In any case, the song was written by Frank Loesser who did, I believe, all the songs for this musical. Not one of his better known productions- which include Guys and Dolls & How To Succeed In Business Without Even Trying- or one of his better known songs, such as Baby, It's Cold Outside, Slow Boat To China, Luck Be A Lady, and Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, to name a few. The Perils of Pauline has generally been forgotten, though one of the other Loesser songs from it- I Wish I Didn't Love You So- actually received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. You can, in fact, (legally)watch the movie in its entirety on YouTube because it is now in the public domain. If you wanted to... it's not that great, and wildly inaccurate, but it does, indeed, have a song about a sewing machine:
I've been sewing some small projects lately, which I can finish up quickly. I made quite a few of these: key chain lip balm holders, because they take no time at all. I also sewed this fanny pack to give as a gift to my sister who is a runner; its outer layer is cotton, but I made the lining out of rainwear so that it'll be water resistant if she's running in the rain. I have a few baby showers to attend coming up, so am also sewing some baskets and then filling them with baby supplies: I have been, obviously, spending a fair amount of my spare time parked in front of my sewing machine. Tangentially, The Perils of Pauline is a movie musical from 1947 which stars Betty Hutton. It's supposed to be a biography of 1910's-20's silent film actress Pearl White except, bizarrely, the story bears little resemblance to White's actual life. The movie's title is taken from a film serial Pearl White starred in beginning in 1916, so at least that is accurate; it's about the only thing that is. Why am I mentioning The Perils of Pauline? Well, because it's the only movie I can think of offhand that has a song in it about a sewing machine. According to the film, White worked in a sweat shop making clothes until she broke into show business. This never actually happened, but what can you do? In any case, the song was written by Frank Loesser who did, I believe, all the songs for this musical. Not one of his better known productions- which include Guys and Dolls & How To Succeed In Business Without Even Trying- or one of his better known songs, such as Baby, It's Cold Outside, Slow Boat To China, Luck Be A Lady, and Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, to name a few. The Perils of Pauline has generally been forgotten, though one of the other Loesser songs from it- I Wish I Didn't Love You So- actually received an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Song. You can, in fact, (legally)watch the movie in its entirety on YouTube because it is now in the public domain. If you wanted to... it's not that great, and wildly inaccurate, but it does, indeed, have a song about a sewing machine:
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