You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

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You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

1990

0h 56m

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History

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Overview

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 events.

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39 members

Acting

Bobby Short

Narrator

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Richard Adler

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Kitty Carlisle

Self

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Saul Chaplin

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Cyd Charisse

Self

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Alfred Drake

Self

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Douglas Fairbanks Jr.

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Michael Feinstein

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Ted Fetter

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Brendan Gill

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Bob Hope

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Jean Howard

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Garson Kanin

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Lisa Kirk

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Gene Kelly

Self

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Swifty Lazar

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Tony Martin

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Johnny Mathis

Self

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Patricia Morison

Self

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Janis Paige

Self

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Linda Ronstadt

Self

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Arnold Saint Subber

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Alexis Smith

Self

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Dionne Warwick

Self

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Maurice Chevalier

Self (archive footage)

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Bing Crosby

Self (archive footage)

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Fred Astaire

Self (archive footage)

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Judy Garland

Self (archive footage)

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Cary Grant

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Lena Horne

Self (archive footage)

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Shirley MacLaine

Self (archive footage)

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Mary Martin

Self (archive footage)

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Ethel Merman

Self (archive footage)

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Robert H. Montgomery Jr.

Self (archive footage)

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Hermes Pan

Self (archive footage)

Sound

Cole Porter

Self (archive footage)

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Norma Shearer

Self (archive footage)

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Frank Sinatra

Self (archive footage)

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Maury Yeston

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