The Million Dollar Mermaid

The Million Dollar Mermaid, the woman who made the aqua-musical famous, Esther Williams has passed away in her sleep at the age of 91. She was a truly beautiful woman and swimmer, dazzling viewers with her extravagant, enthusiastic, kaleidoscope of swimmers. Known for her swimming abilities and her vast array of swimsuits. She was dubbed the million dollar mermaid after an impressive film of the same name about Annette Kellerman.
I have seen a few of her films, far to few, but from the ones I saw she was magnificent and made an impact into the film industry starring with greats such as Red Skelton, Gene Kelly, Fred Astaire and a very dear and personal favorite of mine, Mickey Rooney in one of the beloved Andy Hardy's.
She was a beautiful and elegant woman even in her old age who will be dearly missed, at least she left her mark by shaping part of the film industry and in that creating some marvelous pictures.

Andy Hardy

Andy Hardy the 1930's teenager. All of the Andy Hardy's remind me of all of the teen films today except that Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) is sweet, innocent, mischievous and cute as a button. He has the perfect stereotypical American family. His life consists of mischievous adventure, a love of girls, an on again, off again relationship with Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford) and a close relationship with his poor friend-zoned, friend Betsy (Judy Garland who only appears in three films but makes her mark there). Andy is a lovable character often getting into trouble and having to talk to his dad about his problems and then learning a valuable lesson before repeating this routine in the next film. Mickey is just hilarious in a few of the more comic films done though it shows some of his best acting and best melodramatic acting over all I just love Andy Hardy I'm completely fixed. All together there are 16 Andy Hardy films and here is a list of them all just for your pleasure.

1. A Family Affair (1937
2. You're Only Young Once (1937)
3. Judge Hardy's Children (1938)
4. Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
5. Out West With The Hardy's (1938)
6. The Hardy's Ride High (1939)
7. Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever (1939)
8. Judge Hardy And Son (1939)
9. Andy Hardy Meets Debutante (1940)
10. Andy Hardy's Private Secretary (1941)
11. Life Begins For Andy Hardy (1941)
12. The Courtship Of Andy Hardy (1942)
13. Andy Hardy's Double Life (1942)
14. Andy Hardy's Blonde Trouble (1944)
15. Love Laughs At Andy Hardy (1946)
16. Andy Hardy Comes Home (1958)