Samuel kimball porter biography cast

One in this documentary series that explores the lives and achievements of America's most celebrated native-born and adopted artists and performers. Hosted by Bobby Short, this profile of the legendary composer and lyricist Cole Porter includes interviews with his colleagues and friends, and features brief snippets of many of Porter's most memorable songs.

Samuel kimball porter biography cast

The program opens by examining the qualities that make a Porter song so special, noting that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers fell in love for the first time on-screen to the song "Night and Day," and mentioning that the public had no inkling that Porter was born into wealth.

Next, Porter's cousins James Omar Cole and Ted Fetter recall how Porter was pampered by his mother who believed that success would find him. Musical theater historian Robert Kimball notes that Porter's musical work was first published when he was ten, and that Porter seemed to be a lonely child who used music to feel wanted by his peers.

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