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Anything Goes

Anything Goes

1936Movie⏱️ 1h 32mApproved
ComedyMusicalMysteryRomance
6.2
IMDB Rating
625 votes

Young man falls for blonde heiress forced onto ship. Follows to rescue her, disguising as mobster's aide when realizing she's returning home and his boss is aboard.

Director
Lewis Milestone
Writers
P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay
Stars
Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, Charles Ruggles
Release Date
January 24, 1936
Language
English
Country
United States
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🎭 Top Cast

Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
as Billy Crocker
Ethel Merman
Ethel Merman
as Reno Sweeney
Charles Ruggles
Charles Ruggles
as Moonface Martin - Rev. Dr. Moon
Ida Lupino
Ida Lupino
as Hope Harcourt
Grace Bradley
Grace Bradley
as Bonnie Le Tour
Arthur Treacher
Arthur Treacher
as Sir Evelyn Oakleigh
Robert McWade
Robert McWade
as Elisha J. Whitney
Richard Carle
Richard Carle
as Bishop Dobson
Margaret Dumont
Margaret Dumont
as Mrs. Wentworth
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Jerry Tucker
as Junior

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Paramount Pictures

🏷️ Keywords

disguiseethnic stereotypefake beardsea voyagesailor

🎯 Categories

ComedyMusicalMysteryRomance

⭐ Featured Review

This initial film version of Anything Goes is quite enjoyable for fans of Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, and Cole Porter
by tavm2014-11-30
8/10

"After so many years of knowing this was on YouTube, I finally decided to watch this initial film version of Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes. Ethel Merman reprises her Broadway role as Reno Sweeney and got to sing the Porter songs, "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "You're the Top" which she performed with the other film star, Bing Crosby, though both songs had some lyric changes either because of the Production Code or because Paramount didn't want to have stars not contracted to that studio mentioned in the latter song. Oh, and "Anything Goes" was ..."

💡 Did You Know?

W.C. Fields was replaced before filming began with Charles Ruggles.

📖 Synopsis

Young man falls for blonde heiress forced onto ship. Follows to rescue her, disguising as mobster's aide when realizing she's returning home and his boss is aboard.