High Society (1956) is a UK VHS release by MGM/UA Home Video on 9th October 1984, 3rd November 1986, 13th July 1992, 17th March 1997 and it got re-released by Warner Home Video on 26th March 2007.
The film has also aired on BBC2 in 1st April 2023 and 29th July 2024.
Description[]
The rich are generally different. But in matters of the heart, they're just as scatterbrained as the rest of us. Heirless Tracy Lord (Grace Kelly) is engaged to one man (John Lund), attracted to another (Frank Sinatra, Young at Heart), and, just maybe, in love again with her ex-husband (Bing Crosby, White Christmas), in this effervescent musical reinvention of Phillip Barry's play The Philadelphia Story featuring an endlessly delightful Cole Porter score. Among High Society's high points: Sinatra and Celeste Holm ask "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?", Crosby and Kelly share "True Love", Der Bingle and Ol' Blue Eyes swing-swing-swingle "Well, Did You Evah?" and Crosby and Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong jive with "Now You Has Jazz". Yes, indeedy, we has!
Songs[]
- High Society Theme Song
- Little One
- Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
- True Love
- You're Sensational
- Well, Did You Evah?
- Mind If I Make Love to You
Cast[]
- Bing Crosby as C. K. Dexter-Haven
- Frank Sinatra as Mike Connor
- Grace Kelly as Tracy Lord
- Louis Armstrong and His Band as Themselves
- Celeste Holm as Liz Imbrie
- John Lund as George Kittredge
- Louis Calhern as Uncle Willie
- Sidney Blackmer as Seth Lord
- Edmond Hall as Clarinetist
- Trummy Young as Trombonist
- Billy Kyle as Pianist
- Arvell Shaw as Bassist
- Barrett Deems as Drummer
- Margalo Gillmore as Mrs. Seth Lord
- Lydia Reed as Caroline Lord
- Gordon Richards as Dexter Haven's butler
- Richard Garrick as Lords' butler
- Philo McCullough as party guest (uncredited)
Credits[]
- Directed by: Charles Walters
- Produced by: Sol C. Siegel
- Screenplay by: John Patrick
- Based on a Play by: Philip Barry
- Art Directors: Cedric Gibbons, Hans Peters
- Set Decorations: Edwin B. Willis, Richard Pefferle
- Assistant Director: Arvid Griffen
- Special Effects: A. Arnold Gillespie
- Hair Styles by: Sydney Guilaroff
- Director of Photography: Paul C. Vogel, A.S.C.
- Colour Consultant: Charles K. Hagedon
- Music and Lyrics by: Cole Porter
- Music Supervised and Adapted by: Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
- Musical Numbers Staged by: Charles Walters
- Orchestrations by: Conrad Salinger and Nelson Riddle
- Colour by: Technicolor
- A Sol C. Siegel Production
- Released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- MPDDA/MPAA Number: 18065
- Copyright (c) MCMLVI in U.S.A. by Leow's Incorporated, Sol C. Siegel Productions, Inc. and Bing Crosby Productions. All rights in this motion picture reserved under international conventions passed by the National Board of Review.
Opening (1997 Re-release)[]
- MGM/UA Home Video Warning Screen
- MGM/UA Home Video Ident (1993-1999)
- High Society Trailer
- VSC U Warning (Warner Home Video) (1995) [announced by Floella Benjamin]
- High Society title Card with BBFC U card (1985-1997)
- Turner Ident (1990-1994)