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Anything Goes
Anything Goes
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Director: Robert Lewis
Actors: Bing Crosby, Donald O'connor, Zizi Jeanmaire, Mitzi Gaynor, Phil Harris
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD

List Price: $12.98
Buy New: $6.55
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars(17 reviews)
Sales Rank: 12225

Format: Color, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Media: DVD
Running Time: 106 minutes
Number Of Items: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.66:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: PARD055134D
ISBN: 1415713499
UPC: 097360551341
EAN: 9781415713495
ASIN: B000A6T1I6

Release Date: September 27, 2005
Theatrical Release Date: April 1956
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Editorial Reviews:

Description
In ANYTHING GOES, 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 star female role. Unfortunately, they each promise the role to the girl they selected without informing the other until they head back home ? with their leading ladies!

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This is the second film titled IAnything Goes/I to star Bing Crosby (the first was a 1936 film). Both films change a lot of the original Cole Porter stage musical, but at least the later version keeps a few more Porter songs. Still, there is something odd about a Cole Porter film filled with "additional songs" by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen (perhaps Porter's work was not warm and cuddly enough for 1956 America, although it seemed to work well at MGM with IHigh Society/I, released the same year). Crosby plays a Broadway star teamed up with young TV hotshot Donald O'Connor. Vacationing separately in Europe and needing a leading lady for their upcoming show, each signs a prospect--Crosby snaps up Mitzi Gaynor (at her perkiest) and O'Connor finds Jeanmaire, a French dancer. The show can only have one female star, so when the quartet crosses paths on the ocean liner back to the U.S., sparks will fly. Or not--this Paramount musical lacks any definable zip, from the sleepy dialogue to the listless camera. The capable Nick Castle staged the musical sequences, although Jeanmaire's numbers were choreographed by Roland Petit (also her husband). The Porter songs are half-heartedly rendered, although O'Connor and Gaynor get some oomph into "It's De-Lovely." Der Bingle was born to burble "Blow, Gabriel, Blow," but it's too little, too late. I--Robert Horton/I


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4 out of 5 stars An Entertaining Musical   October 9, 2008
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood: From the Secret Files of Harry Pennypackerbr /Musical: From Broadway to Hollywoodbr /Shadow Watcherbr /Nobody Drowns in Mineral Lakebr /br /Aside from the title, several songs and the shipboard setting, this 1956 adaptation retains little of Cole Porter's hit Broadway musical. In fact, there are several new tunes in the film written by Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn.br /br /That's not to say that this isn't an entertaining movie, because it is. It has a likable cast, an okay story and the musical numbers are all first-rate. Among the Porter tunes in the film are "You're the Top," "I Get a Kick Out of You, "Blow, Gabriel, Blow" and, of course, the title song.br /br /Bing Crosby and Donald O'Connor are Broadway song-and-dance men who are about to star in their first show together. On separate vacations in Europe, each one signs a different leading lady for the show. Crosby, having spotted Mitzi Gaynor on stage in London, has given her the role, while O'Connor, in Paris, has signed an iron-clad contract with dancer Jeanmarie. br /br /Now, who is going to tell one of the girls that she's fired?br /br /The situation becomes more complicated when Donald falls for Mitzi and Bing does likewise with the French lady.br /br /Phil Harris co-stars. Robert Lewis directed.br /br / Michael B. Druxman, author of ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD


3 out of 5 stars Almost Anything Goes .   April 13, 2008
I wanted to see this movie again after 50 years between viewings.Donald O'Connor is superb ,a vastly underated talent. Bing Crosby trying hard to be a hoofer, just looks awkward in the dance sequences. and Mitzi Gaynor very proffesional, but a lacks warmth . However, it all comes together in an entertaining package, with Cole Porters music, and a technically superb DVD , Garry Stewart, Melbourne , Australia .


5 out of 5 stars Anything Goes   March 21, 2008
If you love musicals - you will like this movie! All the cliche movie musical stuff, including the "dream sequence".br /


5 out of 5 stars Anything goes on this ship!   December 9, 2007
  1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Anything Goes is amazing and you should get it if you love musicals! It's fun and upbeat and has a very interesting story! :)


3 out of 5 stars ENTERTAINING   June 27, 2007
Love the dance scenes with Mitzi Gaynor and Donald O'Connor. Don't think Bing Crosby suited the part some of the acting was very forced. Remember this film from years ago simply for the dance sequences.


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