Actors: Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Eve Arden
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Night and Day
This is a very fictionalized depiction of the early adulthood of Cole Porter (Grant). The film follows Porter from his college days at Yale, through World War I (where he is shown recovering from injuries in a military hospital), and to the pinnacle of his success as a composer for stage and film.
--ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Night and Day
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1900-1920's
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- musician
Strong "rags to riches" component?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- singer/musician
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
Europe
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- New York
- Paris
Misc setting
- fort/military installation
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Check here if B&W
Yes
If lots of song/dance...
- lot of singing
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Broadway musical
