When the 1956 remake of Anything Goes (1956) was released, all prints of the 1936 film were altered to carry the title card "Tops Is The Limit" for television airings. This was a common practice in the 1950s and 1960s based on the spate of musical remakes produced. State Fair (1945) was retitled "It Happened One Summer," The Merry Widow (1934) was rechristened "The Lady Dances," and "Rose Marie" (1936) was renamed "Indian Love Call." All of these films were eventually restored to their original titles for home video release, but Anything Goes (1936) was apparently the only example wherein the new title card was spliced into the negative itself. As a result, for many years, there were no known prints of the film with its original title sequence intact.
Ethel Merman later starred in a TV production of "Anything Goes" with Frank Sinatra and Bert Lahr telecast live on Feb. 28, 1954: Anything Goes (1954).
The original Broadway stage production of "Anything Goes" opened at the Alvin Theater in New York City on November 21, 1934 starring Ethel Merman and ran for 420 performances.
Included among the American Film Institute's 2004 list of 400 movies nominated for the top 100 America's Greatest Music in the Movies for the song "You're the Top."
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