
AnythingGoesisa1936AmericanmusicalfilmdirectedbyLewisMilestoneandstarringBingCrosby,EthelMerman,CharlesRugglesandIdaLupino.[1]BasedonthestagemusicalAnythingGoesbyGuyBoltonandP.G.Wodehouse,thestageversioncontainssongsbyColePorter.Thefilmisaboutayoungmanwhofallsinlovewithabeautifulwomanwhomhefollowsontoaluxuryliner,wherehediscoverssheisanEnglishheiresswhoranawayfromhomeandisnowbeingreturnedtoEngland.Healsodiscoversthathisbossisontheship.Toavoiddiscovery,hedisguiseshimselfasthegangsteraccompliceofaminister,whoisactuallyagangsterontherunfromthelaw.ThefilmrequiredrevisionsofPorter'ssaucylyricstopassProductionCodecensors.Onlyfourofhissongsremained:"AnythingGoes","IGetaKickOutofYou","There'llAlwaysBeaLadyFair",and"You'retheTop"."You'retheTop"containedsubstantiallyrevisedlyrics,andonlythefirstverse(sungbyEthelMermanduringtheopeningcredits)wasretainedfromthesong"AnythingGoes".<br/> BingCrosby'sinfluencewasusedtogutmostofPorter'sscoreandobtainfournewsongsfromseveralnewsongwriters,RichardA.Whiting,HoagyCarmichael,LeoRobin,EdwardHeyman,andFriedrichHollander,butotherthan"Moonburn",writtenbyHoagyCarmichaelandEdwardHeyman,whichtemporarilybecameahitforCrosby,itisusuallyagreed[bywhom?]thatmostofthereplacementscorewasforgettable.Some,includingmoviemusicalexpertJohnSpringer,havecriticizedParamountforsubstitutingnewsongsbyothercomposersfortheoriginals.(ThiswasacommonpolicyinHollywoodduringthe1930s,whenfilmstudiosownedmusicpublishinghousesandhopedthatsongswrittenespeciallyforfilmswouldguaranteeextraprofitsforthestudio.)<br/> WhenParamountsoldthe1936filmtotelevision,theyretitledthemovieTopsistheLimitbecausethe1956filmversion,alsofromParamount,wascurrentlyintheaters.<br/> ——来自维基







