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The Original Million Dollar Mermaid

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Author : Emily Gibson
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin Academic
Release Date : 2005

The Original Million Dollar Mermaid written by Emily Gibson and has been published by Allen & Unwin Academic this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

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.

Mermaid Queen

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Author : Shana Corey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009

Mermaid Queen written by Shana Corey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.

Despite hardships and personal struggles during her formative years in Australia, Annette Kellerman didn't let the comments of unkind people stop her from achieving her dreams; working hard to become a record-setting swimmer, the inventor and star of water ballet, and a fashion legend who changed the design of the swimsuit forever.

How To Swim

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Author : Annette Kellermann
language : en
Publisher: Upton Press
Release Date : 2008-11

How To Swim written by Annette Kellermann and has been published by Upton Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11 with Sports & Recreation categories.

PARTI THE STORY OF MY SWIM TO FAME AND FORTUNE CONTENTS PART I. THE STORY OF MY SWIM TO FAME AND FORTUNE CHAPTER PAGE I THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE WATER 13 II THREE-FOURTHS ACROSS THE ENGLISH CHANNEL 20 III SWIMMING A WOMANS SPORT ... 38 PART n. EASY LESSONS FOR BEGINNERS IV PRELIMINARY DRY LAND EXERCISES . 57 V EARLY EXPERIENCES IN THE WATER . 75 VI SIMPLE STROKES TO BE MASTERED FIRST 95 PART HI. HOW EXPERT SWIMMERS ARE MADE VII MERMAIDS TO ORDER 117 Vlll PROFESSIONAL SWIMMING .... 128 IX EFFICIENT LIFE SAVING METHODS . . 148 X WHERE SHALL WE SWIM .... 176 l Hra. V. Fffi ViW, MISS KELLERMANN IN THE HIGH DIVING SCENE PROM A DAUGHTER OF THE X30DS. THE ESCAPE FROM THE PRISON TOWER BY A HUNDRED-FOOT DIVE. vi CONTENTS PART IV. FANCY SWIMMING AND DIVING CHAPTER PAGE XI WATER TRICKS AND WATER SPORTS . 193 XII LEARNING How TO DIVE .... 214 XIII EXPERT AND FANCY DIVING . . . . 244 ILLUSTRATIONS Miss Kellermann in the high diving scene from A Daughter of the Gods. The escape from the prison tower by a hundred foot dive . . Frontispiece PAGE Miss Kellermann as she appeared when winning laurels as the worlds greatest woman swimmer 16 Miss Kellermann combined the romance of mythol ogy with the mystery of the sea in the new aquatic drama 24 Miss Kellermann as she danced before the Sultan in A Daughter of the Gods 32 Beauty of form and grace of action are developed by swimming as by no other sport or exercise . . 40 Suitable tights for professional swimming and ex hibition diving 48 Ideal bathing suit for public beaches where swim ming tights are not permitted 48 Jersey swimming cape for going to and from the water 48 Head dress for the swimmer. A rubber cap beneath the silk bandanna 48The start of the breast stroke as posed on the beach 64 The second position in the breast stroke .... 64 The third position in the breast stroke .... 64 vii viii ILLUSTRATIONS PAGE The third position in the breast stroke as shown from the side 64 A long sleeved swimming jersey or sweater ... 80 Treading water 96 The back stroke 101 Side stroke, under arm movement 107 Side stroke, arm movement 108 Side stroke, combination arm and leg movements 109 First position for over arm side stroke . . . . 110 Over arm stroke Ill Feathering the water 112 It was in the training of the mermaids that Miss Kellermann developed the necessity of training the swimmer to use the arms alone 118 Swimming with legs alone 120 The baby mermaids. A pleasing feature of Miss Kellermanns new drama of the sea .... 14 To swim with the feet or the hands tied is a rapid means to develop a powerful swimmer . . . 14 The capture of A Daughter of the Gods at the end of a mile long swim through a stormy sea . . ISO Australian Crawl 135 The Catch Australian crawl 136 Leg stroke Australian crawl 137 First position, trudgeon stroke 139 Ann movement, trudgeon stroke 140 Leg movement, trudgeon stroke .... 141 ILLUSTRATIONS ix PAGE The forward dive first position 152 Rescue of quiet victim 158 Breaking a wrist hold 160 Breaking a body hold 161 Breaking a strangle hold from in front 164 Strangle hold from behind 165 Towing ashore . 170 The start of the back dive 178 Miss Kellermann in her mermaid costume used for exhibition diving, 196 The submarine 200 The neck dive, position on the springboard . . . Diving head first Diving feet first 25 The neck dive 229 The Australian splosh 233 The honey-pot or cannon ball dive 237 Woodensoldier dive 241 The aerial flight in the swallow dive 244 Swallow dive . . 247 Jackknife dive 251 Standing sitting dive 255 Side dive 259 Dolphin dive 263 Front back dive 267 PART I THE STORY OF MY SWIM TO FAME AND FORTUNE CHAPTER I THE LITTLE GIRL WHO WAS AFRAID OF THE WATER I WAS born in Sidney, New South Wales, Australia, in the year of our Lord 18 but look at the pictures in this book and figure it out for yourself. My father was a native Australian, and my mother Alsatian French. I am not a sea cap tains daughter nor did I come of fisher folk...

Physical Beauty

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Author : Annette Kellermann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1918

Physical Beauty written by Annette Kellermann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1918 with Beauty, Personal categories.

Annette Kellerman Australian Mermaid

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Author : Grantlee Kieza
language : en
Publisher: ABC Books Au
Release Date : 2025-04-02

Annette Kellerman Australian Mermaid written by Grantlee Kieza and has been published by ABC Books Au this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2025-04-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

Champion swimmer, trailblazer and film idol - the adventurous life of our first Hollywood superstar, by the bestselling author of Sister Viv, Mrs Kelly, Hudson Fysh, Banks and Banjo From the moment she was born in 1886, Annette Kellerman was a force of nature. After a diagnosis of rickets as a young girl she took up swimming, and her extraordinary tenacity and bravery made her an Australian champion, beating boys, breaking records, and astonishing huge crowds by diving from great heights. At eighteen, Annette had her sights set on swimming the English Channel and challenging endurance records in the Thames, and late in the Seine, Boston Harbour and the Danube - and famously scandalized the public with her one-piece swimming costume, which changed fashion forever and drew legions of women into the water, allowing them to swim freely. Thrilling audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with her breathtaking vaudeville act, beauty and athleticism, she became famous as 'The Perfect Woman', and Hollywood swiftly embraced her. By 1914 she was a silent film superstar and sex symbol thanks for her risque costumes - and sometimes no costume at all. Annette's appetite for excitement and thrills was legendary - once flinging herself into a pool of live crocodiles for one film and jumping from the wings of a biplane for another. But she also had a shrewd business mind, lecturing and publishing books about fitness and designing her clothing range, all to help women become healthier, stronger and more beautiful. Kellerman was one of the highest-paid entertainers of her time and a world-wide celebrity, but despite her fame she saw her promotion of health, fitness and independence for women as her greatest achievement, and her influence and spirit changed the lives of millions.

Sheilas

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Author : Eliza Reilly
language : en
Publisher: Macmillan Publishers Aus.
Release Date : 2022-02-22

Sheilas written by Eliza Reilly and has been published by Macmillan Publishers Aus. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-02-22 with Social Science categories.

An entertaining romp through Australian history that celebrates the badass sheroes we were never taught about in school and who deserve to be printed on our money, goddamn it! It's been said that 'well-behaved women seldom make history', but the handful of white boys who wrote our history books conveniently left most of them out. Whoops! To rectify this situation, Eliza Reilly is setting out to revive the forgotten stories of the badass Sheilas of Australian history. Chain yourself to pub counters with the determined Merle Thornton, fight for Indigenous rights alongside Faith Bandler, and lure forlorn sailors with swimmer-slash-mermaid Annette Kellerman. Deceive cranky soldiers with bushranger Mary Ann Bugg, infiltrate Nazi strongholds on the back of Nancy Wake's bike - and much, much more. Cracking with satirical wit and whole-hearted admiration, Sheilas is a cheeky, funny, inspirational celebration of the tough-titted ladies who hiked up their petticoats and fly-kicked down the doors of opportunity for modern Australia. This is a specially formatted fixed-layout ebook that retains the look and feel of the print book. Praise for Sheilas: 'A welcome and witty contribution towards redressing the balance - a must-read.' - Noni Hazlehurst 'If Kathy Lette and Monty Python had a love child, that freak would be Eliza Reilly. Lush, loose and liberated from academic orthodoxy, Reilly has the labia majoras to ask the simple but earth-quaking question: what were the women doing? As it happens: Plenty! Sheilas is a glorious romp through the Australian history you didn't learn at school. Funny and fearless, this is the book you'll want your daughters to read and your sons to worship.' - Clare Wright 'Eliza highlights an array of awesome, innovative, determined and defiant Australian women with meticulous research and a wicked sense of humour. This is the history book I've been hanging out for.' - Jane Kennedy

Vaudeville Old New

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Author : Frank Cullen
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 2007

Vaudeville Old New written by Frank Cullen and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Entertainers categories.

The Hidden Cinema

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Author : James C. Robertson
language : en
Publisher: Psychology Press
Release Date : 1993

The Hidden Cinema written by James C. Robertson and has been published by Psychology Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Performing Arts categories.

How does film censorship work in Britain? Robertson examines the history of the British Board of Film Censors and shows that censorship has had a greater influence on film history than is often assumed.

Race And The Modern Exotic

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Author : Angela Woollacott
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011

Race And The Modern Exotic written by Angela Woollacott and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Australia categories.

Race and the Modern Exotic focuses on three internationally successful 'Australian' performers from the first half of the 20th century who created newly-modern, racially-ambiguous, Australian femininities: Annette Kellerman, Rose Quong, and Merle Oberon. Annette Kellerman was a swimmer, diver, lecturer, and silent-film star. Through her international vaudeville performances and film roles, she played with the quasi-racial identity of a South Sea Islander. Rose Quong was an actor, lecturer, and writer who forged a career in London and New York. She built a career based on her own body through a careful appropriation of Orientalism. Quong's body was the signifier of her Chinese authenticity, the essentialist foundation for her constructed, diasporic, Chinese identity. Merle Oberon was one of the most celebrated film stars of the 1930s and 1940s, first in London and then Hollywood. The official story of Oberon's origins was that she was Tasmanian. However, this was a publicity story concocted at the beginning of her film career to mask her lower-class, Anglo-Indian birth. Despite anxious undercurrents about her exoticism, Australians were thrilled to claim a true Hollywood star as one of their own. Racial thinking was at the core of white Australian culture. Far from being oblivious to racial hierarchies and constructions, Australians engaged with them on an everyday basis. Around the world, 'Australian' stars represented a white-settler nation, a culture in which white privilege was entrenched during a period replete with legal forms of discrimination based on race. The complex meanings attached to three successful 'Australian' performers in this period of highly-articulated racism has thus become a popular cultural archive that can be investigated to learn more about contemporary connections between race, exoticism, and gender on the global stage and screen. *** ...these biographies are immaculately researched, stand as exemplary models of biography in context, and complicate existing understandings about race, gender, and popular culture. And best of all, the style is engaging and highly readable - I couldn't put the book down. - Richard Waterhouse, Biography Journal, Vol. 35, Issue 2, Spring 2012Ã?Â?Ã?Â?

The Million Dollar Mermaid

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Author : Esther Williams
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2000

The Million Dollar Mermaid written by Esther Williams and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Biography & Autobiography categories.

The author offers her perspective on life during Hollywood's Golden Age, chronicling her youthful idealism, her training to be a star, and her own tempestuous personal life.