Synchronized swimming biography of williams video
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Esther Williams (): the sky has a new star
Born in August in California, three years before Johnny Weissmuller’s triple gold at the Olympics in Paris, her life and notoriety would be closely connected with Weissmuller career.
Winner of two more gold medals in swimming at the Olympics in Amsterdam, Weissmuller was a great star in the USA, being the first man to swim the m free under the minute. In the s, he switched to a career in the cinema industry, being the unforgettable protagonist of the “Tarzan” movies.
In , he was the biggest attraction of the “San Francisco Aquacade” show, a spectacle based in water choreographies.
The producer of this show, Bill Rose, was looking for a female counterpart for Weissmuller and thanks to her appearance in commercials and advertisements, Esther Williams’ perfect body (and swimming capacities) soon convinced Rose that she was suited for this role.
In the Broadway production, with hundreds of swimmers and divers, singing and performing acrobatic