Anything Goes

1936
PG
1h 32m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

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Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman, and Charles Ruggles in Anything Goes (1936)

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Comedy Musical Mystery Romance

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.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.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.

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

595

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 3 wins total

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

Goofs
During "Sailor Beware," there is a shot of deckhands strumming guitars at a much faster tempo than the song itself, suggesting that it's stock footage from another film.

Quotes
[first lines]
Reno Sweeney: [singing] In olden days a glimpse of stocking / Was looked on as something shocking, / Now, Heaven knows, / Anything goes!
[as she sings the words "anything goes", the title of the film appears onscreen]

Connections
Featured in Paramount Presents (1974)

Soundtracks
Anything Goes
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by Cole Porter
Sung by Ethel Merman

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Featured review

Very Bizarre But It Has Its Moments

Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman star in this shipboard comedy caper with a few songs tossed in from the Broadway production by Cole Porter. Very odd film has Crosby mistaken for Public Enemy No 1, Merman (as Reno Sweeney) sailing for Europe, Charlie Ruggles (posing as a clergyman), Ida Lupino as a runaway heiress, Arthur Treacher (bringing her back) as Lord Oakley, Grace Bradley as the real public enemy's wife, and Margaret Dumont as a haughty passenger.

The title song remains as does "You're the Top." The rest are forgettable. This is such a mishmash of comedy schtick and bad plotting that's it's useless to follow the plot, but Crosby and Merman are breezy and fun. Ruggles does a blatant and bad impression of Vistor Moore (who played the part on Broadway), Lupino and Treacher are fun.

Funniest bits have Crosby needing a beard for a disguise when a dog walks by.... Merman also stars in the big Chinese production number as the boat docks! As I said, a very odd film. Jane Wyman is one of the chorus girls.