While recuperating in a French hospital, he encounters Linda, who is working there as a nurse. Cole then joins the French army and is injured. The Lusitania is sunk by the Germans the same night, and Cole's show closes after one performance. Nancy, Ward and Linda are in the audience on opening night, but Cole's mother remains in Indiana with his grandfather, who refuses to come. Upon returning to the city, Cole and Monty put together a theatrical show called See America First, starring Cole's friend, Gracie Harris. At home, Cole tells his disapproving grandfather Omer that he does not intend to return to Yale, but will instead try to earn a living as a songwriter. Also visiting the Porter home are Cole's cousin Nancy and her roommate, the well-to-do Linda Lee. During the 1914 Christmas holidays, Cole travels home to Indiana with his sympathetic law professor, Monty Woolley, and his friend, Ward Blackburn. Yale University law student Cole Porter's studies suffer because of his interest in the theater.
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