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Show New Hit at Rivoli Based On Life of Famous Songwriter Based on thea fabulous career of Cole Porter, outstanding contemporary con-temporary song writer, Warner Bros.' eye - filling Technicolor musical, "Night and Day," playing at the Rivoli Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, takes its title from one of the composer's most popular popu-lar songs. Cary Grant, in a well-timed change of pace from the melc-dra-mas and comedies he's been starring star-ring in, draws the top romantic role of the composer playing opposite op-posite lovely Alexis Smith. Surrounding Sur-rounding them are a group of top performers of stage, screen and radio, including Monty Woolley, Ginny Simms, Jane Wyman, Eve Arden, Carlos Ramirez, Donald Woods and Mary Martin. Portaer's career in itself is fabulous fabu-lous because he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth only to decide that all that was silver held no glitter for him. So he gave it all up, including a law course at Yale, and took Professor Monty Wooley (who plays himself in the j film) with him to pursue a career of song writing and show producing. produc-ing. That career was stoped dead ini its tracks on Porter's first opening night by the news of the sinking of the Lusitania. His romance with lovely Linda Lee (Alexis Smith) was broken off by the First World War. And the demands of his successful suc-cessful career after the war, nearly near-ly finished off his marriage to her. Arthur Schwartz, himself a sue- ; cessf ul composer, produced the pic- j ture and Michael Curtiz directed. The screen play is by Charles Hoff-! man, Leo Townsend and William I Bowers from an adaptation by Jack Moffitt. Ray Heindorf arranged ar-ranged the music which features more than a score of Porter's best hit tunes. |