Yes, that's a good point. Perhaps they were wanting, and indeed she was wanting, to push beyond that girlish image to something more mature. It's certainly the case that she had a womanly voice even as a young girl, so she could always manage these songs vocally if not thematically. Additionally, old Hollywood achieved a strange balance between innocence and maturity, with many of the musicals and romantic dramas dealing with mature themes yet presenting them in an almost sexless way. Modern audiences can struggle to make sense of this, but it has its own peculiar logic when you understand the moral forces that defined society at the time.
@@andrewfuller8583 In 'The Gang's All Here' apparently. Thanks, I didn't know that. Just looked it up: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3WgFIDAm3kY.html
The Betty Grable version is better. This song was out during WWII as a way to reassure the troops away from home that the lady in their life wouldn’t be with anyone else.
