The Original Million Dollar Mermaid: The Annette Kellerman Story

Title page......Page 1
Contents......Page 3
Author's note......Page 4
Foreword......Page 5
1 The perfect woman......Page 11
2 Swimming back the family fortune......Page 32
3 I never get tired and I swim like a clock......Page 41
4 Carnival time......Page 58
5 Scandal in Boston......Page 67
6 The big time: Vaudeville and New York City......Page 75
7 Physical beauty and how to keep it......Page 97
8 More than a friendly interest......Page 109
9 Some great ideas for a moving picture......Page 122
10 Million dollar movie......Page 137
11 The most dramatic episode of my life......Page 164
12 Give me the wide open spaces......Page 175
13 Conquering the Continent......Page 192
14 We'll be beachcombers......Page 197
15 The Dinkum Diggers' Dip......Page 206
16 A namby pamby attempt......Page 215
17 Movie star, retired to the tropics, wishes to sell mink coat......Page 224
Acknowledgements......Page 233
Sources......Page 235
Bibliography......Page 240