The Magnificent Bing Crosby and Donald OConnor Anything Goes (1956)

The Magnificent Bing Crosby and Donald O Connor Anything Goes is a 1956 American musical film directed by Robert Lewis, and starring Bing Crosby, Donald O Connor, Zizi Jeanmaire, and Mitzi Adapted from the 1934 stage musical Anything Goes by Cole Porter, Guy Bolton, and P. G. Wodehouse, 3 the film is about two entertainers scheduled to appear in a Broadway show who travel to Europe, where each discovers the perfect leading lady for the female role. Bing Crosby s character, Bill Benson, goes to England and meets Mitzi Gaynor s character Patsy Blair, and he signs her as the female lead. Meanwhile, Donald O Connor s character, Ted Adams, travels to France and meets Jeanmaire s character, Gaby Duval, and he signs her to the same role. On the return voyage, with each man having brought his leading lady along, the Atlantic becomes a stormy crossing when each man must tell his discovery that she might not get the role. Paramount had already (1936) r