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.

Documentary History Music

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)