YOU'RE THE TOP: THE COLE PORTER STORY -- Allan Albert, dir

©1990
studio: Winstar
production company: Channel 4 Television Corporation, Videfilm Producers International Ltd. (VPI), WNET Channel 13 New York
director: Allan Albert
cast: Bobby Short, Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Bing Crosby, Judy Garland
documentary

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. (from Amazon.com)

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What amazes me, watching this PBS documentary, is how little Mr. Porter ever had to do for himself. He defines the adagae "born with a silver spoon in his mouth."

I cannot relate to the lifestyle he led and I'm incredibly surprised that he was ever able to write songs since he had no idea how most of the citizens of the modern world lived.

Worth watching.