Skirts Ahoy! | |
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Original film poster
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Directed by | Sidney Lanfield |
Produced by | Joe Pasternak |
Written by | Isobel Lennart |
Starring | Esther Williams |
Release date
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September 8, 1952 |
Running time
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109 mins. |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $2,003,000 |
Box office | $4,049,000 |
Skirts Ahoy! is a 1952 MGM musical film shot in Technicolor and directed by Sidney Lanfield. It stars Esther Williams, Vivian Blaine and Joan Evans.The films follows the adventures of several women who join the WAVES with sequences filmed on location at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station. The film also features the film debut of Billy Eckstine.
According to MGM records the film earned $2,585,000 in the US and Canada and $1,464,000 overseas, resulting in a profit of $342,000.