When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.
Directed by Michael Curtiz
composer
world war i
musical
biography
broadway
modern dance
chorus girl
broadway musical
husband wife estrangement
songwriting
musical theater
contemporary dance
loss of legs
showtunes
dancing girls
busy husband
cole porter
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Cast
Cary Grant
Cole Porter
Alexis Smith
Linda Lee Porter
Monty Woolley
Monty Woolley
Ginny Simms
Carole Hill
Jane Wyman
Gracie Harris
Eve Arden
Gabrielle
Victor Francen
Anatole Giron
Alan Hale
Leon Dowling
Dorothy Malone
Nancy
Tom D'Andrea
Tommy
Selena Royle
Kate Porter
Donald Woods
Ward Blackburn
Crew
Michael Curtiz
Director
William Bowers
Screenplay
Cole Porter
Original Music Composer
Cole Porter
Songs
Cole Porter
Lyricist
Popular Reviews
7 reviews
christy
5.0★ · 06/16/25
A very inaccurate and very straight washed biopic about Cole Porter. It’s also Cary Grant’s first movie in technicolor. It’s a bit boring but it’s serviceable, I’m not really a fan of musicals anyways so it was just fine. Pretty bad for Michael Curtiz.
A very inaccurate and very straight washed biopic about Cole Porter. It’s also Cary Grant’s first movie in technicolor. It’s a bit boring but it’s serviceable, I’m not really a fan of musicals anyways so it was just fine. Pretty bad for Michael Curtiz.
Maranda
4.0★ · 04/21/25
One star because I love Cary Grant, one star because I love Cole Porter. Negative one million stars for feeling like it was 20 years long and nothing happened
One star because I love Cary Grant, one star because I love Cole Porter. Negative one million stars for feeling like it was 20 years long and nothing happened
Hunter Robertson
4.7★ · 01/12/25
Some parts are good and enjoyable but for the most part I was bored and not entertained. I can’t fully describe it but it just didn’t feel my speed. Possibly because of all the musical elements and stuff going on. Nothing super special about it I feel.
Some parts are good and enjoyable but for the most part I was bored and not entertained. I can’t fully describe it but it just didn’t feel my speed. Possibly because of all the musical elements and stuff going on. Nothing super special about it I feel.
