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High Society

HIGH SOCIETY

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CREDITS

1956, 107 minutes, Technicolor and CinemaScope.
Producer, Sol. C. Siegel; Director, Charles Walters; Screenplay, John Patrick; Cinematography, Paul Vogel; Music Direction, Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin; Choreography, Charles Walters.

CAST

C.K. Dexter Haven III, Bing Crosby; Tracy Lord, Grace Kelly; Mike Connor, Frank Sinatra; Liz Imbrie, Celeste Holm; George Kitteredge, John Lund; Uncle Willie, Louis Calhern; Seth Lord, Sidney Blckmer; Louis Armstrong, Himself; Mrs. Lord, Margalo Gilmore; Caroline Lord, Lydia Reed.

SONGS

By Cole Porter:
High Society Calypso; I Love You, Samantha; Little One; Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?; True Love; You're Sensational; Now You Has Jazz; Well, Did You Evah; Mind If I Make Love To You?

PLOT

"The frothy plot of High Society deals with the complications that arise when Tracy Lord (Miss Kelly), about to wed self-made businessman George Kitteredge (John Lund), finds herself falling in love with two other men who are also at the nuptials - ex-husband C.K. Dexter Haven (Crosby), to whom she eventually returns, and magazine writer Mike Connor (Sinatra) who, with photographer Liz Imbrie (Celeste Holm), has come to Newport to cover the event for Spy, a Life-type magazine."
- Stanley Green, Hollywood Musicals Year By Year

NOTES

"High finance filmusical at anybody's box-office. . .The atmosphere is plush, the production and personalities lush in every respect. . .Director Charles Walters has kept his cast in top gear and the end result is as smartly paced as the dance numbers which he also staged. . ."
- Variety

"High Society is as flimsy as a gossip-columnist's word. . .To be sure, there are moments of amusement in this handsomely set and costumed film. . ."
- The New York Times

ACADEMY AWARD NOMINATIONs:
Musical Score
Song - "True Love"

This was a musical remake of The Philadelphia Story (MGM, 1940).

High Society was the 4th highest-grossing film of 1956. See Box Office Hits

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