High Society [Repackaged]

Director: Charles Walters

Overview

Charles Walters' musical update of George Cukor's The Philadelphia Story stars Grace Kelly as Tracy Lord, a socialite preparing to marry the wealthy George Kittredge (John Lund). Frank Sinatra plays Mike Connor, a reporter sent to cover the wedding; Bing Crosby is C.K. Dexter-Haven, Tracy's ex-husband.

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2008
UPC:	0883929005963
Original Release:	1956
Rating:	NR
Source:	Warner Home Video
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:51:00
Sales rank:	4,627

Special Features

Closed Caption; Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Featurette Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love, hosted by Celeste Holm; Premiere newsreel; CinemaScope cartoon Millionsire Droopy; Audio-only bonus: radio ads; Trailers for this and the Philadelphia Story; Production notes

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Grace Kelly	Tracy Lord
Frank Sinatra	Marc Connor
Bing Crosby	C.K. Dexter-Haven
Celeste Holm	Lissy Imbrie
John Lund	George Kittredge
Louis Calhern	Uncle Willie
Sidney Blackmer	Seth Lord
Louis Armstrong	Ello mismo
Margalo Gillmore	Mrs. Seth Lord
Lydia Reed	Caroline Lord
Gordon Richards	Dexter Haven's Butler
Richard Garrick	Lord's Butler
Richard Keene	Mac
Reginald Simpson	Uncle Willie's Butler
Hugh Boswell	Parson
Paul Keast	Editor
Barrett Deems	Louis' Drummer
Billy Kyle	Louis' Pianist
Ruth Lee	Ruth - Jazz Festival Organizer
Arvell Shaw	Louis' Bassist
Helen Spring	Helen - Jazz Festival Organizer
Florence Wix	Party Guest
Paul Bradley	Party Guest
Steve Carruthers	Party Guest
Beulah Christian	Party Guest
Gene Coogan	Party Guest
Paul Cristo	Party Guest
William Duray	Party Guest
James Gonzalez	Party Guest
Stuart Holmes	Party Guest
Shep Houghton	Party Guest
Mary Bayless	Party Guest
Lulu Mae Bohrman	Party Guest
Cole Porter	Composer
Conrad Salinger	Composer
Saul Chaplin	Composer
Johnny Green	Composer

Technical Credits

John Patrick

John Patrick	Screenwriter
Sol C. Siegel	Producer
A. Arnold Gillespie	Special Effects
Wesley C. Miller	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer

Scene Index

Disc #1 -- High Society
1. Overture [4:48]
2. Credits [1:39]
3. High Society Calypso [2:14]
4. Dexter's Digs [2:08]
5. Wedding Gifts [2:25]
6. Spolisports [2:39]
7. George Kittredge [2:09]
8. Little One [2:37]
9. A Couple of Spies [3:57]
10. Voice of Doom [2:44]
11. The Lord Ladies [5:45]
12. Between Two Husbands [2:41]
13. Papa! [2:31]
14. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? [2:56]
15. Dexter's Gift [1:58]
16. Honeymooners: True Love [1:10]
17. Yar or Worshipped? [3:40]
18. Paternal Commentary [2:10]
19. Taken for a Ride [2:24]
20. You're Sensational [3:27]
21. I Love You Samantha [5:02]
22. Wonderful Time [3:24]
23. Now You Has Jazz [2:46]
24. She's Sensational [4:49]
25. Well, Did You Evah? [3:38]
26. Hide and Seek [5:23]
27. Mind If I Make Love to You? [2:56]
28. Jumping to Conclusions [4:03]
29. Morning After [4:11]
30. Night Before [4:35]
31. Changes of Heart [2:34]
32. Simple Announcement [7:10]
33. It's Contagious [3:13]
34. Cast List [:56]

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Disc #1 -- High Society
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Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love
Gala Premiere for High Society
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Editorial Reviews

Charles Walters' generally soporific musical version of George Cukor's classic Philadelphia Story (1940) is enlivened by Louis Armstrong and the musical camaraderie of stars Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby. The second film based on Philip Barry's enormously successful comedy of manners, it centers on the aristocratic Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) and her imminent second marriage. The final film of Kelly's career is a distinctly leaden affair in which the boredom of the participants seems palpable. Crosby, who appears old enough to be Kelly's grandfather, seems to bond better with Sinatra's tough-guy reporter than with the woman who he supposedly still loves. The more satiric aspects of Barry's witty dialogue seems to have been sanded away; perhaps not much of a loss, since Celeste Holm's society reporter is the only one of the principals who seems capable of handling it. Nevertheless, Sinatra and Crosby shift into another gear for the Cole Porter numbers, and Crosby's joy in working with the legendary Satch is evident on "Now You Has Jazz."