Night and Day (1946)

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Writers:

Charles Hoffman (screen play) &
Leo Townsend (screen play) ...
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Release Date:

3 August 1946 (USA)

Genre:

Biography | Drama | Musical

Plot:

The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s...

Plot Keywords:

Composer | Cole Porter | Marriage | Manhattan New York City | Nurse

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar.

Cast

Cary Grant	...	Cole Porter
Alexis Smith	...	Linda Lee Porter
Monty Woolley	...	Monty
Ginny Simms	...	Carole Hill
Jane Wyman	...	Gracie Harris
Eve Arden	...	Gabrielle
Victor Francen	...	Anatole Giron
Alan Hale	...	Leon Dowling
Dorothy Malone	...	Nancy
Tom D'Andrea	...	Bernie
Selena Royle	...	Kate Porter
Donald Woods	...	Ward Blackburn
Henry Stephenson	...	Omar Cole
Paul Cavanagh	...	Bart McClelland
Sig Ruman	...	Wilowski
Carlos Ramírez	...	Specialty Singer of Song 'Begin the Beguine' Number
Milada Mladova	...	Specialty Dancer in 'Begin the Beguine' Number
George Zoritch	...	Specialty Dancer in 'Begin the Beguine' Number
Adam Di Gatano	...	Specialty Dancer in 'I've Got You Under My Skin' Number (as Adam)
Jane Di Gatano	...	Specialty Dancer in 'I've Got You Under My Skin' Number
Estelle Sloan	...	Specialty Dancer in 'Just One of Those Things' Number
Mary Martin	...	Mary Martin
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
John Alvin	...	Petey (uncredited)
Gloria Anderson	...	Tall Showgirl (uncredited)
Valerie Ardis	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Robert Arthur	...	Customer (uncredited)
Lynn Baggett	...	Sexpot (uncredited)
Richard Bartell	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Edward Biby	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
Herman Bing	...	Ladisaus Smedick - 2nd 'Peaches' (uncredited)
Betty Blair	...	Nurse (uncredited)
William A. Boardway	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
George Boyce	...	Stage Manager (uncredited)
Maurice Brierre	...	French Waiter (uncredited)
Harlan Briggs	...	Stage Doorman (uncredited)
Edgar Caldwell	...	American Officer (uncredited)
Peter Camlin	...	French Lieutenant (uncredited)
Hobart Cavanaugh	...	Man in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
Wheaton Chambers	...	Assistant Headwaiter (uncredited)
Joan Chandler	...	(uncredited)
Jack Chefe	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Willis Clare	...	Husband (uncredited)
Pat Clark	...	Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
Chester Clute	...	Music Publisher (uncredited)
John Compton	...	Student (uncredited)
Joyce Compton	...	Chorine (uncredited)
James Conaty	...	Nightclub Party Guest (uncredited)
Dorothy Costello	...	Dancer Twin (uncredited)
Ruth Costello	...	Dancer Twin (uncredited)
Harry Crocker	...	Newspaperman (uncredited)
Frank Dae	...	Professor (uncredited)
Armba Dandridge	...	Dancer (uncredited)
Boyd Davis	...	Dean (uncredited)
Harold De Becker	...	English Workman (uncredited)
Fred Deming	...	Guest (uncredited)
Bernard DeRoux	...	Giron's Assistant (uncredited)
Henri DeSoto	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Jimmie Dodd	...	Red (uncredited)
Fred Dosch	...	French Waiter (uncredited)
Paula Drew	...	Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
Adrian Droeshout	...	Man at Bar (uncredited)
Pierre Duval	...	French Officer (uncredited)
Dick Earle	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Frank Elliott	...	Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Fern Emmett	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Richard Erdman	...	Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Herbert Evans	...	Bobby (uncredited)
Frank Ferguson	...	Tina's Father (uncredited)
Sam Flint	...	Professor (uncredited)
Howard Freeman	...	Max Fisher (uncredited)
Rudolf Friml Jr.	...	Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Lance Fuller	...	Student (uncredited)
Paul Garkie	...	Student (uncredited)
Eugene Gericke	...	Soldier (uncredited)
Pat Gleason	...	Dance Director (uncredited)
John Goldsworthy	...	Yale Gentleman (uncredited)
Ernest Golm	...	Foreign Gentleman (uncredited)
Lisa Golm	...	Foreign Lady (uncredited)
Buddy Gorman	...	English Pageboy (uncredited)
Marion Gray	...	Wife Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Paul Gustine	...	Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Creighton Hale	...	Man in Theatre (uncredited)
Bill Hardsway	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
Jane Harker	...	Specialty Trio Member (uncredited)
Patsy Harmon	...	Young Customer (uncredited)
Sam Harris	...	Nightclub Party Guest (uncredited)
Henry Hastings	...	Black Bartender (uncredited)
Hans Herbert	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Tom Herbert	...	Drunk (uncredited)
Emil Hilb	...	Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Shep Houghton	...	Dancer / Singer (uncredited)
Rune Hultman	...	American Lieutenant (uncredited)
Boyd Irwin	...	Professor (uncredited)
Gladden James	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Jack W. Johnston	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Eddie Kane	...	Eddie (uncredited)
Art Kassel Jr.	...	Student (uncredited)
Edward Kelly	...	Call Boy (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey	...	First-Nighter (uncredited)
Kenner G. Kemp	...	First-Nighter (uncredited)
Colin Kenny	...	Doorman (uncredited)
George Kirby	...	Cabbie (uncredited)
Joe Kirkwood Jr.	...	Classmate (uncredited)
Skelton Knaggs	...	Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
Mike Lally	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Leota Lorraine	...	Wife (uncredited)
Ellen Lowe	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack	...	Well-Wisher at Nightclub Party (uncredited)
Paula Mae	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Frank Marlowe	...	Army Driver (uncredited)
Jo Ann Marlowe	...	Tina (uncredited)
Caren Marsh	...	Young Customer (uncredited)
Gregory Marshall	...	Small Caroler (uncredited)
Alan Marston	...	American Officer (uncredited)
Ruth Matthews	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Philo McCullough	...	Rehearsal Backstage Man (uncredited)
Tom McGuire	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
Fay McKenzie	...	Singer - 'Easy to Love' Number (uncredited)
Robert McKenzie	...	Hansom Cab Driver (uncredited)
Claire Meade	...	Customer (uncredited)
George Meader	...	Minister (uncredited)
Marie Melish	...	Scrubwoman (uncredited)
John Miles	...	Student (uncredited)
Charles Miller	...	Professor (uncredited)
Jacqueline Milo	...	French Girl (uncredited)
Rene Mimieux	...	Man at Bar (uncredited)
Ralph Montgomery	...	Chorus Boy (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse	...	Yale Alum of 1916 (uncredited)
Edna Morris	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Jack Mower	...	Livery Chauffeur (uncredited)
Clarence Muse	...	Porter (uncredited)
Mayo Newhall	...	Bearded Man (uncredited)
Bill Nind	...	English Officer (uncredited)
Georgie Nokes	...	Young Wayne (uncredited)
Eva Novak	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Helen O'Hara	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Vivien Oakland	...	Married Woman (uncredited)
Garry Owen	...	Joer (uncredited)
Michael Panaieff	...	French Officer (uncredited)
John Pearson	...	1st 'Peaches' (uncredited)
Helen Pender	...	Pretty Nurse (uncredited)
Albert Petit	...	French Waiter (uncredited)
Louis Quince	...	Husband (uncredited)
Rebel Randall	...	Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Dorothy Reisner	...	Young Customer (uncredited)
Gordon Richards	...	Cochran (uncredited)
Jack Richardson	...	Surgeon (uncredited)
George Riley	...	O'Halloran (uncredited)
Cyril Ring	...	Husband Outside Theatre (uncredited)
Arlyn Roberts	...	Chorus Girl (uncredited)
Roy Rogers	...	Singer (archive footage) (uncredited)
Susanne Rosser	...	Chorine (uncredited)
Don Roy	...	Bandleader (uncredited)
Laddie Rucker	...	Student (uncredited)
Marshall Ruth	...	Yale Alum of 1916 (uncredited)
Virginia Sale	...	Minister's Wife (uncredited)
Fred Santley	...	Yale Alum of 1916 (uncredited)
Leonardo Scavino	...	French Officer (uncredited)
Allen Schute	...	English Officer (uncredited)
Wallace Scott	...	Chauffeur (uncredited)
Almira Sessions	...	Woman in Hospital Hall (uncredited)
Harry Seymour	...	Clarence (uncredited)
Laurie Sherman	...	Intern (uncredited)
Barbara Slater	...	Tall Showgirl (uncredited)
Gene Stanley	...	Porter's Classmate (uncredited)
Nick Stewart	...	Train Club Car Waiter (uncredited)
George Suzanne	...	Waiter (uncredited)
Mel Tormé	...	Drummer - 'Anything Goes' Rehearsal (uncredited)
Arthur Tovey	...	Yale Alum on Train (uncredited)
Laura Treadwell	...	Woman in Theatre (uncredited)
Gladys Turney	...	Society Woman (uncredited)
Elizabeth Valentine	...	Matron in Hospital (uncredited)
Philip Van Zandt	...	Librettist (uncredited)
George Volk	...	American Officer (uncredited)
John Vosper	...	(uncredited)
Regina Wallace	...	Tina's Mother (uncredited)
Bobby Watson	...	Director (uncredited)
Crane Whitley	...	Commercial Artist (uncredited)
Charles Williams	...	Music Store Customer (uncredited)
Eric Wilton	...	English Officer / Nightclub Party Guest (uncredited)
Joan Winfield	...	Nurse (uncredited)
Bertha Woolford	...	Servant (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Curtiz

Writing credits
Charles Hoffman		(screen play) &
Leo Townsend		(screen play) and
William Bowers		(screen play)
Jack Moffitt		(adaptation)

Produced by
Arthur Schwartz	....	producer
Jack L. Warner	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
J. Peverell Marley		(director of photography) (as Peverell Marley)
William V. Skall		(director of photography)
Bert Glennon		(director of photography) (uncredited)

Film Editing by
David Weisbart		(film editor)

Art Direction by
John Hughes

Set Decoration by
Armor Marlowe		(set decorations)

Makeup Department
Perc Westmore	....	makeup artist
Jean Burk	....	hair stylist (uncredited)
Norman Pringle	....	makeup (uncredited)

Production Management
Eric Stacey	....	unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Frank Heath	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Robert Vreeland	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Herbert Plews	....	props (uncredited)
Robert Turner	....	props (uncredited)

Sound Department
Everett Alton Brown	....	sound
Charles David Forrest	....	sound (as David Forrest)
Gerald W. Alexander	....	sound (uncredited)
Robert G. Wayne	....	sound (uncredited)

Special Effects by
Robert Burks	....	special effects
Paul Detlefsen	....	matte paintings (uncredited)
Mario Larrinaga	....	matte paintings (uncredited)
William C. McGann	....	special effects (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Lester H. Blackburn	....	gaffer (uncredited)
Herschel Brown	....	grip (uncredited)
George Dye	....	technicolor technician (uncredited)
Jack Fresholtz	....	gaffer: stills (uncredited)
Cliff King	....	still photographer (uncredited)
Wiley Martin	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
George Gordon Nogle	....	camera operator (uncredited)
Clair Sealey	....	best boy (uncredited)
Harvey L. Slocomb	....	technicolor assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Milo Anderson	....	wardrobe
Travilla	....	costume designer: dance costumes
Ida Greenfield	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Eugene Joseff	....	costume jeweller (uncredited)
Roe Ramsey	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Leon Roberts	....	wardrobe (uncredited)
Sue Shannon	....	wardrobe (uncredited)

Music Department
Dudley Chambers	....	vocal arranger
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director
Ray Heindorf	....	conductor: production numbers
Ray Heindorf	....	orchestrator: production numbers
Max Steiner	....	composer: additional music
Max Steiner	....	music adaptor: additional music
Charles David Forrest	....	music mixer (uncredited)

Other crew
Herschel Daugherty	....	dialogue director
Leonard Doss	....	associate technicolor color director
Natalie Kalmus	....	technicolor color director
James Leicester	....	montages
LeRoy Prinz	....	dance numbers created and directed by
Gene Alden	....	stand-in: Donald Woods (uncredited)
Fred Applegate	....	script clerk (uncredited)
Miriam Bellah	....	stand-in: Dorothy Malone (uncredited)
Diane Bernard	....	stand-in: Jane Wyman (uncredited)
Rex DeWitt	....	stand-in: Monty Woolley (uncredited)
Betty Dietrich	....	stand-in: Alexis Smith (uncredited)
George Dye	....	technicolor technician (uncredited)
Pat Malone	....	stand-in: Henry Stephenson (uncredited)
Mal Merrihugh	....	stand-in: Cary Grant (uncredited)
Jean Porter	....	stand-in: Selena Royle (uncredited)

Thanks
Cole Porter	....	acknowledgment: based on the career of

Production Companies

• Warner Bros. (presents) (A Warner Bros.- First National Picture)

Distributors

• Warner Bros. (1946) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1948) (France) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Dominant Pictures Corporation (1956) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (B&W)
• Living Colour Entertainment (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

128 min | West Germany:111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Australia:G | Finland:S | Canada:PG (video rating) | West Germany:16 | USA:Approved (PCA #11173)

Filming Locations:

Beverly Hills, California, USA

Company:

Warner Bros.

Trivia:

When a friend of Porter's heard that Cary Grant had been cast to play the songwriter in the film of his life, the friend asked Porter why he had not objected since he and Grant looked nothing alike. The friend pointed out that Porter might have suggested Fred Astaire instead, another good friend of his who had a strong physical resemblance to Porter. Porter replied, "If they wanted Cary Grant to play you in a movie, would YOU complain?"

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In England, after his show, Cole buys some fries. He starts eating, and walks off without paying for them.

Quotes:

Monty Woolley:Haven't you ever wanted to be alone?
Gracie Harris:Yes, but with somebody.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Carol Burnett Show: Episode #10.11" (1976)

Soundtrack:

Easy to Love

Cary Grant in the life story of Cole Porter.

Thanks to the TCM channel, we can easily view old classics like this. Although nicely shot in Technicolor, the print is just a shade pastel, and looks better with the TV's color cranked up just a little bit. The movie starts in 1914, with Porter at Yale and already writing songs, even though he was a law student. However, at Christmas break, after he told his mother that he wasn't going back, he was going to focus on writing music instead, 'Oh, I could be a lawyer, but not a very good one. When I look at a lawbook I think of a song. When I read a legal case, I hear a melody.' Like almost any biographical movie, certain parts are fictionalized, and many things have to be left out. But this movie gives us the pleasure of many Cole Porter classics and a glimpse into the man behind the songs. A good movie for anyone who is a fan of Porter's, or American musical history in general.

Cary Grant was 41/42 when this was filmed, so it is a bit of a stretch imagining him, in the beginning, as a college student. This movie came out the same year (1946) as 'Notorious', and one year before one of my favorite Cary Grant movies, where he plays an angel in 'The Bishop's Wife (1947).'