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Song from "Whoopee!"
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Written for the film version of the musical comedy Whoopee! (1930), the song became a signature tune for Eddie Cantor who sang it in the movie.
Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical Western film photographed in two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film's plot closely follows that of the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld.
Plot:
Sally Morgan loves an Indian named Wanenis, but her father forbids her to marry Wanenis, instead favoring sheriff Bob Wells. Just before marrying Wells, Sally decides that she loves Wanenis too much and tricks farmhand Henry Williams into helping her flee to the ranch of Jerome Underwood. Wells searches for Sally, causing trouble for the oblivious Henry.
Whoopee! made a film star of Eddie Cantor, already known for his work on the Broadway stage and as a singer. The song "My Baby Just Cares for Me" was written especially for Cantor to sing in the film and became one of his signature songs. Bandleader George Olsen, already a well-known Victor recording artist, repeated his work from the stage version.
The film launched the Hollywood career of Busby Berkeley and was Alfred Newman's first composing job in Hollywood. Richard Day designed the sets and the cinematographer was Gregg Toland, who later found fame through his work in the films of Orson Welles. H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone served in an uncredited role as assistant director.
Future stars Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Ann Sothern, Virginia Bruce and Claire Dodd appear uncredited as "Goldwyn Girls".
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Richard Day.
The film has been called a "a musical western extravaganza". Cecil A. Smith and Glenn Litton recalled that "Director Frank Corsaro was criticized for exaggerating the show's dramatic style."
Lyrics:
(Verse)
I'm so happy since the day
That I fell in love in a great big way
And the big surprise is someone loves me too
Guess it’s hard for you to see
Just what anyone could see in me
But it only goes to prove what love can do
(Chorus 1)
My baby don't care for shows
My baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby don’t care for furs and laces
My baby don't care for high-toned places
My baby don't care for rings
Or other expensive things
She's sensible as can be
My baby don't care who knows it
My baby just cares for me
(Chorus 2)
My baby's no Gilbert fan
Ronald Colman is not hеr man
My baby just cares for me
My baby don't care for Lawrеnce Tibbetts
She'd rather have me around to kibitz
Bud Rogers is not her style
And even Chevalier’s smile
Is something that she can’t see
I wonder what's wrong with baby
My baby just cares for me, me, only me
(Chorus 3)
My baby don’t care for shows
My baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby just loves those consultations
And how she enjoys my operations
After our honeymoon
In April, May, or June
I'll get my nursing free
Then I can feel good for nothing
My baby just cares for me
Song from "Whoopee!"
"My Baby Just Cares for Me" is a jazz standard written by Walter Donaldson with lyrics by Gus Kahn. Written for the film version of the musical comedy Whoopee! (1930), the song became a signature tune for Eddie Cantor who sang it in the movie.
Whoopee! is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy musical Western film photographed in two-color Technicolor. It was directed by Thornton Freeland and stars Eddie Cantor, Ethel Shutta and Eleanor Hunt. The film's plot closely follows that of the 1928 stage show produced by Florenz Ziegfeld.
Plot:
Sally Morgan loves an Indian named Wanenis, but her father forbids her to marry Wanenis, instead favoring sheriff Bob Wells. Just before marrying Wells, Sally decides that she loves Wanenis too much and tricks farmhand Henry Williams into helping her flee to the ranch of Jerome Underwood. Wells searches for Sally, causing trouble for the oblivious Henry.
Whoopee! made a film star of Eddie Cantor, already known for his work on the Broadway stage and as a singer. The song "My Baby Just Cares for Me" was written especially for Cantor to sing in the film and became one of his signature songs. Bandleader George Olsen, already a well-known Victor recording artist, repeated his work from the stage version.
The film launched the Hollywood career of Busby Berkeley and was Alfred Newman's first composing job in Hollywood. Richard Day designed the sets and the cinematographer was Gregg Toland, who later found fame through his work in the films of Orson Welles. H. Bruce "Lucky" Humberstone served in an uncredited role as assistant director.
Future stars Betty Grable, Paulette Goddard, Ann Sothern, Virginia Bruce and Claire Dodd appear uncredited as "Goldwyn Girls".
The film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Art Direction by Richard Day.
The film has been called a "a musical western extravaganza". Cecil A. Smith and Glenn Litton recalled that "Director Frank Corsaro was criticized for exaggerating the show's dramatic style."
Lyrics:
(Verse)
I'm so happy since the day
That I fell in love in a great big way
And the big surprise is someone loves me too
Guess it’s hard for you to see
Just what anyone could see in me
But it only goes to prove what love can do
(Chorus 1)
My baby don't care for shows
My baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby don’t care for furs and laces
My baby don't care for high-toned places
My baby don't care for rings
Or other expensive things
She's sensible as can be
My baby don't care who knows it
My baby just cares for me
(Chorus 2)
My baby's no Gilbert fan
Ronald Colman is not hеr man
My baby just cares for me
My baby don't care for Lawrеnce Tibbetts
She'd rather have me around to kibitz
Bud Rogers is not her style
And even Chevalier’s smile
Is something that she can’t see
I wonder what's wrong with baby
My baby just cares for me, me, only me
(Chorus 3)
My baby don’t care for shows
My baby don't care for clothes
My baby just cares for me
My baby just loves those consultations
And how she enjoys my operations
After our honeymoon
In April, May, or June
I'll get my nursing free
Then I can feel good for nothing
My baby just cares for me
