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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Closed-captioned • Color • DVD-Video • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 03 August, 1946 DVD Release : 01 June, 2004 |
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Night and Day description With Michael Curtiz (Casablanca) as director, Cary Grant in the lead, and wall-to-wall songs by Cole Porter, how could Night and Day lose? Why, by taking broad liberties with the composer's life story and failing to live up to expectations. If you can overlook such shortcomings, however, it's lively entertainment that doesn't completely deserve the scorn it has elicited. Grant is good as a bon vivant who had a way with words but lacked the discipline to pursue a career in law. As a singer, on the other hand, he's merely adequate. Curtiz wisely has the fine supporting actresses (Jane Wyman, Ginny Simms, etc.) handle the big numbers such as "You're the Top." Also, Porter's story was meant for black and white. The Technicolor process adds an unfortunate garishness to the tale of a man whose very name has become a synonym for elegance. With Mary Martin and Monty Woolley as themselves. --Kathleen C. Fennessy |
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| If you're looking for a movie that accurately tells the story of Cole Porter, this is clearly not it. Nor is it a great movie in any way. The story telling is cheesy and quite amateurish -- a surprise for a movie starred by Cary Grant. Still Grant's sheer charisma, and Porter's extraordinary music, make this a movie somewhat worth watching. | |
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