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Bathing Beauty

1944 · 102 min

A bright, silly Technicolor romp full of slapstick, songs, and splashy swimming numbers that keeps you smiling.

Tagline
M-G-M’s Mammoth Technicolor Musical Spectacle!
Overview
After breaking up with her fiancé, a gym teacher returns to work at a women's college, but a legal loophole allows him to enroll as one of her students.
In the UKNo streaming, rental or purchase options known.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • lightstrength 3 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • deception
  • identity
  • music
  • rebellion
Places
  • school
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour8
Realism3
Romance7
Tension2
Darkness1
Complexity3
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
music, comedy, romance
Directed by
George Sidney
Written by
Frank Waldman, Dorothy Kingsley, Allen Boretz
Starring
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Cinematography
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Runtime
102 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish, French

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