Michelle Vogel

And it was backed by the powerful Shuberts, whose largesse had kept American theater alive during The Depression.

Michelle Vogel, in a biography of You Never Know costar Lupe Velez, calls the show seemingly cursed.

One example of the curse in action, while he was working on songs for the show, Cole Porter was thrown from a horse and then stepped on by said horse, an accident which left the composer partially paralyzed.

Reportedly, before help could arrive, Porter lay immobile and reached into his pocket for a pencil and paper to touch up the lyrics for one of the songs in You Never Know, At Long Last Love.