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Night and Day: Directed by Michael Curtiz. With Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms. A fictionalized biopic of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s.
- Michael Curtiz
- 64
- 2 min
Provided to YouTube by The Orchard EnterprisesBegin the Beguine (From 'Night and Day') · Malcolm Lockyer and his Concert OrchestraMusic from the Films℗ 2012 ...
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 ." Alexis Smith plays Linda Lee Porter, Porter's wife of 35 years. Monty Woolley and Mary Martin appear as themselves.
- $7,418,000 (worldwide rentals)
- $4,445,000
Night And Day (1946) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Unlucky At Gambling In WWI Paris, as her erstwhile boyfriend, composer Cole Porter (Cary Grant), recovers from mostly fictional war wounds, American nurse Linda (Alexis Smith) prevails upon performer Gabrielle (Eve Arden, with a not-bad accent) to give him a break, in the Porter bio-pic Night And Day, 1946.
"Begin the Beguine," certainly one of Porter's best and most frequently played tunes, is richly sung by Carlos Ramirez in a setting of lush tropical splendor, and there is a sizzling specialty tap dance by Estelle Sloan.
