HIGH SOCIETY

High Society
MGM, 1956, Color, 107 minutes, ***½
Released July, 1956

Grace Kelly's last film was this lively musical remake of "The Philadelphia Story," with Grace (appropriately) as the Main Line gal who must choose between Bing Crosby and John Lund. Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm and Louis Armstrong co-star; Cole Porter score includes "True Love," "Did You Evah?" and "You're Sensational."

Producer: Sol C. Siegel
Director: Charles Walters
Screenplay: John Patrick
(based on the stage play "The Philadelphia Story" by Philip Barry)
Music Director: Johnny Green
Musical Score: Saul Chaplin and Johnny Green
Song Score: Cole Porter
Choreography: Charles Walters
Art Direction: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters
Set Decoration: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
Costume Design: Helen Rose
Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie
Cinematography: Paul Vogel
Film Editing: Ralph E. Winters

Awards: Academy Award nominations for Best Score (Musical) and Best Song ("True Love")

Cast: Bing Crosby [C. K. Dexter-Haven], Grace Kelly [Tracy Lord], Frank Sinatra [Mike Connor], Celeste Holm [Liz Imbrie], John Lund [George Kittredge], Louis Calhern [Uncle Willie], Sidney Blackmer [Seth Lord], Louis Armstrong [Himself], Margalo Gillmore [Mrs. Seth Lord], Lydia Reed [Caroline Lord], Gordon Richards [Dexter Haven's Butler], Richard Garrick [Lord's Butler], Richard Keene [Mac], Ruth Lee [Matron], Helen Spring [Matron], Paul Keast [Editor], Reginald Simpson [Uncle Willie's Butler], Hugh Boswell [Parson]

Musical Program: [0:02] High Society Calypso (Louis Armstrong and His Band); [0:14] Little One (Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong and His Band, reprised in French by Lydia Reed); [0:35] Who Wants to be a Millionaire (Frank Sinatra and Celeste Holm); [0:41] True Love (Bing Crosy and Grace Kelly); [0:54] You're Sensational (Frank Sinatra); [0:57] I Love You Samantha (Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong and His Band); [1:04] Now You Has Jazz (Bing Crosby with Louis Armstrong and His Band); [1:13] Well, Did You Evah (Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra); [1:21] Mind If I Make Love to You (Frank Sinatra)