July 21 movie: Neptune's Daughter. Esther Williams and Ricardo Montalban in a movie that isn't repulsive! Yay! Costars Red Skelton and Betty Garrett as the comic pairing, also Keenan Wynn and Xavier Cugat, and Mel Blanc in a tiny role doing an exaggerated Mexican accent. Sounded just like Speedy Gonzales, what a surprise!
This movie was the first place I ever heard the song "Baby It's Cold Outside," and I still prefer the Montalban/Williams version above all others. (Sorry Dino!) In the movie it's very funny, after Montalban and Williams sing, Skelton and Garrett do the same song with the genders reversed. Also Cugat does a lounge/exotica number that's very different from what I expect to hear from him. If I hadn't known, I would have guessed Arthur Lyman or maybe Les Baxter.
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