When his first stage show fails, songwriter Cole Porter goes off to fight in WWI until, injured, he lands in a hospital. He impresses nurse Linda Lee with his creativity, but their budding romance must wait as Cole heads home. Back in New York, he mounts a series of popular shows, and when his work brings him back to Europe, he eventually marries Linda. But success doesn't spare him from marital complications or bad news about a beloved relative.

• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Cary Grant
• Alexis Smith
• Monty Woolley
• Ginny Simms
• Jane Wyman
• Eve Arden
• Victor Francen
• Alan Hale