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17 July 1956 (USA)
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They're all together for the first time! more
Plot:
C.K. Dexter-Haven, a successful popular jazz musician, lives in a mansion near his ex-wife's Tracy Lord's family estate...
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
Another 1 nomination
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SPhilip French's Screen Legend: Grace Kelly
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips
(From The Guardian - Film News. 11 December 2009, 9:29 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 12 December 2009, 4:05 PM, PST)
What to see: Lyn Gardner's theatre tips
(From The Guardian - Film News. 11 December 2009, 9:29 AM, PST)
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The unbeatable talents of three legendary stars in a nice musical comedy
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Bing Crosby | ... | C.K. Dexter-Haven | |
| Grace Kelly | ... | Tracy Samantha Lord | |
| Frank Sinatra | ... | Mike Connor | |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Liz Imbrie | |
| John Lund | ... | George Kittredge | |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Uncle Willie | |
| Sidney Blackmer | ... | Seth Lord | |
| Louis Armstrong and His Band | ... | Themselves | |
| Margalo Gillmore | ... | Mrs. Seth Lord | |
| Lydia Reed | ... | Caroline Lord | |
| Gordon Richards | ... | Dexter-Haven's butler | |
| Richard Garrick | ... | Lords' Butler |
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111 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Perspecta Stereo (Westrex Recording System)
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Argentina:Atp |
South Korea:12 |
Portugal:M/12 |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:G (original rating) |
Australia:PG (alternate rating) |
Finland:K-12 |
Sweden:Btl |
UK:U
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The song True Love, written by Cole Porter especially for the movie, was a million seller and both Grace Kelly and Bing Crosby were awarded platinum records for the song. This is the only platinum record ever given to sitting royalty as Grace Kelly had become Princess Grace by the time it was awarded.
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Continuity: When Mike makes a short phone call to Margaret, he is holding a long lit cigarette. But when he hangs up the phone the cigarette has disappeared.
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Referenced in "The Muppet Show: (#2.4)" (1977)
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Soundtrack:
True Love
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Chapter Headings, an unofficial version:Is Clarendon Court, the von Bulows' mansion, featured in this movie?
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"High Society" unites the unbeatable talents of three legendary stars Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, and Louis Armstrong with the beautiful and talented Grace Kelly in her final role before she becomes the loving Princess of Monaco
Spoiled Tracy (Kelly) is about to marry a boring businessman John Lund, but on the eve of her nuptials, her ex-husband Crosby, who still calls her Sam, returns to try and put a stop to the wedding
On hand to cover her upcoming nuptials for a spy magazine are journalists Celeste Holm) and Sinatra, with the greatest American jazz musician Louis Armstrong providing with Crosby a musical jazz called "Now You Has Jazz."
Armstrong opens the film from the back of the blue bus shared with his band, with a calypso song, while the classic "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" is lively sung by Sinatra and Holm alone in a big room filled with Kelly's many extravagant wedding gifts
Kelly is lovely as the refined woman flirting with three men In scenes that required the softening of her unyielding nature, she seems so reserved and cold in manner
Sinatra sings to her "You're Sensational" and "Mind if I Make Love to You? Crosby sings "True Love."