Anything Goes (1936 film)
| Anything Goes | |
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| Directed by | Lewis Milestone |
| Written by | Russel Crouse Howard Lindsay Guy Bolton (play) P.G. Wodehouse (play) |
| Produced by | Benjamin Glazer |
| Starring | Bing Crosby Ethel Merman Charles Ruggles Ida Lupino Arthur Treacher |
| Cinematography | Karl Struss |
| Edited by | Eda Warren |
| Music by | Cole Porter |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | January 24, 1936 |
Running time | 92 minutes |
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Anything Goes is a 1936 American musical film released by Paramount Pictures adapted from the Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, P.G. Wodehouse stage production of the same title.
This first cinematic version, filmed in black and white, was directed by Lewis Milestone with star Ethel Merman reprising her role as Reno Sweeney, and Bing Crosby in the renamed role of Billy Crockett. Charles Ruggles (replacing Victor Moore), Ida Lupino and Arthur Treacher headed the supporting cast. The film required lyrical revisions of Porter's saucy lyrics to pass Production Code censors. Only four of his songs remained; "Anything Goes", "I Get a Kick Out of You", "There'll Always Be a Lady Fair", and "You're the Top" — all substantially lyrically revised.
Bing Crosby's influence was used to obtained four new songs from three new songwriters, but other than "Moonburn", written by Hoagy Carmichael and Edward Heyman, which temporarily became a hit for Crosby, it is usually agreed that most of the replacement score was forgettable. Some, including movie musical expert John Springer, have criticized Paramount for substituting new songs by other composers for the originals. (This was a common policy in Hollywood during the 1930s, when film studios owned music publishing houses and hoped that songs written especially for films would guarantee extra profits for the studio.)
When Paramount sold the 1936 film to television, they retitled the movie Tops is the Limit because the 1956 film version, also from Paramount, was currently in theaters.
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