"De-Lovely" is a sprightly musical revue built around Cole Porter songs and a few biographical tidbits culled from his extraordinary life. Director Irwin Winkler, clearly a huge fan -- as, in the interest of full disclosure, am I -- has no interest in doing "The Cole Porter Story," a standard biopic with occasional musical numbers lifted from stage and film triumphs. No, he wants to listen to the best American popular music written in the 20th century.

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