Mitzi Gaynor in "Anything Goes"

Mitzi Gaynor in the musical number "Anything Goes" from the 1956 movie "Anything Goes".

[@stogiechomper]

Mitzi Gaynor was the most beautiful woman to ever grace the silver screen. And she could dance like crazy, sing and act too.

[@jackanthony976]

MItzi's singing voice isn't much to write home about.

[@dancinggiraffe6058]

@@jackanthony976 But at least she did her own singing.

[@stmichl9433]

Stogie Chomper that really isn't true. Not sure why you would say that. She is just a very good dancer.

[@Prionel]

Mitzi Gaynor is simply timeless - with an awesome talent in so many area.

[@SexyHogwarts]

Mitzi is sosososososos beautiful! She's a goddess!! She looks amazing, there just aren't performers with class like her nowadays!!

[@FS-mc3cs]

Can't sing.........

[@josepelaez3223]

This is probably the best number from this movie- it's funny how they censored the lyrics- but no one can censor the sensational Miss Gaynor's dancing

[@JohnC-er3rg]

Funny I didn’t recognize these lyrics and can’t find them anywhere only the more common rendition

[@ivanlussich8146]

We in South America spent many an evening at the movies watching these marvelous musicals... I am 78 now and I do remember those American productions....

[@bostonblackie9503]

Mitzi is 90 now. Hard to believe! She did fantastic musical numbers.

[@saran3214]

She was and still is beautiful. If she were just a regular dancer in the troupe they would put her in front anyway. She's just a great dancer. Probably why she is still with us, thankfully.

[@juliebergacker5680]

Loved these old pictures! They don't make any more good movies like this any more!

[@cosmotwigmr06]

the combination of Cole Porter's lyrics with Mitzy Gaynor it's just wonderful!

[@Juliaflo]

Copy that.

[@mauricelowe8436]

i can't believe someone on here is stating that marilyn monroe and jane russell were dancers, yeah of course they were?? they wiggled pouted and posed, Mitzi was a trained dancer of the highest degree, like cyd charisse, vera ellen, ann miller, gwen verdon and a few others

[@MakaiGenovese]

I agree!

[@417Au]

I think the only real sex symbol who could dance was rita.

[@lizaelliott6862]

Sorry but nobody is on the same level as Vera Ellen.

[@Tanson32]

Agreed Liza. She was beautiful with legs up to the sky, and she floated like air.

[@robinmunoz6943]

maurice lowe. Marcela

[@suzythomas68]

maybe the lyrics were toned down, but pretty rad to have guys dancing together in the 50's, even for a few seconds. I LOVE Mitzi!!

[@ptashkaful]

Lovely and talented Mitzi...

[@cbass2755]

Well never see this kind of talent again unless hollyweird is gutted Nd cleaned up. So sad to me, the entire family could watch this and enjoy it eating popcorn and sing along…..Thank you for this wonderful clip!!

[@johnnymfan5065]

Mitzi is great in this number. She said she was never good in movies except Les Girls and South Pacific , but she is fantastic here. I wonder why she didn't see it that way.

[@leelat8230]

Shes so underrated, full of talent, her talent is beyond but unrecognized by some. What an icon!

[@marjoriegarner5369]

loved her in South Pacific

[@FamousBirthdays]

Awsome video! Happy Birthday Mitzi Gaynor.

[@msmollyyyyy]

Mitzi Gaynor is a FANTASTIC dancer. She's so inspirational :)

[@gwtwvivien]

I think Miss Gaynor a wonderful dancer and the spirit and joy of this number is a pleasure to see. Also great orchestation..very 50,s style!!. it,s a great example of those great musical numbers, great songs, dresses...etc. I love this number and Miss Gaynor sings really nice, she seems very happy here. GREAT. Carlos

[@tmaestro9094]

Got to meet her twice in person during the revival tour in the 90's through my ex who was in the show. Stunning performer and very kind! Actually remembered my name after only meeting me one over a month before. And man! She wore Bob Mackie well!

[@jaccusefashion]

Love Mitzi, so much! Epic Talent!

[@johnflynn9619]

Mitzi is Magnificent.

[@cmcb09]

This was a remake of the 30s film which had also starred Bing Crosby. When Paramount redid this though it was a different story, and the lyrics had been adjusted for the song due to censorship reasons.

[@felixmadison5736]

I saw Mitzi Gaynor's stage show in person back in the late 1970s, and man was she HOT!!! There was not a sexier woman on t.v. and movies back then than Mitzi Gaynor! I loved Joey Heatherton too, but even she had to take a back seat to Mitzi in her prime. As late actor Ray Walston once said: "Mitzi brings out an animal magnetism in him like no other woman can."

[@maryjames3727]

What if Mitzi had met Bob Fosse? I think Mitzi would have done just fine with his choreography. She's got the precision, wit, humor, grace and ballet discipline needed for Fosse.

[@Dr.Pepper001]

54 years ago and she's still entertaining.

[@fairies47]

What a great dancer she is!

[@MakaiGenovese]

She is a special gem

[@anthonylawson518]

This is my absolute favorite performance of all time! She just has a fantastic vibe! Love everything about her and her talent! Not like the hacks if today!

[@JohnC-er3rg]

Yes she seems to not take it seriously having so much fun rolling her eyes but you know she’s just killing it!

[@roostercogburn9923]

Mitzi is great. Vera Ellen is #1 in my book!

[@deniaridley]

100% !

[@madamerotten]

The actual release date of this motion picture was April 1956. It was Bing Crosby's last picture for Paramount.

[@yokoblue3208]

素晴らしい！ 一糸乱れぬ完璧なダンス！ 楽しそうに踊っているけど、何度も練習を重ねった結果なんでしょうね。 見ているだけでハッピーな気分になります。

[@Merlin5by5]

In heels, and backwards.

[@LuluIzzyCro]

Thank you for this video. I always loved her and her musical specials when I was a kid.

[@patriciaotoole5930]

She was so talented

[@Nunofurdambiznez]

As great as M.G. is here (and she IS great, of course!), those male dancers are absolutely fantastic as well !

[@tom2sybil]

I always liked this song and think it shows off Mitzi Gaynor's many talents. I know the lyrics have been modified over the years but wonder why they changed the lyric "authors use four letter words" to use three words." Four letter words "has much more impact and reflects what this song is all about.

[@jeffeastwood15]

You can thank the Hayes Code for the censorship.

[@653j521]

The point was it had to be safe for the smallest tots to watch, as if they would want to watch this.

[@Crazypom2]

This is lovely! It's a pity that people have to find something negative in everything,instead of just enjoying the good! This video deserves only positive comments.Being that analytical will ruin anything! Thanks for uploading! :)

[@anniefannycharles9951]

Exactly. Everybody has to make sure they get their 'critique' in. ---And you know that old saying..critiques are like azzholes--everybody has one.

[@somnodaur8064]

its easy to be positive when you aren’t personally impacted (: !!!

[@Null4eva]

​@@somnodaur8064This clip personally impacted you?!? Please elaborate

[@serenettiepumpknpie]

I never got to do Anything Goes this was before my time but my mom, aunt & grams did!! My grandma choreographed this one!! I would have loved to see it I’ve only seen pictures of them on stage in their beautiful costumes

[@JoyceC777]

Thank you for posting this! What a beauty!

[@hollyrockhewlett]

She can DANCE!!!

[@beckywauer2291]

I love Mitzi Gaynor and I love Cole Porter's music.

[@jacquelineleighton9578]

They could dance ♥️

[@HiloHello]

The fact that they cleaned up the lyrics amuses me considerably. "We've often rewound the clock/since the puritans got a shock/when they landed on Plymouth Rock..."

[@terrywright7470]

I really cannot understand why Mitzi Gaynor was not the biggest star in Hollywood, she had everything, she could sing, dance (equal tp ANY of the stars of that era) she could act, and on top of all that she was absolutely stunningly beautiful, she has been my all time favourite for seventy years, and I still , at the age of 86, watch her films on the web. She is my absolute favourite of all the stars.....and there were PLENTY of stars way back then. They will never be able to better those stars with the current obsession with CGI

[@warnegoodman]

her singing is weak

[@terrywright7470]

@@warnegoodman Sorry Warne, but I have to disagree with your assessment on the singing of Mitzi Gaynor. I worked for the largest privately owned clothing company in the USA. I was NY based, but when she was appearing at the top spot in Vegas I rang to book a table for her show......The waiting list was SIX months, only Sinatra had a longer waiting list at that time. So to say that her singing was weak means either you have never seen (or heard) her live shows, or you are tone deaf.

[@snobs]

It's a shame there isn't any classic movies and talent like this anymore. I wish I grew up in the 50s

[@653j521]

So you could be old now?

[@garymorell3362]

I totally agree with people who compliment Mitzi on her dancing prowess. You still have to wonder how far she would have gone if she had the dancing skills, but lacked those sexy legs.

[@hawkspiral]

It's interesting to see what words have changed between this and the current broadway version. Like all the verses are completely different

[@653j521]

It was the censored fifties.

[@lenardpoon]

KZbin critics! Aaaaagggghhhhh! Name a star today that has the combination of looks, dance, acting and singing ON STAGE that Mitzi Gaynor had and has!

[@653j521]

Try this version: In Rehearsal: Sutton Foster Sings "Anything Goes"

[@garymorell3362]

There's a line in that song that says, "when wrestlers go to drama classes to learn how to please the masses". I'd love to wrestle Mitzi ! ! !

[@avuncular300]

Slick. assured and totally delightful !

[@ianedwards4400]

Mitzi Gaynor came into the limelight in the early 50's. In films, she was first spotted in the Betty Grable-Dan Dailey starrer "My Blue Heaven". I vaguely recall that she played Betty's understudy and flirted outrageously with Dan, which causes a crack in their marriage. Yes, Mitzi was cute with her pug nose and petite form. But, she was first and foremost a fantastic dancer with lovely legs and calves that showcased her terpsichorean prowess. 20th Century Fox, under which studio she was a contract player went into publicity overdrive by planting all Mitzi's high-kicking poses in movie magazines. This helped as even those who didn't have the time to go to the movies still got to know who Mitzi Gaynor was. She was wise in that she obeyed studio protocol and played even in a Western: 3 for Texas. But, the studio realized that dancing was her forte and gave her a string of starring roles in musicals. She displayed her dramatic flair in "The Joker is wild" with Frank Sinatra and won the audience's sympathy for her loyalty to a bum, who gave her nothing but heartache. A high spot in her career was the stage hit "South Pacific"; another great outing was 'Les Girls" with Gene Kelly where she captivated audiences with her exquisite dancing. Yes, Mitzi Gaynor, was greatly loved by audiences back in the 50's and 60's and its great to know she is still going strong.

[@dudley5533]

Great legs....and she sure uses them well!

[@hebneh]

I'm certainly glad that one of the most popular dance cliches of the 1950s - men sliding in from offscreen on their knees - occurs in this number.

[@saminnyc]

3 letter words! I guess in 1956 anything did not go :)

[@patriciosalvo4580]

Diciembre 2019 viendo este bello video

[@beverlyledbetter4906]

Another figure to die for... with the face to match!👌

[@billbiss3401]

"You want to dance with Mitzi Gaynor? You better know how to dance."

[@Invisible_Hermit]

I love her.

[@mimirich8766]

Loving me some mitzi

[@user-mf1en8yx5q]

I agree about the skills of Mitzi Gaynor 🌹🎶

[@JayNRamos]

Fabulous!

[@Jay6459]

Great choreography!

[@hyperion30000]

They changed the original thirties lyrics ("four-letter words"), which implied cusswords and was too suggestive for the repressive fifties. The "three-letter words" reference was an attempt I think, to change the meaning from "cuss words" to simplistic, or stupid words. It's weird that the earlier twenties and thirties were in so many ways more progressive than the later decade of the fifties.

[@johnlorenzen4633]

Exactly. 50s repressive decade. But hwood musicals the best

[@653j521]

Not weird. Everyone used to know that conservatism and liberalism swung each way like a pendulum. It wasn't one long march from one to the other into infinity.

[@hennpaul]

You're right, it was "4 letter words". I can only assume that "standards and practices" in Hollywood found that "4 letter words" was too much for the ladies in Ohio to hear at the matinee in 1956. Fight censorship! LOL

[@KK-yd1hh]

Strange! They said "4 letter words" in the original Broadway show (1934) and original movie version (1936)....

[@michellelekas211]

Broadway was always way ahead of Hollywood: look at casting poc, gay acceptance, HUAC….

[@mtl9732]

She can Dress like that, Dance like that and Look like that and the censors changed the line from "use only 4 letter words" to "3 letter words" (at 0:15) Ha! Because 4 letter words were only dirty!?! What fun!

[@adoreslaurel]

Wondered why that was, probably related to the "Hays Code'? [remember 2 people in bed, but one had to have one foot on the floor].

[@SteveLittleLivesHere]

More than that was changed by this time. The song had virtually been rewritten by then!

[@Makeyourselfbig]

Especially expecting people to believe that married couples slept in separate beds.

[@ancientmusketeer6564]

Sheer class!

[@cosmotwigmr06]

@pambazo55 This song was written by Cole Porter for the musical titled the same way in 1934 - you may want to take a look and search about this guy - he wrote a lot of aswesome songs that's been sung by the greatest performers. I've got you under my skin, ring a bell?

[@thelouisfanclub]

Ohhh I see =) Thanks. And yes it is strange but things happen that way. If you consider the mid 18th century in France or England raunchy shows and literature were a lot more accepted than at the end of the century and in the victorian period.

[@kenrozmislowicz9456]

Mitzi Gaynor has the most gorgeous dancing legs in the movies and the stage

[@knownpleasures]

Much better than anything else 😊

[@jimrick6632]

WHAT A TALENT...SHE LIKE JANE POWELL AT MGM WERE WASTED BY THE STUDIOS...LUCKILY SHE FOUND LAS VEGAS AND TV AS HER SALVATION...

[@ceuti]

this is so sad because it still relates, and even more

[@vangelis69]

Majestuoso

[@FoolishAvaXD]

I can't believe they did all of that in heels 🥲

[@randyrogers8568]

When I was a kid she was a frequent headliner in Vegas.

[@QuickQuwQuw]

so true

[@deniaridley]

Someone commented she missed or messed up the lyrics. She didn't miss a thing; they changed all the lyrics b/c of Hayes Code! Her voice however...if ever there was a case for dubbing. (Professional singer and vocal coach here.)

[@Sometime4781]

Please keep Comments open.

[@1AFVeteran]

No tattoo's or body piercings on these lovely ladies...Classy women of the day and very beautiful!

[@pborgia1]

Mitzi Gaynor was good but for a really stunning performance of this number please check out the rehearsal performance of Sutton Foster for the recent Broadway revival of Anything Goes. It's here on KZbin.

[@653j521]

Yes, Sutton is special.

[@StanleyEyegore]

Cole Porter must have been shitting bricks

[@653j521]

Not Cole!

[@vinwire11]

What's not to love about this woman ?

[@Elainerulesutube]

😡As this movie has been blocked on KZbin for some copyright bullshit, is there anyone out there who can download it for me. Thank you very much!

[@cindakellogg1307]

I think she had the BEST looking legs in Hollywood! Betty Grable...eat your heart out!

[@atakkuuuuu]

@lovemesomcumberbunny I think they're suppose to be thin black stockings? They just show up green because of the skin tone and because of the color retouch for the video. But yeah it looks weird... lol. At least her looks make up for it. Lady it hot!

[@maranti34b]

What a dish! And she wears more than Miley Cyrus.

[@jsharp1701]

And now she's on a Disney TV show. Sutton can do anything she sets her mind to.

[@eogg25]

It would be interesting to see the other people who tested for the part.

[@sublimeade]

it's the Hays code.

[@thelouisfanclub]

what's the significance of three letter words

[@Booobbbbbyyyy]

For what its worth, it was a good performance, but this is supposed to be a tap number, and the lyrics are fucked beyond recognition

[@GeneStLouis-vc6gj]

Yes, but by 1956 the original 1935 lyrics would have been totally out of date and largely meaningless.

[@catwomanpl1]

@odysseetheater Have you found the clips? If no... 'There's no business...' 1.'Alexander's ragtime band' by turinethefool 2.'Tatoo'd' She's not Ethel Merman, but still not bad...

[@MrAiredale]

We did this show when I was a senior in HS in 1982...I believe the original lyric for the show was "4 letter words"...no? I've never heard anyone one sing the lyric "3 letter words" lyric, but admittedly, I'm not an expert on this.

[@stvp68]

MrAiredale Almost the entire song is different

[@gregoryschmidt1233]

Choreographer?

[@jasonmatthews534]

Did Jack Cole choreograph this?

[@Susieq26754]

These people had real talent. Not like what they call entertainment these days.

[@sharongelfand5065]

Gaynor was immensely talented, but this version is certainly not campy 1930s as it was intended. An MGM-style production.

[@juanmonge8]

And she is Hungarian!

[@dannyiterera2267]

who is focusing on her alone like me as if she is on stage alone?