Research Catalog

Title

Night and day [videorecording]

Publication

1946.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Grant, Cary, 1904-1986.
• Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993.
• Toney, Virginia Lee Simms, 1927-
• Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007.
• Arden, Eve, 1908-1990.
• Martin, Mary, 1913-1990.
• Mladova, Milada
• Zoritch, George, 1917-2009
• Sloan, Estelle
• Porter, Cole, 1891-1964.
• Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962.
• Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983
• Travilla.
• Anderson, Milo.
• Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984.
• Jane and Adam di Gatano (Firm).

Description

1 videocassette. 129 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Biographical film about the composer Cole Porter.

Subjects

• Motion pictures > Night and day
• Porter, Cole, 1891-1964 > Drama

Note

• Motion picture originally released in 1946 by Warner Brothers; re-issued as a videotape in 1991 by MGM/UA Home Video, Culver City, California. Producer: Arthur Schwartz. Director: Michael Curtiz. Directors of photography: Peverell Marley and William V. Skall.
• Choreography: Le Roy Prinz. Music: Cole Porter, arranged by Ray Heindorf. Screenplay: Charles Hoffman and Leo Townsend. Adaptation: Jack Moffitt. Art direction: John Hughes. Costumes: Milo Anderson. Dance costumes: Travilla.

Performer (note)

• Cary Grant (Cole Porter), Alexis Smith (Linda Lee Porter), Monty Woolley (himself), Ginny Simms (Carole Hill), Jane Wyman (Gracie Harris), Eve Arden (Gabrielle), Mary Martin (herself), Carlos Ramirez, and others, including Milada Mladova, George Zoritch, Jane and Adam di Gatano, and Estelle Sloan in specialty dance numbers.

Contents

DANCE CONTENTS: "I'm in love again," perf. by Wyman. -- "You do something to me," perf. by Wyman. -- "I'm unlucky at gambling," sung by Arden, with brief glimpses of dance ensemble. -- "I've got you under my skin," sung by Simms, with dance by the di Gatanos and male ensemble. -- Street dance by English buskers. Performers not identified. -- "Night and day," perf. by male singer (Ramirez?) and female dance ensemble. -- "Just one of those things," perf. by Sloan (tap soloist), with ensemble. -- "Anything goes," perf. by ensemble. -- "I get a kick out of you," perf. by Simms and dance ensemble. -- Tap rehearsal by Wyman and others. -- "My heart belongs to Daddy," perf. by Martin and male ensemble. -- "Begin the beguine," sung by Ramirez with dance ensemble; duet by Mladova and Zoritch.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1582

ISBN

0792807618

OCLC

NYPY936046754-F

Title

Night and day [videorecording]

Imprint

1946.

Cast

Cary Grant (Cole Porter), Alexis Smith (Linda Lee Porter), Monty Woolley (himself), Ginny Simms (Carole Hill), Jane Wyman (Gracie Harris), Eve Arden (Gabrielle), Mary Martin (herself), Carlos Ramirez, and others, including Milada Mladova, George Zoritch, Jane and Adam di Gatano, and Estelle Sloan in specialty dance numbers.

Local Subject

Motion pictures. Night and day.

Added Author

Grant, Cary, 1904-1986. Performer

Smith, Alexis, 1921-1993. Performer

Toney, Virginia Lee Simms, 1927- Performer

Wyman, Jane, 1917-2007. Performer

Arden, Eve, 1908-1990. Performer

Martin, Mary, 1913-1990. Performer

Mladova, Milada, dancer.

Zoritch, George, 1917-2009, dancer.

Sloan, Estelle, dancer.

Porter, Cole, 1891-1964. Composer

Curtiz, Michael, 1886-1962. Director

Prinz, Le Roy, 1895-1983, choreographer.

Travilla. Costume designer

Anderson, Milo. Costume designer

Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984. Producer

Jane and Adam di Gatano (Firm).

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1582