De-Lovely (2004)


Kevin Kline             Cole Porter
Ashley Judd             Linda Porter
Jonathan Pryce          Gabe
Kevin McNally           Gerald Murphy
Sandra Nelson           Sara Murphy
Allan Corduner          Monty Woolley
Peter Polycarpou        Louis B Mayer
Keith Allen             Irving Berlin
James Wilby             Edward Thomas
Kevin McKidd            Bobby Reed
Richard Dillane         Bill Wrather
Edward Baker-Duly       Boris Kochno
Angie Hill              Ellin Berlin
Harry Ditson (II)       Dr Moorhead
Tayler Hamilton         Honoria Murphy
Lexie Peel              Patrick Murphy
Greg Sheffield          Boath Murphy
Peter Jessop (II)       Diaghilev
Jeff Harding (II)       Cody
Susannah Fellows        Mrs L B Mayer

Directed by:            Irwin Winkler
Produced by:            Simon Channing-Williams, Gail Egan, Rob Cowan


A musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter in which the musician looks back on his life as 
if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, with the people and events of his life becoming the 
actors and action onstage. Through elaborate production numbers Porter's elegant, excessive past comes 
to light--including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and muse, Linda Lee Porter.

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De-Lovely is an original musical portrait of American composer Cole Porter, filled with his unforgettable 
songs. In the film, Porter is looking back on his life as if it was one of his spectacular stage shows, 
with the people and events of his life becoming the actors and action onstage. Through elaborate 
production numbers and popular hits like "Anything Goes," "It's De-Lovely," and "Night and Day," Porter's 
elegant, excessive past comes to light - including his deeply complicated relationship with his wife and 
muse, Linda Lee Porter.

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Educated fleas in this vale of tears: the marriage of Cole Porter and his wife, Linda, told loosely as a 
three-act review with Porter watching. In act one, Porter and Linda meet in Paris, fall in love and marry 
with her knowledge of his being gay; on to Venice and New York, where parties, music, and their love lead 
him to decide to compose professionally. Act two is New York and Hollywood, where success awaits, as do 
an increasing number of young men who take Porter's attention from Linda and leave her lonely and apart. 
Act three begins with a crippling accident that brings Linda back to Porter's side, their attentiveness 
to each other renewed in his pain and her illness.