Miscellaneous FilmsThese films a) were made from Cole Porter shows, but used very little of his contributions, b) have a song (or two) that were directly commissioned from Cole Porter, or c) couldn't fit anywhere else on this site! They are listed chronologically by date of release. |
ParisA First National Pictures Production; released on November 7, 1929; 97 mins., B&W / color Note: No songs from the original show by Cole Porter were used. New songs were written by Al Bryan and Ed Ward. |
The Battle of ParisA Paramount Pictures Production; released on November 30, 1929; 80 mins., B&W Note: Cole Porter wrote two songs for this film: "Here Comes the Bandwagon" and "They All Fall in Love" |
Fifty Million FrenchmenA Warner Bros. Production; released in 1931; 68 mins., B&W Note: This film only uses Porter's music as a background score, no vocals. |
The Gay DivorceeAn RKO Films Production; released on October 12, 1934; 107 mins., B&W Note: The only song from the stage production used in this film was "Night and Day" |
Break the NewsA Monogram Pictures Production; released in the UK in 1938 (1941 in the US); 72 mins., B&W Note: Cole Porter wrote the song "It All Belongs to You" expressly for this film. It is sung by Maurice Chevalier. "Don't Let It Get You Down" was also written for, but unused in, this movie. It later appeared in You Never Know. |
Let's Face ItA Paramount Pictures Production; released in 1943; 76 mins., B&W Note: This film only uses Porter's title song and "Let's Not Talk About Love" (sung by Betty Hutton). |
Something for the BoysA 20th-Century Fox Production; released in 1944; 87 mins., color Note: This film throws out all of Porter's songs, except for the title song. All of the other songs are by Jimmy McHugh and Harold Adamson. |
Hollywood CanteenA Warner Bros. Production; released on December 15, 1944; 124 mins., B&W Note: Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers sing Porter's "Don't Fence Me In", originally written for the unproduced film Adios Argentina (1934). In 1945 Rogers sings the same song in the Republic Pictures production "Don't Fence Me In". |
Adam's RibA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Production; released in 1949; 101 mins., B&W Note: Cole Porter contributed the song "Farewell, Amanda", sung by David Wayne. It is a rewrite of "So Long, Samoa" (written in 1940) |
Stage FrightA Warner Bros. Picture; released in 1950; 110 mins., B&W Note: Marlene Dietrich sings "The Laziest Gal in Town" (published in 1927) |
Let's Make LoveA 20th Century Fox Production; released in 1960; 105 mins., Color Note: Marilyn Monroe sings "My Heart Belongs to Daddy" originally written for Leave It to Me (1938). |
Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins