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Rating: 6 stars

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All movies seen on 01/12/2020

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Night and Day (1946)

Directed by Michael Curtiz

Drama | Biography | Music

Overview

When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn’t spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.

Length 128 minutes

Actors

Cary Grant | Alexis Smith | Monty Woolley | Ginny Simms | Jane Wyman | Eve Arden | Victor Francen | Alan Hale | Dorothy Malone | Tom D'Andrea | Selena Royle | Donald Woods | Henry Stephenson | Paul Cavanagh | Sig Ruman | Carlos Ramírez | Milada Mladova | George Zoritch | Adam Di Gatano | Jane Di Gatano | Estelle Sloan | Mary Martin | Robert Arthur | Herbert Evans | Sam Flint | Gregory Marshall | Philip Van Zandt | Charles Williams | Bertha Woolford | Gladden James | Mel Tormé | Hobart Cavanaugh | Frank Ferguson | Lance Fuller | Eddie Kane | Fred Kelsey | George Meader | Jack Mower | Almira Sessions | Arthur Tovey

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Third film on that Cary Grant set I got from the library. Largely fictional account of Cole Porter’s life as portrayed by Grant yet mostly notable for featuring so many of Porter’s tunes and featuring some of the real people in his life like Monty Woolley. This is very much a sanitized depiction of Porter’s life but still a decent viewing for all the songs and performances.

Given the sordid history and flamboyant lifestyle that Cole Porter discreetly celebrated, I’d love to see that biopic.

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