{"id":31011,"date":"2013-04-22T11:33:11","date_gmt":"2013-04-22T18:33:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31011"},"modified":"2022-02-01T00:21:13","modified_gmt":"2022-02-01T07:21:13","slug":"high-society-1956","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31011","title":{"rendered":"High Society (1956)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I will not have my wedding spoiled by intruders!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Poster-197x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-31012\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Poster-197x300.jpg 197w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Poster-84x128.jpg 84w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Poster.jpg 673w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nThe day before her marriage to a boring millionaire (John Lund), an exacting heiress (Grace Kelly) must deal with the presence of both her jazz-playing ex-husband (Bing Crosby) and a <em>Spy Magazine<\/em> reporter (Frank Sinatra) and photographer (Celeste Holm), who intend to cover the nuptials in exchange for not printing a revealing article about Kelly&#8217;s philandering father (Sidney Blackmer).\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bing Crosby Films<\/li>\n<li>Celeste Holm Films<\/li>\n<li>Frank Sinatra Films<\/li>\n<li>Grace Kelly Films<\/li>\n<li>Louis Calhern Films<\/li>\n<li>Love Triangle<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Romantic Comedy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that &#8220;even if you didn&#8217;t know this pleasing musical was a remake of <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=29064\"><em>The Philadelphia Story<\/em><\/a>, you&#8217;d still guess that Grace Kelly (in her last screen role) was basing her spoiled society girl on something Katharine Hepburn did&#8221;. Yet I would argue that Kelly admirably holds her own in a role tailor-made for her patrician sensibilities; indeed, the &#8220;criminally beautiful&#8221; Kelly &#8212; who &#8220;is dressed to match the sets&#8221; of this &#8220;nice-looking film&#8221; &#8212; &#8220;turns in an acceptable comedic performance&#8221;, and in some ways is almost better suited for the story than Hepburn (who, as noted by Peary in his review of <em>TPS<\/em>, &#8220;never seems like a prig or someone who will accept only perfection&#8221;). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-1024x586.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"366\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-1024x586.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-300x172.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-768x439.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-1536x879.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2-472x270.png 472w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly2.png 1823w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peary posits that &#8220;the major problem is that Kelly is so energetic that Crosby, 25 years her senior, seems much too old for her&#8221; &#8212; but I disagree; in fact, I actually find it easier to imagine that the uptight character of &#8220;Tracy Lord&#8221; (Hepburn\/Kelly) would have a problem with Crosby&#8217;s easy-going jazz musician than with Cary Grant&#8217;s alcoholic (perhaps because we never actually see evidence of the latter issue in <em>TPS<\/em>). <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-768x430.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Crosby.png 1833w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Sinatra and Holm make a suitable impact in the roles originated by James Stewart and Ruth Hussey:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-1024x571.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"357\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57514\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-1024x571.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-300x167.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-128x71.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-768x428.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-1536x857.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm-484x270.png 484w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Sinatra-Holm.png 1825w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8212; and while the narrative has been watered down quite a bit, the film &#8220;moves at a brisk pace&#8221; and contains &#8220;many musical highlights&#8221;. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-1024x581.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"363\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-1024x581.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-128x73.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-768x436.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-1536x871.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You-476x270.png 476w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-All-I-Want-Is-You.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As Peary notes, &#8220;Cole Porter songs serve for memorable duets by Crosby and Kelly (their hit &#8216;True Love&#8217;), Crosby and Sinatra (&#8216;Did You Evah?&#8217;), Crosby and Louis Armstrong (&#8216;Now You Has Jazz&#8217;), and Sinatra and Holm (&#8216;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?&#8217;)&#8221; &#8212; in addition to &#8220;Sinatra sing[ing] Kelly an emotional&#8230; &#8216;You&#8217;re Sensational'&#8221;. While this one isn&#8217;t quite a classic like its predecessor, it&#8217;s a surprisingly enjoyable remake, and remains worthy viewing in its own right. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Grace Kelly as Tracy Lord<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-1024x574.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-1024x574.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-1536x861.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3-482x270.png 482w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Kelly3.png 1821w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Some fun performances of Cole Porter songs &#8212; including &#8220;Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?&#8221; and &#8220;Well, Did You Evah&#8221;<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-1024x575.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-1024x575.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-300x168.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-768x431.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-1536x862.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2-481x270.png 481w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song2.png 1824w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-1024x579.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"362\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-57518\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-1024x579.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-300x170.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-128x72.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-768x435.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-1536x869.png 1536w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3-477x270.png 477w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/High-Society-Song3.png 1829w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nNo, though it&#8217;s recommended. <\/p>\n<p> (<span style=\"color:red;font-weight:bold;\">Listed in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-static\/1001Movies.htm\"><em>1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die<\/em><\/a><\/span>) <\/p>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0049314\/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1956\/08\/10\/archives\/screen-no-philadelphia-story-this-high-society-lacks-hepburn.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitallyobsessed.com\/displaylegacy.php?ID=4648\">Digitally Obsessed Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/78008\/high-society#articles-reviews?articleId=409\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.timeout.com\/london\/film\/high-society\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I will not have my wedding spoiled by intruders!&#8221; Synopsis: The day before her marriage to a boring millionaire (John Lund), an exacting heiress (Grace Kelly) must deal with the presence of both her jazz-playing ex-husband (Bing Crosby) and a Spy Magazine reporter (Frank Sinatra) and photographer (Celeste Holm), who intend to cover the nuptials in exchange for not printing a revealing article about Kelly&#8217;s philandering father (Sidney Blackmer). Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Bing Crosby Films Celeste Holm Films&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31011\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31011"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80842,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31011\/revisions\/80842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}