DKosty123 It is hard to give Cary Grant any less than a 6 which he usually gets just for stepping on the lot. He does well here but since the story is so fictional it is hard to buy him in the title role. He does have a good director and solid supporting cast. Then there is the music of Cole Porter. Where Grant is miscast, the music saves the film from the whitewashed and spun dry story. Eve Arden looks young and very appealing in this movie, not the school ma-rm type of role that would dominate her later career. Even with Grant having to bring across a made up Porter with a script that with the production codes being very restricted, it almost comes off. Hey, these feel good musicals appealed very much to an audience that was relieved the war was over and getting ready to enjoy peace. There would be other attempts to create the mood here the next couple of years. Big Studio Hollywood was the all star stuff dreams are made of. This film is a perfect example.

blanche-2 Cary Grant plays Cole Porter in "Night and Day," a biography of sorts of the great composer and lyricist. Alexis Smith plays his wife Linda, Monty Woolley plays his best friend, as he was in real life, and performers include Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Mary Martin and Eve Arden.Most of this biography is pure fiction, except for a few details. Porter was indeed injured while riding and endured something like 30 operations. I don't believe he and Linda ever separated, and by all accounts were quite devoted, despite Porter's same sex dalliances. His family did want him to be a lawyer, and he did drop out of law school. He apparently did serve in the French Foreign Legion during World War I.However, the important part of this movie is Porter's gorgeous music, which shines throughout. Certainly he wrote some of the most beautiful music and lyrics ever, including the title song, "I Get a Kick Out of You," "Begin the Beguine," "Let's Face the Music and Dance," and countless others.This is an unusual film for Cary Grant. It calls on his class and sophistication, but not the humor he brought to a role. He looks very handsome and is very convincing with the piano fingerings. He does a little singing, surprisingly, and his voice was pleasant, with a fast tremelo. Alexis Smith is stunningly beautiful and elegant as Linda. Both roles are somewhat wooden, just a backdrop really for the singing and dancing."Night and Day" doesn't have a great script, but it's definitely worth seeing for the music and musical performances, particularly by the silky-voiced Ginny Simms, Mary Martin doing her breakout number, "My Heart Belongs to Daddy," and Eve Arden as a French entertainer.

lastliberal Those looking for a biopic of Cole Porter would be better served elsewhere. This is the 1946 version of his life and it leaves out a lot of truth and stylizes the rest. The ending of the film gives those in the know a clue. When his wife (Alexis Smith) runs into his arms all excited, the camera shows that he isn't really as glad to see her as she is to see him. Maybe, that is because she left him, not for being a workaholic and ignoring her, as the movie suggests, but because his homosexuality was becoming more open in Hollywood.But, despite the glossy image of Porter, it was still a worthwhile film and it did get an Oscar nomination for the music, which should be no surprise to anyone. Porter's music is some of the best written and performed in the country and there are almost twenty of his songs featured in the film, some sung by Jane Wyman, the only Oscar winner that was the wife of a future president.Cary Grant is magnificent as Cole Porter. He makes the film worth viewing for his presence alone.

irajoelirajoel I remember seeing this silly bio. of the great Cole Porter on our small black and white TV when I was a kid and not liking it much. Now years later a pristine DVD of the film is now available and I still do not like it. Actually I hated it. Of course the no.1 reason for my disliking it is the total fantasy that Warner Bros. came up with as "the life of Cole Porter." The cast tries hard but everything is so wrong about this film that I sat there shaking my head. Maybe in 1946 movie audiences were more accepting of this kind of crap, but come on Cary Grant as Cole Porter?? Of course all the gay stuff hangs over this movie big time. Porter was gay, Grant was gay Monty Wooley was gay, and from what I've heard Alexis Smith was a closet Lesbian. They must have had a hoot making this one. Needless to say the period costumes, decor etc are all wrong and Porter's great music deserved better singers than Ginny Simms or Jane Wyman. The only nice moment for me was Mary Martin (another closet Lesbian) doing My Heart Belongs To Daddy. This movie really needed Ethel Merman (another bi lady) to give this 500pd Easter Egg some life. Unfortunately the more recent movie bio De-Lovely or De Lousy isn't much better. A shame because Porter was one of the great composers of the Broadway Stage.