You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

56 mins | Documentary, History, Music | July 23, 1990

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.

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story

56 mins | Documentary, History, Music | July 23, 1990

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers American Masters Pictures, 1515 Productions Limited
Original title You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story
Directors Allan Albert
Writers Allan Albert

Cast

Bobby Short

as Narrator

Richard Adler

as Self

Kitty Carlisle

as Self

Saul Chaplin

as Self

Cyd Charisse

as Self

Alfred Drake

as Self

Ted Fetter

as Self

Brendan Gill

as Self

Bob Hope

as Self

Jean Howard

as Self

Garson Kanin

as Self

Lisa Kirk

as Self

Gene Kelly

as Self

Swifty Lazar

as Self

Tony Martin

as Self

Johnny Mathis

as Self

Janis Paige

as Self

Linda Ronstadt

as Self

Alexis Smith

as Self

Dionne Warwick

as Self

Maury Yeston

as Self

Maurice Chevalier

as Self (archive footage)

Bing Crosby

as Self (archive footage)

Fred Astaire

as Self (archive footage)

Judy Garland

as Self (archive footage)

Cary Grant

as Self (archive footage)

Lena Horne

as Self (archive footage)

Shirley MacLaine

as Self (archive footage)

Mary Martin

as Self (archive footage)

Ethel Merman

as Self (archive footage)

Robert H. Montgomery Jr.

as Self (archive footage)

Hermes Pan

as Self (archive footage)

Cole Porter

as Self (archive footage)

Norma Shearer

as Self (archive footage)

Frank Sinatra

as Self (archive footage)