This rare sheet music, "I Wish I Didn't Love You So" by Frank Loesser, dates to 1947 and was used to promote the Paramount film "The Perils of Pauline" on radio broadcasts with live musicians and vocalists in studio.
It is marked "For Professional Use Only, Not To Be Sold" and "Please Announce Title of Picture When Broadcasting This Number" which indicates its use. There is a stamp reading "From Paramount Music Corporation, Office of Tubby Garron, Paramount Pictures Inc., Hollywood, Calif."
Tubby Garron started his career as an actor on Broadway in the early 1900s. He later worked with Paramount Music and was one of the top and most colorful tune touts in the business."
This piece is from the personal estate of jazz musician and actor Phil Gordon, best known for his recurring roles on The Beverly Hillbillies, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction and his recordings with the Page Cavanaugh Trio for Decca Records. He performed regularly in Hollywood following WWII through the 1960s.
