Diving into a crocodile pit - Annette Kellerman
1974
Diving into a crocodile pit - Annette Kellerman
1974
Annette Kellerman speaks about her fearlessness when it comes to heights and her skill at performing high dive stunts in her movies. She even dived into a crocodile pit for her role in A Daughter of the Gods!
This excerpt from an oral history interview with Joel Greenberg in 1974, when Kellerman was 88 years old, is presented with footage of Kellerman as a mermaid in Neptune's Daughter (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1914).
Kellerman criticised Esther Williams for needing a stunt double when portraying her in Million Dollar Mermaid (Mervyn LeRoy, USA, 1952).
Annette Kellerman speaks about her fearlessness when it comes to heights and her skill at performing high dive stunts in her movies. She even dived into a crocodile pit for her role in A Daughter of the Gods!
This excerpt from an oral history interview with Joel Greenberg in 1974, when Kellerman was 88 years old, is presented with footage of Kellerman as a mermaid in Neptune's Daughter (Herbert Brenon, USA, 1914).
Kellerman criticised Esther Williams for needing a stunt double when portraying her in Million Dollar Mermaid (Mervyn LeRoy, USA, 1952).
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