Esther Williams Quotes
I remember when I first walked into Mayer's cavernous office. You had to walk 50 yards to get to him, and in that time he could really study everything about you.
Williams, Esther, and Digby Diehl. The Million Dollar Mermaid: An Autobiography. Simon & Schuster, 1999.
In the early days of our republic, the President and Vice President were sometimes of different parties. President Adams and the Federalists kept Vice President Thomas Jefferson under surveillance.
At the time, her husband, John Quincy Adams, was a potential candidate for President and his position on all matters was very influential. The Senate had been polarized on the slavery issue and the Missouri Compromise was being debated. Mrs. Adams was well educated and very interested in the substance of political debate, especially involving slavery to which she was adamantly opposed. Even then the body language of a spouse was watched carefully.
Esther Jane Williams was an American competitive swimmer and actress. Williams set multiple national and regional swimming records in her late teens as part of the Los Angeles Athletic Club swim team. Unable to compete in the 1940 Summer Olympics because of the outbreak of World War II, she joined Billy Rose's Aquacade, where she took on the role vacated by Eleanor Holm after the show's move from New York City to San Francisco. While in the city, she spent five months swimming alongside Olympic gold medal winner and Tarzan star Johnny Weissmuller. Williams caught the attention of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer scouts at the Aquacade. After appearing in several small roles, alongside Mickey Rooney in an Andy Hardy film, and future five-time co-star Van Johnson in A Guy Named Joe, Williams made a series of films in the 1940s and early 1950s known as "aquamusicals," which featured elaborate performances with synchronised swimming and diving.
