High Society (1956)

High Society is a American musical film from 1956 directed by Charles Walters, starring Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra.

The film is based on the play The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry. A film made In 1940 MGM version of the piece under the same title, directed by George Cukor.Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart played the main roles.

High Society is actually the musical version of The Philadelphia Story. The film marked the end of the acting career of Grace Kelly. During the shooting wore them all a engagement ring and after she married the recordings with the Monegasque Prince Rainier III, Prince of Monaco. The film was released three months after her marriage.

High Society was a success in cinemas and spent $ 13 million on.



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[hide] *1 Story  ==Story[ Edit] == The famous songwriter and millionaire c. k. Dexter-Haven is organising a jazz festival in Newport. He used a home for the rehearsals. This House is ' accidentally ' beside that of his ex-wife Tracy Lord. She is busy with the preparations for her marriage to the smug George Kitteredge and not entirely without reason suspects Tracy to have purposely the festival's Dexter there organized around her marriage. Dexter says reminds her to keep still and Tracy that she left him because she is a snob who doesn't want to live with a songwriter. Two journalists from Spy Magazine, Liz and Mike arrive for a report on the ' society wedding of the year '. Their boss has an appointment with Tracy that Spy Magazine will not write about the one-night stand of her father with a showgirl in Exchange for an exclusive reporting. Tracy and George gets feud as the last her will treat it like a goddess and she just wants to be treated like a real woman. Tracy escapes and saves to drinking. They meet Mike that the tipsy Tracy takes in tow. As Mike tries to embrace her, escape them away. If Mike Tracy later embraced him again and then jump in the pool. George comes on the noise and see how Mike Tracy gets out of the pool. He suspects his upcoming of adultery and lashes out at Mike. However, the blow is cushioned by Dexter who between the two jumps. The next morning Tracy has a hangover and can hardly remember it happened. George knows by now that nothing happened between Mike and his upcoming and want to forgive her. But Tracy now has had enough of George, says she is unable to marry someone so perfect like him. George disappears and Tracy asks Dexter to Council. Who offers to her for saying what they have to say against the waiting customers. Soon realizes the surprised Tracy that she makes known to the world that they are first in the secret is married to Dexter, then separated and that they now with a real wedding ceremony with him will get married. As she realizes what she has said, she turns around and falls into his arms. Liz and Mike decide to join and also promise each other eternal faithfulness. ==Division Of Roles[ Edit] == Louis Armstrong and Grace Kelly*Bing Crosby as C.K. Dexter-Port ==Background[ Edit] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">MGM was determined to High Society to do with star starring: Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Grace Kelly. It was not easy for the three stars get together. Both Crosby and Sinatra were played in films and on tour, while Grace Kelly made films and at the same time was busy with her engagement to Prince Rainier of Monaco. Actually were Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra when too old for their roles. Crosby was already 53 and Sinatra 40, while the girl who had to choose between them, was played by the 26 year old Grace Kelly. Kelly was not the first choice for the role, that was Elizabeth Taylor, but they could not deliver. Patty McCormack also was tested for the role of Caroline Lord, but ultimately rejected. Howard Keel had let know to be interested in the role of Dexter-Haven, but was pushed aside when Bing Crosby smoking turned out to be. Director Charles Walters was itself originally a dancer, and one of the first directors who both directed as choreography did. The film was shot on location in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California, USA and Newport, Rhode Island, United States. The film plays partly during the Newport Jazz festival. ==Music<span class="mw-editsection" len="332" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">Louis Armstrong plays a role in the film. Along with his band, he also took a number of musical numbers for his account. The band consisted of: Edmond Hall, Trummy Young (trombone) (clarinet), Billy Kyle (piano), Arvell Shaw (bass), and Barrett Davis (drums). The music was written by Cole Porter for the first time in ten years that for the medium wrote. He could use two of the best American singers of the time, Sinatra and Crosby. Frank Sinatra was a fan of Crosby since his teenage years and his main reason to get involved with the film was that he could sing a duet with his great example. Problem was that Porter had no duet for both singers. To satisfy an old Sinatra was quickly Portersong and duet from 1939: Did You Evah! added to the film. Grace Kelly made her singing debut in her farewell film also.
 * 2 Cast
 * Background 3
 * 4 Music
 * 5 Receipt
 * 6 Prices
 * Grace Kelly as Tracy Samantha Lord
 * Frank Sinatra as Mike Connor
 * Celeste Holm as Liz Imbrie
 * John Lund as George Kittredge
 * Louis Calhern as Uncle Willie
 * Sidney Blackmer as Seth Lord
 * Louis Armstrong along with his band
 * Margalo Gillmore as Mrs. Seth Lord
 * Lydia Reed as Caroline Lord
 * Gordon Richards as the butler of C.K. Dexter-Port
 * Richard Garrick as the butler of the Lord's

<p lang="en" len="81" style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The following songs are in the movie to hear (all songs by Cole Porter): Grace Kelly*"High Society Calypso" (Louis Armstrong) ==Receipt<span class="mw-editsection" len="335" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">The criticism was not too keen on the movie. Generally considered a lesser version of the original The Philadelphia Story. Cole Porter's music was praised. However, little of the public withdrew the critics and came flocking to the cinema. The film had cost $ 2 million and 13 million eventually brought on. ==Prices<span class="mw-editsection" len="333" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:22.3999996185303px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;">There were two Oscar nominations, one for best original song ("True Love") and one for best music (Cole Porter). Neither nominations was silver plated.
 * "Little One" (Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong and His Band)
 * "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" (Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm)
 * "True Love" (Bing Crosby and Grace Kelly)
 * "I Love You Samantha" (Bing Crosby, and Louis Armstrong and His Band)
 * "Well, Did You Evah" (Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra)
 * "Mind If I Make Love To You" (Frank Sinatra)
 * "Now You Has Jazz" (Bing Crosby and Louis Armstrong and His Band)
 * "You're Sensational" (Frank Sinatra)