Night and Day
by Jack Scholl, LeRoy Prinz, Michael Curtiz, Robert Clampett
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Actor: Alexis Smith, Arthur Q. Bryan, Cary Grant, Mel Blanc, Scotty BeckettDirector: Jack Scholl, LeRoy Prinz, Michael Curtiz, Robert Clampett
Brand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Charles Hoffman
Writer: Jack Moffitt
Writer: Leo Townsend
Writer: Warren Foster
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 128 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-06-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Movie Reviews of Night and Day
Movie Review: For Music Lovers
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a delightful movie for me because I love music. The songs and dancing were superb. The drama of Porter and his wife didn't interest me because I have a recollection of the true facts regarding Porter. However, I grew up with Cole Porter's music on records, and hearing them again by Ginny Simms, etc. was a joy. I loved the dance numbers. It was a musical event for me. I could watch it again.
Summary of Night and Day
Swellegant and elegant. Deluxe and delovely. Cole Porter was the most sophisticated name in 20th-century songwriting. And to play him on screen, Hollywood chose debonair icon Cary Grant. Grant stars for the first time in color in this fanciful biopic. Alexis Smith plays Linda, whose serendipitous meetings with Cole lead to a meeting at the altar. More than 20 Porter songs grace this tale of triumph and tragedy, with Grant lending his amiable voice to You're the Top, Night and Day and more. Monty Woolley, a Yale contemporary of Porter, portrays himself. And Jane Wyman, Mary Martin, Eve Arden and others provide vocals and verve. Lights down. Curtain up. Standards embraced by generations are yours to enjoy Night and Day.With Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) as director, Cary Grant in the lead, and wall-to-wall songs by Cole Porter, how could Night and Day lose? Why, by taking broad liberties with the composer's life story and failing to live up to expectations. If you can overlook such shortcomings, however, it's lively entertainment that doesn't completely deserve the scorn it has elicited. Grant is good as a bon vivant who had a way with words but lacked the discipline to pursue a career in law. As a singer, on the other hand, he's merely adequate. Curtiz wisely has the fine supporting actresses (Jane Wyman, Ginny Simms, etc.) handle the big numbers such as "You're the Top." Also, Porter's story was meant for black and white. The Technicolor process adds an unfortunate garishness to the tale of a man whose very name has become a synonym for elegance. With Mary Martin and Monty Woolley as themselves. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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