Night and Day (1946)

Storyline :  The fictionalized biography of composer Cole Porter from his days at Yale in the 1910s through the height of his success to the 1940s. The film's attempted biography matches many public myths surrounding Cole at the time, despite its lack of relationship with truth. For instance, truth and movie are different in regards to: his sex life (he was a gay man in a marriage of convenience with a divorcee friend), his relationship with his wife, Monty Wooley was a contemporary (not Professor), and his French military experience was a hoax.

Stars :  Cary Grant, Alexis Smith, Monty Woolley, Mary Martin, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Victor Francen, Dorothy Malone, Alan Hale

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Words and Music (1948)

Storyline :  Encomium to Larry Hart (1895-1943), seen through the fictive eyes of his song-writing partner, Richard Rodgers (1902-1979): from their first meeting, through lean years and their breakthrough, to their successes on Broadway, London, and Hollywood. We see the fruits of Hart and Rodgers' collaboration - elaborately staged numbers from their plays, characters' visits to night clubs, and impromptu performances at parties. We also see Larry's scattered approach to life, his failed love with Peggy McNeil, his unhappiness, and Richard's successful wooing of Dorothy Feiner.

Stars :  Judy Garland,  Mickey Rooney,  June Allyson,  Gene Kelly,  Perry Como,  Lena Horne, Ann Sothern,  Tom Drake,  Cyd Charisse,  Janet Leigh,  Betty Garrett,  Jeanette Nolan, Mel Torme,  Richard Quine,  Marshall Thompson,  Harold Miller,  Ethelreda Leopold, Frank Mayo,  Irving Bacon,  Bert Stevens,  Dee Turnell,  Ilka Grüning,  Sandra Spence

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Till the Clouds Roll By (1946)

Storyline :  Light bio-pic of American Broadway pioneer Jerome Kern, featuring renditions of the famous songs from his musical plays by contemporary stage artists, including a condensed production of his most famous: 'Showboat'.

Stars :  Judy Garland,  June Allyson,  Frank Sinatra,  Van Johnson,  Angela Lansbury, Lucille Bremer,  Kathryn Grayson,  Van Heflin,  Lena Horne,  Tony Martin, Virginia O'Brien,  Dinah Shore,  Robert Walker,  Cyd Charisse

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