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Night And Day (1946)
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Studio: Warner Home Video
Genre: Musical
MPAA Rating: N/A
Director: Michael Curtiz
Language: English
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Theatrical Release: N/A
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Cast: Cary Grant, Jane Wyman
Published ID: 70749
UPC: 012569596221,
Plot: Faced with the challenge of writing a screenplay based on the life of fabulously wealthy, fabulously successful composer Cole Porter, one Hollywood wag came up with a potential story angle: How does the S.O.B. make his second million dollars? By the time the Porter biopic Night and Day was released, the three-person scriptwriting team still hadn't come up with a compelling storyline, though the film had the decided advantages of star Cary Grant and all that great Porter music. Roughly covering the years 1912 to 1946, the story begins during Porter's undergraduate days at Yale University, where he participated in amateur theatricals under the tutelage of waspish professor Monty Woolley (who plays himself). Though Porter's inherited wealth could have kept him out of WWI, he insists upon signing up as an ambulance driver. While serving in France, he meets nurse Linda Lee (Alexis Smith), who will later become his wife. Focusing his attentions on Broadway and the London stage in the postwar years, Porter pens an unbroken string of hit songs, including Just One of Those Things, You're the Top, I Get a Kick Out of You, Begin the Beguine, and the title number. The composition of this last-named song is one of the film's giddy highlights, as Porter, inspired by the drip drip drip of an outsized rainstorm, runs to the piano and cries I think I've got it! The film's dramatic conflict arises when Porter is crippled for life in a polo accident. Refusing to have his legs amputated, he makes an inspiring comeback, even prompting a WWI amputee to remark upon his courage! Corny and unreliable as biography, Night and Day is redeemed by the guest appearances of musical luminaries Mary Martin (doing a spirited if disappointingly demure version of her striptease number My Heart Belongs to Daddy) and Ginny Simms, the latter cast as an ersatz Ethel Merman named Carole Hill. Jane Wyman, seen as Porter's pre-nuptial sweetheart Gracie Harris, also gets to sing and dance, and quite well indeed. Beset with production problems, not least of which was the ongoing animosity between star Grant and director Michael Curtiz, Night and Day managed to finish filming on schedule, and proved to be an audience favorite -- except for those in the know Broadwayites who were bemused over the fact that Cole Porter's well-known homosexuality was necessarily weaned from the screenplay. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
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Prompt Delivery
Added 6/4/2009
DVD was in excellent condition. Received it before expected. Would order from this seller again.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
IDEAL COLE PORTER MUSICAL
Added 6/3/2009

This film is a wonderful collection of the Cole Porter Songs of this Biographical Musical. Unfortunately, the story in mostly fictional through Hollywood's standards and not true to his personal life.

Definitely for a Collector of Biographical Musicals and library.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
For Music Lovers
Added 5/1/2009
This was a delightful movie for me because I love music. The songs and dancing were superb. The drama of Porter and his wife didn't interest me because I have a recollection of the true facts regarding Porter. However, I grew up with Cole Porter's music on records, and hearing them again by Ginny Simms, etc. was a joy. I loved the dance numbers. It was a musical event for me. I could watch it again.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Great Cole Porter Songs!
Added 4/18/2009

Everytime I play this DVD, the songs just stay with me for days. I really enjoy all of it.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
Night and Day is delightful!
Added 7/2/2008
It's clear from the beginning of this film that the star of Night and Day is the music of the man himself...Cole Porter. The song and dance sequences are beautifully done (the tap dancing number in particular was fantastic) and I even took pleasure in the story. Of course, since this film has been made, we now know much more about Cole Porter than is revealed in this film such as his being homosexual. However, I find that Night and Day better honors Porter and his love of his music first and foremost. It is a delightful and entertaining movie that truly sings Cole Porter's praises.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
Prompt Delivery
Added 6/4/2009
DVD was in excellent condition. Received it before expected. Would order from this seller again.
1 out of 1 people found this helpful.
IDEAL COLE PORTER MUSICAL
Added 6/3/2009

This film is a wonderful collection of the Cole Porter Songs of this Biographical Musical. Unfortunately, the story in mostly fictional through Hollywood's standards and not true to his personal life.

Definitely for a Collector of Biographical Musicals and library.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
For Music Lovers
Added 5/1/2009
This was a delightful movie for me because I love music. The songs and dancing were superb. The drama of Porter and his wife didn't interest me because I have a recollection of the true facts regarding Porter. However, I grew up with Cole Porter's music on records, and hearing them again by Ginny Simms, etc. was a joy. I loved the dance numbers. It was a musical event for me. I could watch it again.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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