Anything Goes

1956 Film Version

Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
[with new songs by Sammy Cahn
and James van Heusen]
Screenplay by Sidney Sheldon,
based on the play by Guy Bolton
and P. G. Wodehouse

A Paramount Pictures Release
(1956; 106 minutes; Color)
Produced by Robert Emmett Dolan
Directed by Robert M. Lewis
Cinematography by John F. Warren
Costumes by Edith Head
Choreography by Nick Castle
Orchestra directed by Joseph Lilley

 

Cast

Bing Crosby (Bill Benson), Donald O'Connor (Ted Adams), Mitzi Gaynor (Patsy Blair), Phil Harris (Steve Blair), Zizi "Renée" Jeanmaire (Gaby Duval), Kurt Kasznar (Victor Lawrence), Richard Entman (Ed Brent) and Walter Sande (Alex Todd)

Musical Numbers

Written by Cole Porter

• "I Get a Kick Out of You"
• "Anything Goes"
• "You're the Top"
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow"
• "It's De-lovely"
• "All Through the Night"

Soundtrack Recordings

Selections [Porter songs in bold]

• "Ya Gotta Give the People Hoke" (Crosby, O'Connor)
• "Anything Goes" (Gaynor)
• "I Get a Kick Out of You" (Jeanmaire)
• "You're the Top" (Crosby, Gaynor)
• "Dream Ballet" (Based on "Let's Do It" and "All Through the Night"; Arranged by Van Cleeve)
• "It's De-lovely" (Gaynor, O'Connor)
• "All Through the Night" (Orchestra)
• "A Second Hand Turban and a Crystal Ball" (Crosby, O'Connor)
• "You Can Bounce Right Back" (O'Connor)
• "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" (Crosby, O'Connor, Gaynor, Jeanmaire)

Go to the Original Stage Production of Anything Goes
Go to the 1936 Film Version of Anything Goes
Go to Other Recordings of Anything Goes
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