High Society (DVD)

~~ High Society~~ I have although, slowly been going through my collection of musicals, they needed an airing, some are still unopened. I am a bit naughty I buy these movies with the intentions of sitting down to watch them, but life takes over and the moment has gone, they end up being filed to watch one day. So my film for this month is High Society, which is a comedy musical that opened at the Pantages Theatre, Hollywood on 1st August 1956. The ...
...the 1956 Oscars. High Society was the musical version of Philip Barry's comedy play The Philadelphia Story, which was in its day one of MGM's greatest comedies and starred Hollywood greats Katherine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart. Grace Kelly with her air of haughtiness was a perfect choice to play the part of debutant Tracy Lord, which is a part that was originally played by Hepburn, but as is this is a musical and Grace Kelly was not a singer, ...

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...title for this review - High Society is a wonderful film, with a warm, feel-good atmosphere, but while it's nice to have on DVD, this movie could have supported a special edition, much like the recent SE of 'Singin' in the Rain'. The movie begins with the Lord family gathered at their Newport estate to celebrate the forthcoming wedding of Tracy, the ice-goddess daughter of the clan (the stunning Grace Kelly). The problem is, Tracy's father, Seth ...
...and Tracy's ex-huband lives right next door. CK Dexter Haven (Bing Crosby, as ever) is determined to win back the affections of his ex-wife, whom he is still in love with, but is hampered by the arrival of Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra, always a better actor than singer) and Liz Imbrie (Celeste Holm, at her comedic best), reporters who are covering the wedding in exchange for keeping Seth's story out of 'Spy' magazine. As she is affected by her attraction ...

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High Society needs to be seen even if its just for the timeless 'what a swell party' scene with the legends that are Frank Sinatra 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 ...

ZoeKRx 25.08.2007 · Read full review
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