American movie star Esther Williams poses with a board as she is going to compete the 'Ironing board derby' between Catalina island and the Californian coast 25 August 1947. (AFP/Getty Images) ...

"And they said, 'Do you know anybody else?' " Edward says. "And I said, 'Well, yeah. Esther Williams.' And they said, 'Fine, can you get her?' And I said, 'Oh, yeah, sure.' " Edward didn’t ...