In the spirit of the season, I thought we'd look at one of our beloved songs. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" was written in 1944 by Frank Loesser and performed with his wife at a party. Four years later, MGM aquired the rights to the song and it appeared in the 1949 romantic comedy called "Neptunes Daughter" starring Esther Williams. The film has two performances of the song, the first by Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalbán and the second by Red Skelton and Betty Garrett, in which the roles are reversed.
Loesser won an Academy Award for Best Original Song from the movie.
Neptunes Daughter was written by the legendary screenwriter Dorothy Kingsely, who is well known for Kiss Me Kate, Valley of the Dolls, Angels in the Outfield and Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.
Hope you enjoy!
(if you can not see the video, please go to this link.)
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