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High Society doesn't just have a voice -- it has a heart and a soul as well.
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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.
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Wonderful entertainment.
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So what if director Charles Walters settles for mimicking George Cukor's set-ups shot for shot - he still deserves a fat slap on the back for flawlessly shoehorning in a half-dozen belting Cole Porter numbers.
70
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.
70
Fortified with a strong Cole Porter score, film is a pleasant romp for cast toppers Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly and Frank Sinatra. Their impact is almost equally consistent. Although Sinatra has the top pop tune opportunities, the Groaner makes his specialties stand up and out on showmanship and delivery, and Kelly impresses as a femme lead.
63
It suffers from stilted Vista Vision staging and a lack of gloss -- but has some sparkling Cole Porter musical numbers. [26 Sep 1999, p.26C]
60
A slightly misbegotten musical, but with many pleasures and Louis Armstrong, growing into sweet avuncularity.
60
Written with all the bite of a distinctly middle-class church social, this musical re-working of The Philadelphia Story feels distant.
60
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]
