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

The Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minnesota: More than a tribute to iconic star Judy Garland (1922-1969)

TAGS: #JudyGarland #JudyGarlandMuseum #Hollywood #Actress #Film #Movies #Cinema #MGM #LouisBMayer #MickeyRooney #Filmsky #TheWizardOfOz #OverTheRainbow #MeetMeInStLouis #GetHappy #SummerStock #ThatsEntertainment #HaveYourselfAMerryLittleChristmas #AndyHardy #BabesInArms #AStarIsBorn #RonaldNeame #ICouldGoOnSinging #MetroGoldwynMayer #LizaMinnelli

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2025/12/18/the-judy-garland-museum/

Hedy Lamarr — Beverly Hills home
b. November 9, 1914, Vienna, Austria
d. January 19, 2000, Casselberry, Florida (natural causes)

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Janet Leigh: “Norma Shearer was the quintessential star, a star like no other, and she was my fairy godmother”

TAGS: #JanetLeigh #Actress #FilmActress #MovieActress #FilmStar #MovieStar #FilmTalk #MovieTalk #NormaShearer #Oscar #AcademyAward #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #IrvingThalberg #IrvingGThalberg #LouisBMayer #GeorgeSidney #LuiseRainer #RichardAnderson #CarlaLaemmle #MarshaHunt #DeborahThalberg #Filmmaking #Storytelling #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2025/07/19/janet-leigh/

Daniel Selznick: Son of David O. Selznick and grandson of Louis B. Mayer dies at 88

TAGS: #DanielSelznick #Interview #FilmInterview #FilmTalk #MovieTalk #Producer #FilmProducer #DavidOSelznick #LouisBMayer #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #IreneMayerSelznick #APrivateView #HollywoodDynasty #SelznickInternational #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #FilmCommunity #Filmbuff #Filmmaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2024/09/17/daniel-selznick/

Looking back: What daily life was like at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer once tou entered the studio

TAGS: #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #CulverCity #Hollywood #LouisBMayer #IrvingThalberg #NormaShearer #JudyGarland #GretaGarbo #RoubenMamoulian #DoreSchary #WSVanDyke #ClarkGable #GeneKelly #GoldenEraOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2015/11/21/looking-back-what-daily-life-was-like-at-metro-goldwyn-mayer-once-you-entered-the-studio/

Marsha Hunt: “MGM let me play absolutely everything, the studio gave me so much joy”

TAGS: #MarshaHunt #Interview #FilmInterview #Actress #FilmActress #FilmStar #MovieActress #MovieStar #MetroGoldwynMayer #LouisBMayer #HollywoodBlacklist #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Cinemabuzz #FilmCommunity #MovieCommunity #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2015/08/27/marsha-hunt-mgm-let-me-play-absolutely-everything-the-studio-gave-me-such-joy/

Ann Rutherford: “My golden years were platinum years”

TAGS: #AnnRutherford #Interview #FilmInterview #Actress #FilmActress #FilmStar #MovieActress #MovieStar #GoneWithTheWind #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #LouisBMayer #MickeyRooney #AndyHardy #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Cinemabuzz #FilmCommunity #MovieCommunity #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2015/02/05/ann-rutherford-my-golden-years-were-platinum-years/

Luise Rainer: “Whatever I was able to give or do in my work came from inside out”

TAGS: #LuiseRainer #Interview #FilmInterview #Actress #FilmActress #FilmStar #MovieActress #MovieStar #Oscar #AcademyAward #MGM #MetroGoldwynMayer #LouisBMayer #IrvingThalberg #GoldenAgeOfHollywood #FilmNews #FilmIndustry #EntertainmentNews #Filmbuzz #Cinemabuzz #FilmCommunity #Filmbuff #Moviebuff #Filmmaking #Moviemaking #Storytelling #BehindTheScenes #Hollywood #Film #Movies #Cinema

URL: https://filmtalk.org/2014/12/31/luise-rainer-1910-2014-whatever-i-was-able-to-give-or-do-in-my-work-came-from-inside-out/

‘Awards Chatter’ Pod: Legendary Critic Kenneth Turan on New Mayer/Thalberg Book, Sean Baker’s Rise and LA Times Owner Patrick Soon-Shiong
#MovieNews #Movies #Books #IrvingThalberg #KennethTuran #LosAngelesTimes #LouisBMayer #LouisBMayerIrvingThalbergTheWholeEquation #Patricksoonshiong #YaleUniversityPress

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/critic-kenneth-turan-la-times-awards-chatter-podcast-1236192958/