater ballet. Hollywood beckoned and Annette quickly became the darling of the silent film era, starring in the first-ever million-dollar film, Daughter of the Gods . She was soon a household name; dubbed 'The Perfect Woman', crowds queued for blocks to see her on the screen, men flocked to catch a glimpse her provocative costumes or lack thereof-and women thronged to hear her views on health and fitness. Annette's life was often controversial but always exhilarating, and was immortalised in the 1950s Esther Williams classic The Million Dollar Mermaid . Yet she was to end her days alone and penniless on Queensland's Gold Coast, selling her old fur coat to pay the bills. Strong minded and fiercely brave, Annette Kellerman high-dived onto the international stage, challenging preconceptions of how women should look, act and think, and capturing the hearts of a generation. Here, for the first time ever, is her extraordinary story., The story of Annette Kellerman, who started swimming to overcome a childhood illness and went on to become an international swimming sensation and a Hollywood star. The original Million Dollar Mermaid, she is one of the great unsung Australian heroines., The extraordinary story of Annette Kellerman, who started swimming to overcome a childhood illness and went on to become an international swimming sensation and a Hollywood star. The original Million Dollar Mermaid, she is one of the great unsung Australian heroines.
LC Classification Number
GV838

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