Night and Day (film)

Night and Day
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Directed by	Michael Curtiz
Produced by	Arthur Schwartz Jack L. Warner (executive producer)
Written by	Charles Hoffman Leo Townsend William Bowers
Starring	Cary Grant Alexis Smith Monty Woolley Mary Martin
Music by	Ray Heindorf Max Steiner Milton Ager Jack Yellen
Cinematography	J. Peverell Marley William V. Skall
Editing by	David Weisbart
Distributed by	Warner Brothers
Release date(s)	2 July 1946
Running time	128 min
Country	USA
Language	English
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Night and Day is a 1946 Warner Brothers biographical film of the life of American composer and songwriter Cole Porter. It was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Arthur Schwartz, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was by Charles Hoffman, Leo Townsend and William Bowers.

The music score by Ray Heindorf and Max Steiner was nominated for an Academy Award. 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".

The film stars Cary Grant as Cole Porter and Alexis Smith as his wife, Linda Lee Porter. Monty Woolley and Mary Martin appear as themselves and the rest of the cast includes Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Alan Hale, Dorothy Malone and Ginny Simms.

The film is a highly fictionalized and sanitized version of Cole Porter's life.^{[citation needed]}

A later film biography of Porter, the 2004 De-Lovely with Kevin Kline, dealt more frankly with his sexuality.