Though shes very good on film, she was phenomenal onstage. Almost twenty years later, she made a live television adaptation, this time with frank sinatra. The colgate comedy hour anything goes tv episode 1954. Mitzi gaynor in the musical number anything goes from the 1956 movie anything goes. On an ocean liner, a nightclub singer tries to help a fellow american romance an english heiress who is being forced to return home to marry a man she doesnt love. That was when she first did anything goes with bing crosby. My man godfrey full movie william powell carole lombard tcc ai color duration.
Staring ethel merman, frank sinatra, sheree north and bert lahr. Anything goes on a luxurious ocean liner, a nightclub singer helps a fellow american woo an heiress who is returning home to marry a man she doesnt love. Tony ray milland is ensnaring lesgateswann anthony dawson in his plot to kill his wife when alfred hitchcock goes to the diabolical overhead shot, in dial m for murder, 1954, from frederick knotts play. Wodehouse, heavily revised by the team of howard lindsay and russel crouse. Anything goes 1954 film the golden throats wiki fandom. Anything goes 1h 46min musical april 1956 usa bill benson and ted adams are to appear in a broadway show together and, while in paris, each discovers. In 1954, ethel merman, at the age of fortysix, reprised her. Anything goes all through the night the dorsey brothers orchestra 78 rpm, 1934 decca 318 anything goes two little babes in the wood from greenwich village follies of 1924 cole porter. Anything goes the colgate comedy hour february 28, 1954usa vhs.
If your dvd player is region locked to a particular region when a dvd is inserted into the player it looks for a region code. Wodehouse, the film is about two entertainers scheduled to appear in a broadway show who travel to europe, where each discovers the perfect leading lady for the. Musical partners bill bing crosby and ted donald oconnor, on the way back to new york, trying to avoid telling betsy mitzi gaynor and gaby zizi jeanmarie theyve been given the same part, with a witty staging of cole porters song, in anything goes, 1956. The story concerns madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from new york to london. Extremely lusty, busty and energetic dishwater blonde lili marlene was born on march 18, 1954, in. In this 1954 production of the famed cole porter musical comedy anything goes, frank sinatra and ethel mermen made their television debuts, belting out classic tunes in this blockbuster song and dance production.
Music and lyrics by cole porter original book by guy bolton and p. Anything goes is a 1956 american musical film directed by robert lewis, and starring bing crosby, donald oconnor, jeanmaire, and mitzi gaynor. However, he discovers that she is an english heiress who ran away from home and is now being returned to england. The british animation firm of john halas and joy batchelor perform yeoman service in adapting george orwells allegorical novel animal farm to the screen. Special 22854 episode of the colgate comedy hour anything goes. Anything goes is a 1956 musical starring bing crosby, donald oconnor, zizi jeanmaire, and mitzi gaynor. When he sees her being forced onto a luxury liner, he decides to follow and rescue her. In anything goes even his comedy stuff is pretty awful. While ethel merman starred in the original anything goes on broadway in 1934, she reprised her role for hollywood in 1936, with bing crosby by her side.
Cole porter anything goes 1954 television production. 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. Anything goes is a 1956 musical film adapted from the cole porter, guy bolton, p. With bing crosby, ethel merman, charles ruggles, ida lupino. Anything goes original, musical, comedy, broadway opened in new york city nov 21, 1934 and played through nov 16, 1935. Well refund your credit card or we can credit your fandango account to use for another movie. The music is great and it has bing and donald oconnor but some spark is just missing from this. Origins of the cult of scientific irrationalism or popper and after. Now, im a sucker for practically any release of a television musical from the past, but this one is a definite must see. Overview of anything goes, 1956, directed by robert lewis, with bing crosby, donald oconnor, jeanmaire, at turner classic movies. Aug 02, 2008 mitzi gaynor in the musical number anything goes from the 1956 movie anything goes.
Anything goes has been revived three times in new york an extremely successful 1962 revisal and later on broadway in 1987 and 2011, yet no tv or movie version has done it faithfully. Revived several times in the us and britain since its debut in 1934. The film tells the story of bill benson and ted adams. While she was permitted to repeat her stage roles in the movie versions anything goes 1936 and call me madam 1954, she had to endure watching betty hutton wail her way through the film. It features many of the same memorable songs that are in the play, such as i get a kick out of you and its delovely. Introduced in the musical of the same name with music and lyrics by cole porter. Maki ohguro song, 2010 anything goes randy houser song, 2008 anything goes ras kass song, 1996 anything goes, a song in an episode of the tv series monty pythons flying circus. Anything goes guns n roses song, 1987 anything goes. Anything goes the 1954 television version dc theatre scene. Anything goes selections from the cole porter musical licensed to youtube by the orchard music on behalf of stage door.
The film was not well recieved when it was released and for many years it was a staple of afternoon tv movie shows. Bing crosby of course is well known to old movie buffs but others will be somewhat puzzled by his popularity. Watch the music video and discover trivia about this classic pop song now. A young man named billy woos and loses a good girl called hope, not realizing shes engaged to a stuffy englishman called evelyn oakleigh. Billy crocker is a stowaway in love with heiress hope harcourt, who is engaged to lord evelyn oakleigh. You may exchange or request a refund for your entire order, less the convenience fee, through fandango up until the posted showtime.
Adapted from the 1934 stage musical anything goes by cole porter, guy bolton, and p. If it finds a region code that is not compatible with your players region lock then it will not play. The original book was a collaborative effort by guy bolton and p. Dial m for murder 1954 movie clip she isnt going to. Anything goes 1934 cole porter songs dorsey brothers. Nothing he does in anything goes sheds light on this question. The 1954 madefortelevision version of cole porters anything goes, starring frank sinatra and ethel merman, will be officially released for the first time on dvd march 29. Youll have to complete your refund and exchange before the posted showtime indicated on your ticket. 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.
Anything goes is a 1934 musical with music and lyrics by cole porter. Anything goes on dvd 741952677598 from e1 entertainment. Wodehouse, the stage version contains songs by cole porter. He was a popular extremely bland singer and a horrible actor with some comic ability. With bing crosby, donald oconnor, zizi jeanmaire, mitzi gaynor. Frank sinatra, sheree north, al goodmans orchestra, bert lahr, ethel merman. Anything goes this 1956 lively musical is an adaptation of the cole porter 1934 stage version.
Ethel merman, frank sinatra in anything goes, part 1 on vimeo. Anything goes is a 1936 american musical film directed by lewis milestone and starring bing crosby, ethel merman, charles ruggles and ida lupino. Broadcast by nbctv on february 28, 1954 on the colgate comedy hour. Today, hes high on cole porters anything goes not the movie, or the stage musical, but a live tv curiosity from 1954. Feb 18, 2012 introduced in the musical of the same name with music and lyrics by cole porter. Looking to elude his boss, the american disguises himself as a gangster traveling with a minister, who is actually a gangster.
One of the longestrunning series in film history began with ishiro hondas grim, blackandwhite allegory for the devastation wrought on japan by the atomic bomb. Anything goes is a 1954 musical film based on the stage musical. Mar 29, 2011 the disc is a digital copy of a black and white kinescope of a 1954 colgate comedy hour adaptation of the cole porter musical comedy anything goes. Community theaters love this show, and even if the book gets a rewrite and other cole porter songs are added, at least the essence of the show remains. The american must avoid his boss who is traveling on the same vessel and disguises himself as a gangster traveling with a minister who is, in fact, a disguised gangster on the lam. Nov 26, 2000 beat the devil went straight from box office flop to cult classic and has been called the first camp movie, although bogart, who sank his own money into it, said, only phonies like it. In this 1954 production of the famed cole porter musical comedy anything goes, frank sinatra and ethel mermen made. Based on the stage musical anything goes by guy bolton and p. Read the full synopsis of anything goes, 1956, directed by robert lewis, with bing crosby, donald oconnor, jeanmaire, at turner classic movies.
Anything goes the colgate comedy hour february 28, 1954. The reason ethel merman was so famous was at least in part because of the smash success she was in the mid1930s, when she was young and lithe, a total broadway package with a huge voice. For the earlier motion picture, see anything goes 1936 film. Anything goes full movie 1956 retro youtube videos. Deccas album of songs from the 1956 paramount film anything goes has always been a hashed up affair, and the decision to release it on cd is curious, to say the least. A leading lady of light musicals, the brighteyed gaynor is best remembered for south pacific. If it finds a region code that is not compatible with your players region lock then it.
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