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StyleSk8r At first rather annoying in its heavy emphasis on reenactments, this movie ultimately proves fascinating, simply because the complicated, highly dramatic tale it tells still almost defies belief.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

bombersflyup High Society is a unnecessary musical remake of "The Philadelphia Story."So I start watching and I'm thinking, I must have seen this before as I know everything that is happening, so I look up whether I have and I hadn't so I kept watching, only to soon realize this is "The Philadelphia Story." Damn that is annoying, as it is not labelled or in the introduction. I would never watch a remake of something I like. Anyway, if I had of seen this film first, I would of likely thought more of it but watching the exact same story and adding singalongs is really going to lower my opinion of it. I love Grace Kelly and Katharine Hepburn, so I'm not going to comment on the performance as it would be unfair to compare. Kelly is at her most alluring here though. Louis Armstrong is exceptional and that would be the one thing this film has over the original.

rparker-14 First the good- Louis Armstrong-the grace Kelly and frank Sinatra your sensational number a convincing flirtation.grace Kelly was lot more attractive and less irritating than Katherine Hepburn in the 1940 film. the rest- Bing ludicrous as the ex suitor- looked old enough to be her grandpa. john lund twice as attractive made you wonder why she had a pensioner fixation Instead.Frank Sinatra with black hair looking like a left over from the munsters sang well enough but wasn't convincing. as a newspaper hack -then there was the always middle aged Celeste Holm in girly dresses looking like Sinatra's ma- finally there was father figure looking like serial killer, top that up with awful colour and ghastly sets- the garden was particularly awful.As it was Kelly's last film she looked as though she was already the true princess she became- .there was sense of her being above the whole dreary caper . all in all flat champagne with a plausible title change from high society to slumming it

jacobs-greenwood Directed by Charles Walters, with a screenplay by John Patrick that was based on Philip Barry's play, this Musical remake of Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn's last pairing (The Philadelphia Story (1940)) features Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly as the formerly married couple, Dexter Haven and Tracy Lord. Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm play reporters Mike Connor and Liz Imbrie, the characters that (Oscar winner) James Stewart and Ruth Hussey played in the original, while John Lund replaces John Howard as George Kittredge, Tracy's new fiancé. Louis Calhern plays Uncle Willie (Roland Young had previously) and Sidney Blackmer plays Tracy's father Seth (in lieu of John Halliday); Margalo Gillmore and Lydia Reed replace Mary Nash and Virginia Weidler, Tracy's mother and younger sister respectively. Louis Armstrong plays himself, a friend of Dexter's, whose band comes to play in a local contest (Henry Daniell was in the non-musical first film). Cole Porter's song "True Love" and the Johnny Green-Saul Chaplin Score were Oscar nominated.Wealthy Dexter (Crosby) is still in love with (and still lives in close proximity to) his ex-wife of two years Tracy (Kelly), and is hoping to disrupt her pending marriage to George (Lund), a duller self-made man who's put Tracy on a pedestal. Tracy's younger sister Caroline (Reed; Weidler's name was Dinah) still loves, and prefers Dexter, who invites his trumpet playing friend Satchmo to visit to play a song he'd written for her loud enough to be heard next door.Because of her father's dalliance (e.g. to keep the story from being published), Tracy must allow reporter Mike and photographer Liz (Sinatra and Holm) from "Spy Magazine" to cover her nuptials. Initially, she tries to pass her more acceptable Uncle Willie (Calhern) off as her father, but Willie's a womanizer too and he puts the moves on Liz, who's has eyes for her co-worker Mike. When Tracy's father (Blackmer) puts his daughter in her place, calling her intolerant and cold, she decides to let off steam by going for a drive with Mike and, later, getting drunk (with him) the night before her wedding. All this, eventually, works to Dexter's, and Liz's advantage.

Chris Mizerak In 1940, a film called "The Philadelphia Story", starring Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Katherine Hepburn, was released to critical and financial success. It also received six Academy Award nominations, and won two for its screenplay and James Stewart's performance. Sixteen years later, a musical remake to this film titled "High Society" was made, this time starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Grace Kelly. Before I delve into my thoughts on "High Society", I'd like to briefly share my opinion on remakes in general. Unless they are based on a film that was bad and/or improve upon the flaws of their predecessor, I find remakes completely unnecessary and lazy especially when it's a good film that's being remade. So although it is a remake of a well-made comedy, "High Society" works reasonably well for what it is which is light, amusing musical entertainment. A jazz musician by the name of C.K. Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby) has recently been divorced from wealthy socialite Tracy Samantha Lord (Grace Kelly, in her final film role before officially becoming Princess Grace of Monaco). Despite this circumstance along with her recent engagement to snooty gentleman George Kittredge (John Lund), Dexter is still in love with her and determined to win her back. Things become further complicated when a magazine sends reporter Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra) and photographer Liz Imbrie (Celeste Holm) to cover the wedding in exchange of disregarding humiliating information about the family. Though Mike is very reluctant to be there, he does become attracted to Tracy as well. Now, Tracy must choose between Dexter, Mike, and George before the big day arrives. If I could come up with only one reason why you should see this film regardless if you possibly don't care for either musicals or remakes, it would be for the cast. I don't recall another film in history that has brought together Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly all in one film. Kelly ends her impressive acting career here with arguably the only comedic role she's played. One could say she's mostly imitating Katherine Hepburn here and that some of her previous roles (notably Frances Stevens in "To Catch a Thief") technically had even more underlying humor present. She still has fun with this role and has not lost any of the charm or beauty that made people like me love her in the first place. Crosby and Sinatra also bring their usual charm and star power to their roles, most notably in the film's best musical number "Well, Did You Evah". I liked the chemistry between Kelly and Sinatra, and how he has to take time to warm up to her ways. Even though Crosby and Sinatra are both competing for Kelly's affection, I didn't mind that they were still friendly towards one another. If it wasn't for the star power of Kelly, Sinatra or Crosby, I would have forgotten that there were even actors in this film since the characters themselves are pretty underdeveloped, especially George. George is the type of character that was only created for the convenience of the plot and nothing more. He is an exceptionally poor antagonist to the story because he has no personality to him and he doesn't seem to enjoy being there. I've already implied that "Well, Did You Evah" was the musical highlight of the film, but how do the other songs written by Cole Porter hold up in my mind? I'd say that with the exception of one or two forgettable tunes, the others range from solid to catchy. "High Society" (the opening tune sung by Louis Armstrong and his band), "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", and "You're Sensational" come to mind when naming other well written songs. If you're a hardcore fan of Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, and the musical film genre in general, I think you'll find "High Society" to be fine, fluffy evening entertainment.