The 1944 Christmas song “Baby It’s Cold Outside” was written by Frank Loesser (1910-1969) to sing with his wife, Lynn Garland (1916-1986), at a party to tell guests that it was time to leave.

Sung here by Red Skelton (1913-1997) and Betty Garrett (1919-2011) in MGM’s “Neptune’s Daughter” (1949).

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URL: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZXU8DPEkKVk&si=jEbq2Tm-CItjpETh

Betty Garrett: “We decided to put the Hollywood blacklist behind us and get on with our lives”

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URL: https://filmtalk.org/2018/03/05/betty-garrett-we-decided-to-put-the-hollywood-blacklist-behind-us-and-get-on-with-our-lives/

Tonight in 1973 — Irene Lorenzo challenged Archie Bunker to a game of pool.

#BettyGarrett (1919–2011) won a Golden Globe for #AllInTheFamily in 1974.

The star of #OnTheTown (1949) and other #ClassicFilm musicals was also a survivor of the Hollywood Blacklist.

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