ceopf.blogg.se - The Original Million Dollar Mermaid by Emily Gibson

The movie created a considerable amount of controversy when it was released because of a scene in which its star, Annette Kellerman (an Australian swimming champion), appeared nude.

Once completed, an original orchestral score was written for the movie, a musical score which was said to have been the most memorable up to that time.

He also ended up using 220,000 feet (over 40 miles) of film to shoot the picture, which ran for 180 minutes in its final cut.

Brenon employed 20,000 extras during the 8 months of production, and used 2,500 barrels of plaster, 500 barrels of cement, 2 million feet of lumber, and 10 tons of paper to create vast, fantastic settings.

The movie was written and directed by Herbert Brenon for the Fox Film Corporation, and shot in Jamaica.

That was a shame.The first movie to cost a million dollars was "A Daughter of the Gods", released in 1916.

There are some pretty clanging typos in there, and they were jarring to stumble on when I was happily immersed in Annette's story.

My only real quibble is with the editing/proofreading in the volume. Rather a neat trick to pull off, if you can. The writers keep it brisk and pacey, all the while making it feel thorough. There's a lot to get through in the 222 pages that make up Annette's life. She also had what seems to have been a good support network with her family and then her beloved husband, Jimmie.

She was determined, media-conscious, and smart as a whip. Her talents then helped the family stay afloat during very hard times. In this even-handed biography, we get to hear about her humble beginnings and her amazing career.Īnnette swam her way to health as a child, when learning to swim helped her conquer disability. She was a powerful swimmer who was a proponent of exercise and adventure, and essentially invented water ballet.

Annette Kellerman is someone who isn't remembered nearly well enough nowadays.