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- 1956
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 51 m
- 1956
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 51 m
Summary A spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter.
Directed By: Charles Walters
Written By: John Patrick, Philip Barry
- 1956
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 51 m
- 1956
- Approved
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- 1 h 51 m
High Society
65
7.0
Where to Watch
Summary A spoiled heiress must choose among three suitors: her jazz musician ex-husband, a stuffy businessman, and an undercover tabloid reporter.
Directed By: Charles Walters
Written By: John Patrick, Philip Barry
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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64% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
65
64% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
36% Mixed
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Wonderful entertainment.
After opening with a calypso tune from the inimitable Louis Armstrong, High Society really has nowhere to go but down, yet somehow director Charles Walters manages to keep this Technicolor musical sparkling through the next 100 minutes.
While Walters is no Cukor, he's not without his pleasures. His simple but polished shooting style, once a routine satisfaction of the cinema, carries the aura of a long-lost classical grace.
This musical remake of The Philadelphia Story has some pretty good moments but will probably outrage those of you who remember Cary Grant, Katherine Hepburn, and Jimmy Stewart in the original version. [17 Oct 1956, p.6]
Written with all the bite of a distinctly middle-class church social, this musical re-working of The Philadelphia Story feels distant.
As flimsy as a gossip-columnist's word, especially when it is documenting the weird behavior of the socially elite. And with pretty and lady-like Grace Kelly flouncing lightly through its tomboyish Hepburn role, it misses the snap and the crackle that its un-musical predecessor had.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.0
63% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 User Ratings
7.0
63% Positive
5 Ratings
5 Ratings
38% Mixed
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
0% Negative
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Production Company
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM),
Sol C. Siegel Productions,
Bing Crosby Productions
Release Date Jul 17, 1956
Duration 1 h 51 m
Rating Approved
Tagline A New High In The Movie Sky.
Website
https://wb.com/high-society
Awards
Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Laurel Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Writers Guild of America, USA
• 1 Nomination
