I've waited years to see this not because of Betty Hutton but because I'm a great admirer of Frank Loesser who, like Hutton, was contracted to Paramount and wrote several scores for Hutton pictures none of which I have seen. I was dreading the manic Hutton going near the standout ballad I Wish I Didn't Love You So, which was Oscar-nominated and topped the Lucky Strike Hit Parade and while she's no Margaret Whiting she did tone down her delivery. It was very simplistic and in terms of the real Pearl White it probably fit where it touched. This was the time when Paramount hadn't yet given up on John Lund so he was wheeled out as leading man but even his woodenness couldn't really harm a delightful film with a great cast including Frank Faylen, Frank Fergusen, Billy de Wolfe, William Demearest and a standout Constance Collier. Nice to catch up with this at last.
Review of The Perils of Pauline
