High Society

Name: High Society
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Musical
Released: July 17, 1956
Duration: 111 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Bing Crosby, Celeste Holm, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, John Lund

1956

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) | Release Date: July 17, 1956 | Approved

Starring: Bing Crosby, Celeste Holm, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly, John Lund, Louis Armstrong, Louis Calhern, Lydia Reed, Margalo Gillmore, Sidney Blackmer

Summary: A spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter.

Director: Charles Walters

Genre(s): Comedy, Romance, Musical

Rating: Approved

Runtime: 111 min

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James Berardinelli

High Society doesn't just have a voice -- it has a heart and a soul as well. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Wonderful entertainment. Read full review

Jamie Russell

After opening with a calypso tune from the inimitable Louis Armstrong, High Society really has nowhere to go but down, yet somehow director Charles Walters manages to keep this Technicolor musical sparkling through the next 100 minutes. Read full review

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Fortified with a strong Cole Porter score, film is a pleasant romp for cast toppers Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Their impact is almost equally consistent. Although Sinatra has the top pop tune opportunities, the Groaner makes his specialties stand up and out on showmanship and delivery, and Kelly impresses as a femme lead. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

It suffers from stilted Vista Vision staging and a lack of gloss -- but has some sparkling Cole Porter musical numbers. [26 Sep 1999, p.26C]

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A slightly misbegotten musical, but with many pleasures and Louis Armstrong, growing into sweet avuncularity. Read full review

Bosley Crowther

As flimsy as a gossip-columnist's word, especially when it is documenting the weird behavior of the socially elite. And with pretty and lady-like Grace Kelly flouncing lightly through its tomboyish Hepburn role, it misses the snap and the crackle that its un-musical predecessor had. Read full review

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DawdlingPoet

Nov 27, 2021

This is definitely a swooner type musical, dating from the 1950s. It is perhaps a little slow plot pace wise but the characters are interesting enough and I certainly recognised a few of the songs. I thought this was a reasonably enjoyable musical. Some of the script is cringey but of courseThis is definitely a swooner type musical, dating from the 1950s. It is perhaps a little slow plot pace wise but the characters are interesting enough and I certainly recognised a few of the songs. I thought this was a reasonably enjoyable musical. Some of the script is cringey but of course its a film of its time, so sexist comments etc. are to be expected. I wouldn't say this is a particularly standout type musical but its not bad either, hence my rating, so yes I'd recommend it but only to fans of musicals.… Expand

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