Cole Porter's Night and Day

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Cole Porter’s “Night and Day” stands as his most famous song, and deservedly so, a marvelous work of wit and tuneful innovation, of obsessive sexual longing.

During the first half of the 20th century, before the rise of singer-songwriters, popular songwriting was the collaborative work of lyricists and composers, but Cole Porter—along with Irving Berlin—was an illustrious exception, penning both the words and the music.

Porter's ninth Broadway show, a farce called “Gay Divorce” (when gay meant cheerful), opened on Nov. 29, 1932. It proved successful, largely because of one song, “Night and Day,” which Porter wrote for the dancer and singer Fred Astaire.

The 1934 film version, starring Astaire and dancer Ginger Rogers, had to be renamed “The Gay Divorcee,” because Hollywood censors ruled that a marital split should not be seen as happy, but perhaps an ex-wife could be.

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1. There is a huge Cole Porter festival held

In his hometown of Peru Indiana every summer.
Lots of wonderful music.

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2. Remember

DeLovely

and

KISS ME, KATE

Brush Up Your Shakespeare

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3. Thank you. Yes, I did saw De Lovely, was great.

And I hope, someday, to watch Kiss Me Kate

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4. Kiss me Kate's become my favorite,

so I watch it whenever it appears, occasionally on HBO and TCM. (Saw it @ the Kennedy Center years ago.) I learned the music as a kid, as it was also one of Dad's favorites.

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5. P.S. Kiss me Kate's on TODAY!

4:15 pm Kiss Me Kate (1953)
1h 51m | Musical | TV-G
Feuding co-stars reunite for a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew."
Director: George Sidney. Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller

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6. Sorry I missed it. Which network was it?

I wonder whether I can search it on Demand on Comcast

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7. TCM

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8. Thanks. Sometime I wonder whether the TCM here is different

I see people calling out movies and I cannot find them

I am paying extra $10 for TCM and have yet to find a movie that I want to see at a decent hour.

Both the Gay Divorcee and Kiss Me Kate are available on demand for... $3.99 to rent