Night and Day
Musical of the life of Cole Porter from being a student at Yale in 1914.
Cast & credits
Cast
- Cole Porter Cary Grant
- Linda Lee Porter Alexis Smith
- himself Monty Woolley
- Carole Hill Ginny Simms
- Gracie Harris Jane Wyman
- Gabrielle Eve Arden
- Anatole Giron Victor Francen
- Leon Dowling Alan Hale
- Nancy Dorothy Malone
- Tom, stage manager Tom D'andrea
- Kate Porter Selena Royle
- Ward Blackburn Donald Woods
- Omer Porter Henry Stephenson
- Bart McClelland Paul Cavanagh
- Wilowski Sig Ruman
- specialty singer Carlos Ramirez
- specialty dancer Milada Mladova
- specialty dancer George Zoritch
- specialty team Adam Di Gatano
- specialty team Jane Di Gatano
- specialty dancer Estelle Sloan
- herself Mary Martin
- [Red, student] Jimmie Dodd
- [student] John Compton
- [dean] Boyd Davis
- [professor] Frank Dae
- [professor] Boyd Irwin
- [professor] Sam Flint
- [professor] Charles Miller
- [student] John Miles
- [student] Art Kassel
- [student] Paul Garkie
- [student] Laddie Mucker
- [Petey] John Alvin
- [doorman] Harlan Briggs
- [Clarence, piano player] Harry Seymour
- [Caleb] Clarence Muse
- [Tina] Jo Ann Marlowe
- [Tina's mother] Regina Wallace
- [Tina's father] Frank Ferguson
- [minister] George Meader
- [minister's wife] Virginia Sale
- [servant] Bertha Woolford
- [servant] Armba Dandridge
- [small caroller] Gregory Muradian
- [foreign couple] Lisa Golm
- [foreign couple] Ernest Golm
- [Yale gentleman] John Goldsworthy
- [Joe, bartender] Garry Owen
- [bartender] Henry Hastings
- [bartender] Louis Gasnier
- [commercial artist] Crane Whitley
- [sexy woman] Lynne Baggett
- [chorus girl] Rebel Randall
- [chorus girl] Arlyne Roberts
- [specialty trio] Paula Drew
- [specialty trio] Patricia Clark
- [specialty trio] Jane Harker
- [man in theatre] Creighton Hale
- [man in theatre] Frank Elliott
- [man in theatre] Paul Gustine
- [hansom cab driver] Robert Mckenzie
- [English officer] Alan Schute
- [English officer] Bill Nind
- [English officer] Eric Wilton
- [American officer] Edgar Caldwell
- [American officer] George Volk
- [American officer] Allen Marston
- [French officer] Leonardo Scavino
- [French officer] Mischa Panaieff
- [French officer] Pierre Duval
- [nurse] Ellen Lowe
- [nurse] Joan Winfield
- [nurse] Ruth Matthews
- [nurse] Betty Blair
- [nurse] Valerie Ardis
- [nurse] Edna Morris
- [nurse] Paula Mae
- [nurse] Eva Novak
- [orchestra leader] Emile Kilb
- [assistant to Giron] Bernard Deroux
- [scrub woman] Marie Melesh
- [man at bar] Adrian Dooshout
- [man at bar] Rene Mimieux
- [French waiter] Fred Dosh
- [French waiter] Maurice Brierre
- [French waiter] Albert Petit
- [army driver] Frank Marlowe
- [American lieutenant] Rune Hultman
- [French lieutenant] Peter Camlin
- [O'Halloran] George Riley
- [secretary] Fern Emmett
- [young music counter customer] Richard Erdman
- [young music counter customer] Robert Arthur
- [young music counter customer] Caren Marsh
- [young music counter customer] Patsy Harmon
- [young music counter customer] Dorothy Reisner
- [music counter customer] Claire Meade
- [music counter customer] Charles Williams
- [bearded Cossack] Mayo Newhall
- [Ward Blackburn as a child] George Nokes
- [Charles B. Cochran] Gordon Richards
- [woman in theatre] Laura Treadwell
- [Max Fisher, the producer] Howard Freeman
- [director] Bobby Watson
- [librettist] Philip Van Zandt
- [newspaperman] Harry Crocker
- [Jed Marrow, 1st 'Peaches'] John 'Red' Pierson
- [Ladislaus, 2nd 'Peaches'] Herman Bing
- [drunk] Tom Herbert
- [society woman] Gladys Turney
- [music publisher] Chester Clute
- [photographer] Dick Bartell
- [chorine] Joyce Compton
- [chorine] Helen O'hara
- [chorine] Susanne Rosser
- [couple] Louis Quince
- [couple] Marion Gray
- [orchestra leader] Rudolf Friml
- [couple] Willis Claire
- [couple] Leota Lorraine
- [callboy] Edward Kelly
- [pretty nurse] Helen Pender
- [surgeon] William A. Boardway
- [surgeon] Jack Richardson
- [surgeon] Tom Mcguire
- [surgeon] Edward Biby
- [intern] Laurie Sherman
- [couple in hospital corridor] Hobart Cavanaugh
- [couple in hospital corridor] Almira Sessions
- [soldier] Gene Garrick
- [headwaiter] Jack Chefe
- [Eddie, headwaiter] Eddie Kane
- [headwaiter] Hans Herbert
- [assistant headwaiter] Wheaton Chambers
- [waiter] Henri De Soto
- [waiter] George Suzanne
- [waiter] Nick Stewart
- [French girl] Jacqueline Milo
- [newspaper vendor] Skelton Knaggs
- [cab driver] George Kirby
- [chauffeur] Wallace Scott
- [doorman] Colin Kenny
- [bobby] Herbert Evans
- [doctor] Mike Lally
- [doctor] Gladden James
- [doctor] Dick Earle
- [doctor] J.M. Johnstone
- [English page boy] Buddy Gorman
- [English workman] Harold De Becker
- [livery chauffeur] Jack Mower
- [matron in hospital] Elizabeth Valentine
- [husband] Cyril Ring
- [wife] Vivian Oakland
- [dance director] Pat Gleason
- [band leader] Don Roy
- [tall showgirl] Barbara Slater
- [tall showgirl] Gloria Anderson
- [twin in dance team] Ruth Costello
- [twin in dance team] Dorothy Costello
- [stage manager] George Boyce
- [guest] Fred Deming
- [Yale alumni] Bert Moorhouse
- [Yale alumni] Marshall Ruth
- [Yale alumni] Fred Santley
- [Cole Porter's classmate] Joe Kirkwood Jr
- [Cole Porter's classmate] Gene Stanley
- [.] John Vosper
Credits
Direction
- Directed by Michael Curtiz
- Dialogue Director Herschel Daugherty
- [Assistant Director] Frank Heath
- [Assistant Director] Robert Vreeland
- [Script Clerk] Fred Applegate
Production
- Production Company Warner Bros.
- Executive Producer Jack L. Warner
- Produced by Arthur Schwartz
- [Unit Manager] Eric Stacey
Writing
- Screen Play by Charles Hoffman
- Screen Play by Leo Townsend
- Screen Play by William Bowers
- Adaptation Jack Moffitt
- Based on the career of Cole Porter
Photography
- Director of Photography J. Peverell Marley
- Director of Photography William V. Skall
- [Director of Photography] Bert Glennon
- [Technicolor Colour Director] Natalie Kalmus
- Associate [Technicolor Colour Director] Leonard Doss
- [Technicolor Technician] George Dye
- [Camera Operator] George Nogle
- [Assistant Camera] Wiley Martin
- [Technicolor Assistant Camera] Harvey L. Slocomb
- [Gaffer] Lester H. Blackburn
- [Grip] Herschel Brown
- [Grip Best Boy] Clair Sealey
Stills
- [Stills] Cliff King
- [Stills Gaffer] Jack Fresholtz
Special Effects
- [Matte Paintings] Paul Detlefsen
- [Matte Paintings] Mario Larrinaga
- Special Effects by Robert Burks
- [Special Effects] William Mcgann
Editing
- Montages by James Leicester
- Film Editor David Weisbart
Design
- Art Director John Hughes
- Set Decorations by Armor Marlowe
- [Props] Limey Plews
- [Props] Robert Turner
Costumes
- Dance Costumes designed by Travilla
- Wardrobe by Milo Anderson
- [Wardrobe] Leon Roberts
- [Wardrobe] Roe Ramsey
- [Wardrobe] Ida Greenfield
- [Wardrobe] Sue Shannon
Make-up
- Make-up Artist Perc Westmore
- [Make-up] Norman Pringle
- [Hair Stylist] Jean Burk
Music
- Additional Music Composed and Adapted by Max Steiner
- Musical Director Leo F. Forbstein
- Prod Numbers Orchestrated/Conducted by Ray Heindorf
- Vocal Arrangements by Dudley Chambers
Sound
- [Music Mixer] David Forrest
- Sound by Everett A. Brown
- Sound by David Forrest
- [Recording and Effects Mixer] Gerald W. Alexander
- [Recording and Effects Mixer] Robert G. Wayne
Choreography
- Dance Numbers Created and Directed by LeRoy Prinz
Stunts
- [Stand-in for Cary Grant] Mal Merrihugh
- [Stand-in for Alexis Smith] Betty Dietrich
- [Stand-in for Monty Woolley] Rex Dewitt
- [Stand-in for Henry Stephenson] Pat Malone
- [Stand-in for Dorothy Malone] Miriam Bellah
- [Stand-in for Donald Woods] Gene Alden
- [Stand-in for Selena Royle] Jean Porter
- [Stand-in for Jane Wyman] Diane Bernard
