"I Wish I Didn't Love You So"

Description:

This sheet music is for the song "I Wish I Didn’t Love You So," by Frank Loesser. It was published by Susan Publications in New York, New York in 1947.

”I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” was featured in the 1947 Paramount Pictures film, The Perils of Pauline, directed by George Marshall and starred Betty Hutton and John Lund. “I Wish I Didn’t Love You So” was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song. The sheet music cover features an image of Hutton and Lund.

Publishing Date: 1947

Publisher: Susan Publications, Inc.

Location: Currently not on view

Place Made: United States: New York, New York

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Data Source: National Museum of American History

Id Number: 1985.0506.05Accession Number: 1985.0506Catalog Number: 1985.0506.05

Object Name: sheet music

Physical Description: paper (overall material)ink (overall material)Measurements: overall: 12 in x 9 in; 30.48 cm x 22.86 cm

Metadata Usage: CC0

Guid: http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a4-ed33-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa

Record Id: nmah_681476

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