You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
1990
56 minutes
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.
Top Cast
Bobby Short
Narrator
Richard Adler
Self
Kitty Carlisle
Self
Saul Chaplin
Self
Cyd Charisse
Self
Alfred Drake
Self
Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
Self
Michael Feinstein
Self
Ted Fetter
Self
Brendan Gill
Self
Bob Hope
Self
Jean Howard
Self
Garson Kanin
Self
Lisa Kirk
Self
Gene Kelly
Self
Swifty Lazar
Self
Tony Martin
Self
Johnny Mathis
Self
Patricia Morison
Self
Janis Paige
Self
Linda Ronstadt
Self
Arnold Saint Subber
Self
Alexis Smith
Self
Dionne Warwick
Self
Maurice Chevalier
Self (archive footage)
Bing Crosby
Self (archive footage)
Fred Astaire
Self (archive footage)
Judy Garland
Self (archive footage)
Cary Grant
Self (archive footage)
Lena Horne
Self (archive footage)
Shirley MacLaine
Self (archive footage)
Mary Martin
Self (archive footage)
Ethel Merman
Self (archive footage)
Robert H. Montgomery Jr.
Self (archive footage)
Hermes Pan
Self (archive footage)
Cole Porter
Self (archive footage)
Norma Shearer
Self (archive footage)
Frank Sinatra
Self (archive footage)
Maury Yeston
Self