Night and Day

My wife and I watched Night and Day on Turner Classic Movies last night. The movie, starring Cary Grant, is loosely based upon Cole Porter's life. It features many of Mr. Porter's songs, sung by many of the prominent white women of the time. The singers were good but a little stiff and formal. I much prefer Ella Fitzgerald's versions, which really swing. Cary Grant was good though, as always.

Robert Osborne tells us after the movie that almost nothing dramatized in the movie actually happened. I understand that a more factual version will be released soon, if it isn't already, De-Lovely. I think that Cole Porter is one of the 20th century's greatest pop musicians, so the new movie is on my list.