beyond fred, ginger & gene

 Bogdanovich's elegant screwball-of-a-musical hit its first of many peaks with a loose-limbed rendition of a Cole Porter fave, sung "live," natch.

 The film: “At Long Last Love” (1975)

 The director: Peter Bogdanovich

 The number: “Friendship”

 The composer: Cole Porter

 The singers: Burt Reynolds, Cybill Shepherd, Madeline Kahn and Duilio Del Prete

 The choreograhers: Improvised by the cast, with coordination by Albert Lantieri and Rita Abrams

 The dancers: Reynolds, Shepherd, Kahn and Del Prete

 The cinematographer: László Kovács

 The editor: Douglas Robertson

 The production designer: Gene All