Night and Day

Night and Day


Warner Bros., 1946, Color, 128 minutes, ***

Released July, 1946



The life and career of composer Cole Porter are saluted in this favorite. Cary Grant plays Porter, following him from his days at Yale, his experiences in World War I, his stormy marriage, and his amazing musical accomplishments. Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Jane Wyman co-star. Score includes "You're the Top," "Don't Fence Me In."



Produced by: Arthur Schwartz

Directed by: Michael Curtiz

Screen Play by: Charles Hoffman, Leo Townsend and William Bowers

Adaptation by: Jack Moffitt

Based on the Career of Cole Porter

Production Numbers Orchestrated and Conducted by: Ray Heindorf

Dance Numbers Created and Directed by: LeRoy Prinz

Musical Director: Leo F. Forbstein

Additional Music Composed and Adapted by: Max Steiner

Vocal Arrangements by: Dudley Chambers

Art Director: John Hughes

Set Decoration: Armor Marlowe

Costume Design: Milo Anderson

Makeup Artist: Perc Westmore

Wardrobe by: Milo Anderson

Dance Costumes Designed by: Travilla

Sound by: Everett A. Brown, David Forrest

Directors of Photography: Peverell Marley, William V. Skall

Special Effects by: Robert Burks

Montages by: James Leigester

Filmed in Technicolor

Technicolor Color Director: Natalie Kalmus

Associate: Leonard Doss

Film Editor: David Weisbart



Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Score (Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner)



Cast: Cary Grant [Cole Porter], Alexis Smith [Linda Lee Porter], Monty Woolley [Himself], 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 Porter], Paul Cavanagh [Bart McClelland], Sig Rumann [Willowsky], Carlos Ramirez, Milada Mladova, George Zoritch [Specialty Dancers], Adam & Jane Di Gatano [Specialty Dancers], Estelle Sloan [Specialty Dancer], Mary Martin [Herself], Additional Cast: Jimmie Dobbs, John Compton, John Miles, Art Kassel, Paul Garkie, Laddie Rucker [Students], Frank Dae, Boyd Irwin, Sam Flint, Charles Miller [Professors], John Alvin [Petey], Harlan Briggs [Doorman], Harry Seymour [Clarence], Clarence Muse [Caleb], Jo Ann Marlowe [Tina], Regina Wallace [Tina's Mother], Frank Ferguson [Tina's Father], George Meader [Minister], Virginia Sale [Minister's Wife], Bertha Woolford, Armba Dandridge [Servants], Gregory Muradian [Small Caroler], Lisa Golm, Ernest Golm [Foreign Couple], John Goldsworthy [Yale Gentleman], Garry Owen [Bartender], Crane Whitley [Commercial Artist], Lynne Baggett [Sexboat], Rebel Randall, Arlyne Roberts [Chorus Girls], Creighton Hale, Paul Gustine [Men in Theater], Bob McKenzie [Hansom Cab Driver], Alan Shute, Bill Hind, Eric Wilton [English Officers], Edgar Caldwell, George Volk, Allen Marston [American Officers], James Dodd [Red], Emile Hilb [Orchestra Leader], Bernard DeRoux [Assistant to Giron], George Suzanne, Henri DeSoto [Waiters], Marie Melesch [Scrub Woman], Fred Dash, Maurice Brierre, Albert Petit [French Waiters], Frank Marlowe [Army Driver], Rune Hultman [American Lieutenant], Peter Camlin [French Lieutenant], George Riley [O'Halloran], Fern Emmett [Secretary], Ruth Matthews, Betty Blair, Valerie Ardis, Edna Harris, Ellen Lowe, Joan Winfield [Nurses], Richard Erdman, Robert Arthur, Caren Harsh, Patsy Harmon, Dorothy Reisner, Claire Meade, Charles Williams [Customers], Mayo Newhall [Bearded Man], George Nokes [Wayne Blackburn Child], Gordon Richards [Coachman], Laura Treadwell [Woman in Theater], Frank Miliott [Man in Theater], Howard Freeman [Producer], Bobby Watson [Director], Philip Van Zandt [Librettist], Harry Crocker [Newspaperman], Herman Bing ["Peaches"], Chester Clute [Music Publisher], Joyce Compton, Helen O'Hara, Susanne Rosser [Chorines], Richard Bartell [Photographer], Eddie Kane [Headwaiter], Rudy Friml [Orchestra Leader], John Vosper [Man], Helen Pender [Pretty Nurse], Edward Kelly [Callboy], Bill Hardsway, Jack Richardson, Tom McGuire, Edward Biby [Surgeons], Laurie Shermain [Intern], Hobart Cavanaugh, Almira Sessions [Couple in Hospital Corridor], Gene Garrick [Soldier], Jacqueline Milo [French Girl], George Kirby [Cab Driver], Wallace Scott [Chauffeur], Colin Kenny [Doorman], Herbert Evans [Bobby], Gladden James, Mike Lally, Dick Earle, J. W. Johnston [Doctors], Buddy Gorman [English Page Boy], Harold de Becker [English Workman], Jack Mower [Livery Chauffeur], Elizabeth Valentine [Matron in Hospital], Cyril Ring, Vivian Oakland [Married Couple], Pat Gleason [Dance Director], Don Roy [Band Leader], Hans Herbert [Headwaiter], George Boyce [Stage Manager], Fred Deming [Guest], Bert Moorhouse, Marshall Ruth, Fred Santley [Yale Alumni], Joe Kirkwood, Jr., Gene Stanley [Classmates of Cole Porter], Henry Hasting [Bartender], Nicodemus Stewart [Waiter]



Musical Program: [0:00] Overture: Medley of Cole Porter tunes (Orchestra); [0:03] Yale Fight Song (excerpt sung by Chorus); [0:03] I'm in Love Again (excerpt sung and danced by Jane Wyman); [0:04] Bulldog, Bulldog (new Yale fight song, sung by Cary Grant and Mens Chorus); [0:12] In the Still of the Night (sung by Dorothy Malone with help from the Cole family and guests); [0:16] Old Fashioned Garden (sung by Cary Grant and Selena Royle); [0:19] You've Got That Thing (sung by Paula Drew, Pat Clark and Jane Harker); [0:20] Let's Do It (Let's Fall in Love) (sung by Jane Wyman); [0:25] You Do Something to Me (sung and danced by Jane Wyman and Chorus); [0:41] Night and Day (Cary Grant at the piano, and singing a few excerpts as he composes the piece); [0:43] I'm Unlucky at Gambling (sung by Eve Arden); [0:49] Miss Otis Regrets (sung by Monty Woolley); [0:53] I Wonder What's Become of Sally (sung by Ginny Simms); [0:55] What Is This Thing Called Love (sung by Ginny Simms); [0:59] I've Got You Under My Skin (sung by Ginny Simms, danced by unidentified couple); [1:06] Rosalie (sung and danced by street singers); [1:12] Night and Day (sung by unidentified male soloist, danced by Womens Chorus); [1:16] Just One of Those Things (sung by Ginny Simms, sung and danced by Chorus with solo dance spot by unidentified female dancer); [1:24] Anything Goes (played by Orchestra, danced by Chorus at outdoor rehearsal); [1:25] You're the Top (sung by Ginny Simms and Cary Grant); [1:30] I Get a Kick Out of You (sung by Ginny Simms, danced by Chorus); [1:34] Easy to Love (sung by Female Trio); [1:44] My Heart Belongs to Daddy (sung by Mary Martin and Chorus); [1:54] Don't Fence Me In (excerpt sung by Roy Rogers); [1:55] Begin the Beguine (production number sung by Carlos Ramirez, sung and danced by Chorus); [2:01] Bulldog, Bulldog (sung by Mens Chorus); [2:04] Night and Day (sung by Mens Chorus with Cary Grant at the piano onscreen)