Night and Day (1946 film)
| Night and Day | |
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 Japanese promotional poster | |
| Directed by | Michael Curtiz |
| Written by | Charles Hoffman Leo Townsend William Bowers |
| Produced by | Arthur Schwartz Jack L. Warner (executive producer) |
| Starring | Cary Grant Alexis Smith Monty Woolley Mary Martin |
| Cinematography | J. Peverell Marley William V. Skall |
| Edited by | David Weisbart |
| Music by | Ray Heindorf Max Steiner Milton Ager Jack Yellen |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
Release date | July 2, 1946 |
Running time | 128 minutes |
| Country | Template:Film US |
| Language | English |
Night and Day is a 1946 Technicolor Warner Bros. biographical film of the life of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Arthur Schwartz, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was by Charles Hoffman, Leo Townsend and William Bowers.
The music score by Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner was nominated for an Academy Award. The film features several of the best-known Porter songs, including the title song, "Night and Day", "Begin the Beguine" and "My Heart Belongs to Daddy".
The film stars Cary Grant as Cole Porter and Alexis Smith as Linda Lee Porter, his wife of 35 years. Monty Woolley and Mary Martin appear as themselves, and the rest of the cast includes Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Alan Hale, Dorothy Malone, Donald Woods, and Ginny Simms.
The film is a highly fictionalized and sanitized version of Cole Porter's life, leaving out amongst other things references to his bisexuality. A later film biography of Porter, the 2004 De-Lovely with Kevin Kline and Ashley Judd, dealt more frankly with his sexuality[1][2] and includes a scene where Kline and Judd as Cole and Linda Lee watch Night and Day before its release and comment on its lack of realism and "happy ending".
Cast
- Cary Grant as Cole Porter
- Alexis Smith as Linda Lee Porter
- Selena Royle as Kate Porter
- Henry Stephenson as Omar Cole
- Jane Wyman as Gracie Harris
- Dorothy Malone as Nancy
- Eve Arden as Gabrielle
- Ginny Simms as Carole Hill
- Paul Cavanagh as Bart McClelland
- Tom D'Andrea as Bernie
- Victor Francen as Anatole Giron
- Alan Hale as Leon Dowling
- Mary Martin as Herself
- Sig Ruman as Wilowski
- Donald Woods as Ward Blackburn
- Monty Woolley as Himself
- Carlos Ramírez as Specialty Singer (as Carlos Ramirez)
- Estelle Sloan as Specialty Dancer
- George Zoritch as Specialty Dancer
- Adam Di Gatano as Specialty Dancer
- Jane Di Gatano as Specialty Dancer
- Milada Mladova as Specialty Dancer