A biographical profile of the "Chairman of the Board," exploring his family life, his background, and his indelible influence on popular music and film.
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Actor(s): Frank Sinatra, Sterling Hayden, James Gleason, Nancy Gates, Kim Charney
Director(s): Lewis Allen
Genre: Musicals & Music Films - Easy Listening
Classification: Parental Guidance
Production Year: 1954
Colour: Black & White / Colour
Running Time: 1 hour 17 minutes
Plot: A double feature 'It Had To Be You' a documentary looking at the life and career of Frank Sinatra and 'Suddenly' the story of a group of armed gunmen who take a family hostage whilst planning to assassinate the President Of The United States.
Release details
DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)
Studio(s): DVD UK; PINNACLE VISION
Release date: 16/02/2004
No of Discs: 1
Catalogue No: GMVS 002 D
Barcode: 5060071500187
DVD Description
A biographical profile of the "Chairman of the Board," exploring his family life, his background, and his indelible influence on popular music and film.
...for herself.
As you can probably guess from the synopsis I gave of the film, there isn't an awful lot to the story. It is basically about three girls finding the men of their dreams. Thankfully, the story is told in such a way that it doesn't become sickening and with enough twists that it doesn't become totally boring. It is very much a girl's film though - although I hate to sound sexist, I really can't see many men being charmed by this film.
Some musicals seem very false when its characters suddenly burst into song. The way that this film has been engineered though, it seems very natural, probably because Laurie is the daughter of a musician and Barney is a song-writer. Sinatra sings some absolute beauties during the course of the film. The theme song, Young At Heart, was a big hit for Sinatra and according to imdb.com it was after...
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Advantages: Frank Sinatra Disadvantages: None really
...hostage and it soon becomes clear that Baron's plan is to assassinate the President. Can the Bensons and the Sheriff alert the outside world to their predicament? Or will Baron be successful in his goal?
Although this film is in black and white (it was made in 1954), it is one of my favourite films and has long had a place in my DVD collection. I first watched it by accident, but FrankSinatra's stunning performance have made me come back to it again and again. This is an excellent example of how good films were way back when, despite the lack of technical ability that exists today.
FrankSinatra plays John Baron. It is clear from the start that Baron has problems. He constantly boasts that he killed a number of Nazis during the War and that the President is just one more, yet he is easily undermined by criticism, as Pop Benson and Sheriff...
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Advantages: The characters, the music and the script Disadvantages: None
...High Society needs to be seen even if its just for the timeless 'what a swell party' scene with the legends that are FrankSinatra and Bing Crosby. It is not often these two greats sing together "we sing so rare."
The great characters are my favourite element of the film, the music comes second and the script which includes some great lines comes third, for instance "shut up you fool" (Louis Calhern with a hangover talking to a bird singing in a tree.)
High society is by far my favourite musical as I watched it over and over again as a kid showing that it is pure family entertainment. From Sinatra's singing to Grace Kelly's elegance and back to Bing Crosby's one-liners it is a must see for all....
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somewhat helpful 25.08.2007
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