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Thanks Dave another great review. I can’t say I’m particularly sympathetic to the Tracy character but as you say, a powerful piece of filmmaking.

I thought Joan Caulfield was more than just a good "friend" to Bing...(?)

Great stuff, David. An elixir to take one's mind off the generally troubling news of the day...

Rise Stevens pronounced her first name "Rees-a."

Does anyone remember Marjorie Reynolds as William Bendix's wife Peg in TV's The Life of Riley?

LOL! That fight scene is like a ballet!

Glad you’ve done another series Dave. Those flying scenes were amazing

Bob Hope made several shorts, as Bing did...so The Big Broadcast of 1938 was not really his "debut."

Bings last words to the young doctor who let him die were "See how it starts". I remember seeing the movie.

Thank you David, well done again!

SO happy to see this again after so long, we had these films on TV regularly growing up in the 60s and I love em, what a magic combination, Bing Crosby and Ethel Merman wow, and Grace Bradley I imagine looking into those fabulous, gorgeous blue eyes in colour, and she was a real dish in black and white, no wonder Hop along Casidy married her, lucky fella! This films a real joy.

Great to see you back! I'm looking forward to this series.

The way it's all changed and Max Steiner's music brings tears to my eyes..... A very moving presentation. I hope you may have done something similar with the MGM back lots.

It's incredible that instead of filming in real beautiful landscapes with big real trees, they filmed in a narrow back lot surrounded by roads and traffic and then they did some tricks, matte paintings, etc.

Released January 24th,1936

Thanks to the Hays Code, Cole Porter's clever lyrics in "I Get a Kick Out of You" were adulterated from "cocaine" to "perfume from Spain"!

I think I saw a mangled version on TV in the 50s. What a treat to see it complete in hi def!

I admire this work very much makes me wonder what the future would look like and what the past had felt like, Which makes me sad knowing I won't be able to experience These two feelings myself

Why would they tear them down

Charlie Ruggles !! Too !!

What a great cast of characters ! Richard Carle as the Bishop , so many others .

This would not have been any good without the great legendary miss Ethel Merman!! That is for sure

Sammy Davis told Frank Sinatra to shut up? I don't think so

A truly excellent series

Lump in my throat going through this. Literally the stuff that dreams are made of. The greatest film of all time.

This 1936 movie bears scant relation to the original 1934 show, as revived for LP in 1960, and again recently onstage at the Barbican in UK. The latter is available as a beautiful, hysterical dvd. The 1936 movie is a travesty, reduced to a promotional vehicle for Bing Crosby at the expense of Ethel Merman and the intelligence of the writing. The dvd might be the best musical comedy video recording ever, right up there with Hugh Jackman's Oklahoma. .

Absolutely brilliant ... superb! Thank you very much indeed.

This is my favorite 40 Acres Back Lot video. I subscribed. Thank you very much.

The early 1930s were a great time for popular music--still influenced by jazz before the rise of big swing bands spoiled it.

RIP, dear Cocoanut Grove! Lovely tribute to Hollywoods grandest old nightclub. You must have seen the fab old tribute at 2reeler! Sweet & Lovely, one of my favorite videos. I like the spinoff video with the Crosby vocal too. Love your rare Arnheim/ Crosby aircheck. "Out Of Nowhere" a 30s classic! Your clever singing Crosby close-ups can be matched to the words exactly now with AI technology. Won't be long before this color footage of Bing will be singing all his old Brunswick and Decca 78s! With perfect matching synced lip movement! I saw the Ambassador after it was closed. Just like your photo of it fenced off! Your picture showing the dozer took a bit of my soul with it. My fingers clutched that cold wire fence with disgust. 😢 as I thought, Shameful to wreck such a historic Hollywood treasure & landmark. Thanks for making this fine tribute to a place I cared about. The place that "thrilled your favorite Star, and guided their dancing feet" all those memorable years ago ❤ Well done.

Great opening credits,wished they released it. Thanks for sharing👏🏻🎞️

Thank you for the original film version of Cole Porter's 1934 Broadway hit, Anything Goes. I've been waiting for this moment for several years after seeing the 1956 version with Bing Crosby (star of the early film) and Donald O'Connor several times. Just loved it. Of course, Ethel Merman was an elite star of Broadway more than in Hollywood but demonstrated her legendary showmanship here. Was greatly surprised by appearances of Ida Lupino, Arthur Treacher, Charlie Ruggles, Keye Luke, and Phillip Ahn (the latter two were not credited), as well as Margaret Dumont (Groucho Marx's foil in some of the Marx Bros. movies). Very entertaining indeed.

I'm so glad you're decided to go back to the early years and have created additional remarkable documentaries on Bing Crosby. The reason why this series is so exemplary is because you love Bing as much as your audience does. The clips are always high quality and the narrative is always entertaining and informative. Thanks and God bless you.

Gehört zum gleichen Abschaum wie Weinstein. Hoffe Selznick ist in der Hölle.

WOW I WILL ALWAYS TREASURE THIS

MY FAVORITE TIME THANK YOU-MORE!!!!!!!!!!!!

They don't make these musical comedies anymore. Laughed thru the whole movie! ❤

Also one of my favorite films. Leigh and Taylor are so good in it but the supporting cast is also terrific. And I know he is not as respected as other film composers but I love Herbert Stotharts score, sentimental though it may be. I love sentimental.

Ii o livro e vi o filme. Outrora.😊

Yeah; look for John Scott Trotter’s on screen appearance in Bing’s Rhythm On The River, 190.

Pennies From Heaven has to be my favorite Bing Crosby film. Certainly the happiest with some of the most extraordinary songs. But combined with a good plot and always the hint of something more serious behind the tuneful scenes. So much so that I went on to perform several of the songs from the picture. It still gives me a chill when they begin the Let's Call A Heart A Heart (in context of the film narrative). About as good an arrangement as could be imagined--anywhere, anytime. They didn't write songs back then, they worked miracles.

18 yr old Ida Lupino! And a blonde to boot. Bing is singing at his best when he sings her Hoagy Charmichael and Edward Heyman’s “Moonburn”. What a joy seeing the fashions of the day, those 30s eyebrows, rhinestones and art deco furnishings. This is a fun movie from beginning to end. Thanks for posting it.

Just WOW! Thank you.

Nothing like Bing Crosby!

Wonderfully witty !

Directed by Lewis Milestone, director of All Quiet on the Western Front. Ethel Merman was a singer like no other! Terrific Cole Porter music!

What a treat. Thank you.

I like Bing Crosby a lot. But, Ethel Merman cannot sing. So, it is hard to watch this.

I'm afraid I don't see the appeal of Ethel Merman. Arthur Treacher was my favorite.

Merman bombs here. Film critic Graham Greene found "that woman appalling." Anyway, Ethel was NOT for movies !