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| ACTORS: | Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra |
| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| DIRECTOR: | Charles Walters |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 17 July, 1956 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen, Dolby |
| TYPE: | Musical |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 012569571327 |
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Customer Reviews of High Society
A Swell-egant, elegant HIGH SOCIETY DVD it is...WOW! One of my favorite films of all time is this terrific musicalization of THE PHILADELPHIA STORY. All set to Cole Porter's music, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra & Grace Kelly do a great job of trying to fill the shoes of Cary Grant, James Stewart, and Katharine Hepburn in the original.
The remake adds stunning color and crisp VistaVision that shine on this new DVD release. Best of all this film, which was only released to theaters and on VHS in mono, is finally in glorious stereophonic sound with a gorgeous 5.1 audio track.
The DVD comes with a bunch of extras, including a new documentary, newsreel footage & even a great Droopy cartoon in CinemaScope.
All in all, a superb release, a must-have for every movie musical lover!
All that jazz and more!
Just released on DVD, this fabulous musical remake of George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story (1940) sees Grace Kelly in her last ever film role before crossing the pond to marry into the Monaco monarchy (she even wore her actual engagement ring in the movie).
Kelly plays the spoilt heiress Tracy Samantha Lord, a rather icy perfectionist (this generation would say 'control freak'), who is due to marry the stuffy George Kitteridge (John Lund) when her ex-husband C K Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby), unexpectedly turns up... Still in love with her, he puts in place a subtle plan to win back her heart. Throw in an incorrigible little sister, a playboy dad, a couple of snoops from Spy magazine, Louis Armstrong (as himself) and buckets of champagne... and now you has jazz!
With a witty script and quite the line-up (it was the first time Crosby and Frank Sinatra, playing Spy magazine reporter, appeared on screen together), the romantic comedy is carried by one of Cole Porter's best - and one of his last - musical scores which includes Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, Well, Did You Evah?, Now You Has Jazz, and Kelly and Crosby's moving duet True Love.
Like most rereleases of older movies onto DVD, what actually makes you update your video copy are the bonus features. Along with the nostalgic newsreel of the film's 1956 première, this version includes a short documentary on 'the making of...', narrated by Celeste Holm (born 1919, who played Spy magazine photographer). Although it makes for entertaining viewing (throwing up little snippets such as how Kelly's father warned Prince Rainier of Monaco before they got married she was a [bad] driver), one can't help thinking that someone cruelly substituted Holm's oxygen tank with helium...
Overall verdict? Thoroughly entertaining and an absolute must for fans of classic musicals and all that jazz...
ONE OF MGM`S BEST
I saw this film years before THE PHILADELPHIA STORY on which it is based. Mind you: THIS MUSICAL is far better than The Philadelphia Story. Grace Kelly is wonderful as Tracy, whereas Hepburn is hard and difficult 2 like. Stewart is an irritating, uncharismatic C.K. Dexter Haven. Sinatra`s Dexter is at his best. Indeed when u have a cast like Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Calhern and Louis Armstrong - 1 should just shut up and let them do their stuff. Indeed Charles Walters did; and what a lovely film it turned out 2 be.