Cole Porter - WikiVidi Documentary

WikiVidi Documentary about: Cole Porter
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Description: Cole Porter | American composer and songwriter
Cole Albert Porter was an American composer and songwriter. Born to a wealthy family in Indiana, he defied the wishes of his domineering grandfather and took up music as a profession. Classically trained, he was drawn towards musical theatre. After a slow start, he began to achieve success in the 1920s, and by the 1930s he was one of the major songwriters for the Broadway musical stage. Unlike many successful Broadway composers, Porter wrote the lyrics, as well as the music, for his songs. After a serious horseback riding accident in 1937, Porter was left disabled and in constant pain,, but he continued to work. His shows of the early 1940s did not contain the lasting hits of his best work of the 1920s and '30s,, but in 1948 he made a triumphant comeback with his most successful musical, Kiss Me, Kate. It won the first Tony Award for Best Musical. Porter's other musicals include Fifty Million Frenchmen, DuBarry Was a Lady, Anything Goes, Can-Can and Silk Stockings. His numerous hi...
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Shortcuts to chapters:
0m39s+: Early years
5m6s+: Paris and marriage
11m23s+: Broadway and West End success
15m5s+: 1930s
24m30s+: 1940s and postwar
28m32s+: Last years
30m7s+: Tributes and legacy
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A tribute to the genius Cole Porter....Thanks for this wonderful documentary.

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The Greatest of all Love Song Composers.

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Its IA documentarie ?