New on Blu-ray: NEPTUNE'S DAUGHTER (1949) Starring Esther Williams & Red Skelton

Product Description: When bathing beauties go hunting for husbands at the local polo club, things are bound to go hysterically wrong in this MGM Technicolor musical extravaganza starring the one and only Esther Williams. A box-office smash upon release, Ms. Williams was at the apex of her career as one of the studio’s biggest movie stars, and cast opposite her was an up and coming young leading man by the name of Ricardo Montalban. In this Jack Cummings production, Esther stars as Eve Barrett, the owner and chief model of a bathing suit manufacturer who sees both a business and social opportunity at the local polo club. But Eve's ditzy younger sister, Betty (Betty Garrett), falls for the club's masseur, Jack (Red Skelton), whom Betty believes to be polo team captain José O'Rourke. As Eve tries to clear things up--and Jack desperately tries to act like a dashing polo player--love blooms between Eve and the real O'Rourke (Montalban). Keenan Wynn and bandleader Xavier Cugat also star, and Mel Blanc gives a rare live-action performance. Winner of an Academy Award for Best Original Song, "Baby It's Cold Outside." that tune was one of several in the film’s enjoyable score with music and lyrics by the great Frank Loesser. Newly remastered from a 4K scan of the film’s original Technicolor negatives, the film arrives on Blu-ray with exciting extra features including a vintage Tom & Jerry cartoon in High Definition (Hatch Up Your Troubles), a classic MGM Pete Smith short (Water Trix), a deleted musical number from the film featuring Betty Garrett, a quick excerpt of Esther Williams’ cameo appearance in the 1951 film “Callaway Went Thataway”, and an audio-only promotional radio interview of the era between Esther Williams and studio personality Richard Simmons.

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Director: Edward Buzzell

Starring: Esther Williams, Red Skelton, Ricardo Montalban, Betty Garrett, Keenan Wynn

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Runtime: 95 min

Rating: Not Rated

Language: English

Studio: Warner Archive

Home Video Release Date: March 14, 2023