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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990TV Episode⏱️ 56mTV-14
DocumentaryBiographyHistory
7.8
IMDB Rating
145 votes

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life e...

Director
Allan Albert
Writers
N/A
Stars
Bobby Short, Richard Adler, Fred Astaire
Release Date
July 23, 1990
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom, United States
💬 3
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Bobby Short
Bobby Short
as Narrator
Richard Adler
Richard Adler
as Self
Fred Astaire
Fred Astaire
as Self
Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle
as Self
👤
Saul Chaplin
as Self
Cyd Charisse
Cyd Charisse
as Self
Maurice Chevalier
Maurice Chevalier
as Self
Bing Crosby
Bing Crosby
as Self
Alfred Drake
Alfred Drake
as Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
as Self

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Black and White
Production
1515 Productions Limited, American Masters Pictures, American Masters

🏷️ Keywords

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🎯 Categories

BiographyDocumentaryHistory

⭐ Featured Review

Informative with a good deal of scarce footage
by donofthedial2007-08-10
8/10

"This just ran here in Los Angeles on KLCS, our tenth run PBS style station where we catch the stuff we missed the first nine times around. This one told much of Cole Porter and had a lot of fine vintage footage from films, radio, television and elsewhere - virtually none of it properly identified. (Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore in color singing and dancing in a production number; Bob Hope and Ethel Merman recreating one of their numbers together 20 plus years later - sources unnamed.) This program had it's parts being far greater than the sum of it's parts. I can't call it a &..."

📖 Synopsis

Biographical portrait of one of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters. Told through the use of archival material and interviews with the rich and famous that knew him, this portrait concentrates on his career and his public life e...