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Night and Day (1946 film)

Night and Day
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Japanese promotional poster
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
Jane Wyman
Dorothy Malone
Eve Arden
Alan Hale
Music by Ray Heindorf
Max Steiner
Milton Ager
Jack Yellen
Cinematography J. Peverell Marley
William V. Skall
Edited by David Weisbart
Distributed by Warner Bros.
Release date
  • July 2, 1946 (1946-07-02)
Running time
128 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Box office $4 million (US/ Canada rentals)

Night and Day is a 1946 Technicolor Warner Bros. biographical musical film starring Cary Grant as American composer and songwriter Cole Porter. The movie was directed by Michael Curtiz and produced by Arthur Schwartz, with Jack L. Warner as executive producer. The screenplay was written 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."

Alexis Smith plays Linda Lee Porter, Porter's wife of 35 years. Monty Woolley and Mary Martin appear as themselves, and the rest of the cast includes Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Alan Hale, Dorothy Malone, Donald Woods, and Ginny Simms.


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