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Cole Porter Songs Make Slow Starts
Hollywood interview with Bob Thomas surveys Cole Porter as a major American songwriter. Porter discusses critics, slow-building hits like Night and Day and Begin the Beguine, his Brentwood home, current projects including Kiss Me Kate, and his view on Rodgers and Hammerstein. He cites Love for Sale as his favorite, noting controversy and enduring appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Thomas
Hollywood
Cole Porter
Jerome Kern
George Gershwin
Irving Berlin
Richard Rodgers
Porter
Peru
Ind
Harvard
New York
Irving
Fred Astaire
Europe
Fred
Robert Benchley
Artie Shaw
Benchley
Sunset Strip
Bob
Brentwood
Broadway
Kate
Rodgers and Hammerstein