Night and Day (1946)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.2/10   

Director:

Michael Curtiz

Escritores:

Charles Hoffman (screenplay) and
Leo Townsend (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 agosto 1946 (USA)

Género:

Biografía | 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:

Cigarette Case | Piano | Yale University | Megaphone | Neglected Wife

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Music is the High Point

Reparto

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 Cole
Paul Cavanagh	...	Bart McClelland
Sig Ruman	...	Wilowski

También conocida como:

Noche y día (Spain) [es]

Duración:

128 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

USA:Approved (certificate #11068) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:G | Finland:S

Locaciones de Filmación:

George Lewis Mansion - Benedict Canyon Drive, Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Warner Bros. Pictures

Trivialidades:

Jane Wyman shot this concurrently with The Yearling (1946).

Errores:

Errores Reales: As in Kiss Me Kate (1953), Cole Porter is depicted as a healthy man who is capable of walking for most of the film. In fact, he was a cripple needing constant medical care for his shattered legs which were the result of a riding accident in 1937; any scene showing him walking after that date is in error.

Citas:

Cole Porter: Thanks for all the flowers.
Monty Woolley: Yes, one can only send them to a man when he's flat on his back.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en De-Lovely (2004)

Banda de Sonido:

Anything Goes

Music is the High Point

One of Broadway's most brilliant songwriters, Cole Porter (1891-1964) worked hard to present an unflappable image to the world--but in truth he was a tremendously complex man, a homosexual who lived with wife Linda Lee Thomas in a marriage of convenience, subject fits of depression, and suffering horrific pain in the wake of a horseback riding accident which left him crippled at the peak of his career. Add to this the fact that his lyrics were often censored for film, radio, and records and it seems very odd that 1940s Hollywood would attempt a biography. What they did, of course, was fictionalize it to the max, reducing the story of his life to a mix of backstage musical and domestic drama--and transforming the tiny and waspish Porter and his icy bride Linda into handsome Cary Grant and lovely Alexis Smith. The result is pure nonsense, of course, but when you tack in a host of Porter classics--fantasy it might be, but it is entertaining enough to watch.

Grant is no singer, but he has considerable charm, and Smith is as always extremely attractive. The supporting cast is remarkably strong, featuring the likes of Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Dorothy Malone, and Alan Hale--and rare screen appearances by Monty Woolley and Mary Martin, who deliver knockout performances of "Miss Otis Regrets" and "My Heart Belongs To Daddy" respectively. The DVD transfer is reasonable, and although the bonuses are pure fluff they are amusing. While it may be short on fact with a story little more than pure melodrama, the music and performers make NIGHT AND DAY a reasonably pleasant way to spend a rainy afternoon.

Gary F. Taylor, GFT, Amazon Reviewer