Anything Goes (1956)

Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Lewis

Writers:

Guy Bolton (play), P.G. Wodehouse (play),

Stars:

Bing Crosby, Donald O'Connor, Zizi Jeanmaire

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Bing Crosby	...	Bill Benson
Donald O'Connor	...	Ted Adams
Zizi Jeanmaire	...	Gaby Duval (as Jeanmaire)
Mitzi Gaynor	...	Patsy Blair
Phil Harris	...	Steve Blair
Kurt Kasznar	...	Victor Lawrence
Richard Erdman	...	Ed Brent
Walter Sande	...	Alex Todd
Archer MacDonald	...	Otto
Argentina Brunetti	...	Suzanne
Alma Macrorie	...	French Baroness
Dorothy Neumann	...	German Woman
James Griffith	...	Paul Holiday

Storyline

Bill Benson and Ted Adams are to appear in a Broadway show together and, while in Paris, each 'discovers' the perfect leading lady for the plum female role. Each promises the prize role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back across the Atlantic by liner - with each man having brought his choice along! It becomes a stormy crossing as each man has to tell his 'find' that she might not get the role after all.

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Plot Keywords:

show | based on play

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Genres:

Musical

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1956 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Quadrilha do Amor

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Paramount Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This was the last film shown on a television network in 1966. It made its television debut on New Year's Eve of that year, at 9:00 PM., on "NBC Saturday Night at the Movies". Immediately after the film, the New Year's Eve festivities began.

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Goofs

During the "Ya Gotta Give The People Hoke" number Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor go into a prop room, pick up a prop, go on stage, do a "bit" and go back to the prop room. About midway through, Bing comes out on stage wearing a Fireman's hat. There is a pile of brownish debris and several piles of white material that were not there a second before, indicating that one or more "bits" had been cut after filming.

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Connections

Version of The Colgate Comedy Hour: Anything Goes (1954)

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Soundtracks

"It's De-lovely"
Written by Cole Porter
Performed by Mitzi Gaynor and Donald O'Connor

User Reviews

Good middle-of-the-road entertainment

I haven't met a musical that I couldn't find something to like about it, so although the story is somewhat bland one can still enjoy the good highlights. It's wonderful to see these stars in their prime -- Bing, Mitzi, Donald, Jeanmaire, and Phil Harris as the father figure.

The dance routines of "You're the Top" and "It's Delightful" are great musical show stoppers. Basically Bing and Donald play the part of two showmen who unknowingly sign two different dancers, Mitzi and Jean, to be the star in their musical. Obviously they have some sorting out to do on this matter while all are sailing back to America.

In my later years I'm learning to appreciate Bing's movies more than when I was young. All in all this is pleasant entertainment that leaves you with a good feeling.