Night and Day
Night and Day is a 1946 American biographical and musical film starring Cary Grant, in a fictionalized account of the life of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter.
Plot
The film is an almost entirely fictionalized version of the life of Cole Porter from his college days at Yale University, where he is studying law at the encouragement of his grandfather. One of his law professors, Monty Woolley, playing himself, encourages his song-writing. (In fact, Woolley was a classmate of Porter.)
Cast
- Alan Hale
- Alexis Smith
- Almira Sessions
- Bert Moorhouse
- Carlos Ramírez
- Cary Grant
- Charles Williams
- Clarence Muse
- Colin Kenny
- Creighton Hale
- Cyril Ring
- Donald Woods
- Dorothy Malone
- Eddie Kane
- Eve Arden
- Fay McKenzie
- Fern Emmett
- Frank Marlowe
- Fred Kelsey
- Henry Stephenson
- Herman Bing
- Hobart Cavanaugh
- Howard Freeman
- Jack Chefe
- Jack Mower
- Jane Wyman
- Joan Chandler
- John Alvin
- Joyce Compton
- Lance Fuller
- Mary Martin
- Mel Tormé
- Monty Woolley
- Paul Cavanagh
- Philip Van Zandt
- Philo McCullough
- Richard Erdman
- Selena Royle
- Sig Ruman
- Skelton Knaggs
- Tom D'Andrea
- Victor Francen
- Vivien Oakland
More details
| author | William Bowers |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Connecticut |
| director | Michael Curtiz |
| editor | David Weisbart |
| keywords | end family friend foreign legion french foreign legion horseback riding law professor rid serious accident songwriting world war i wound yale university |
| musicBy | Ray Heindorf |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Original Musical Score |
| producer | Arthur Schwartz Jack L. Warner |
| productionCompany | Warner Bros. |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | biographical musical romantic musical |