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Summary: High Society
Review: High Society, starring Grace Kelly, Bing Crosby, and Frank Sinatra, is really a remake of The Philadelphia Story which stas Hepburn, Grant, and Stewart. Although this movie has wonderful actors, new music, and other attributes, I still prefer the earlier version with Katharine Hepburn. But if you can get your hands on either one, they are both great.
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Summary: Excellent Movie
Review: This is a wonderfully funny movie with plenty of huge movie stars. Bing, Frank, and Grace really show their true humor. The life lessons in this movie also need to be closely looked at by plenty of people in this world. If you want a good old-fashioned laugh, I highly reccomend this movie, especially at this price!
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Summary: Now we're gettin' warm.
Review: The thing about Cole Porter is that he's never loud or over-the-top; he's subtle, elegant, lyrical. Which is much of the style of this film. People need to rate it on its own merit and resist comparing it to its nonmusical predecessor. On the plus side are Crosby, Armstrong, a super-witty Celeste Holm and a most beautiful-of-all-her-films, Grace Kelly. Only Sinatra is more than a bit grating in his overly cynical, tough, reading of the news reporter. (On the other hand, no one plays a drunk better.) But there are more than a few choice bits of dialogue from Crosby ("I don't wanna be a wonderful woman!"), Kelly ("Oh you must stay- we have so much cake!"), and Holm ("When the cat's away, why should the mouse act like a rat?!") There's also Louis Armstrong, who alternately performs in and plays a Cupid-like host of the film. Particularly lovely is a scene (shown in a series of crane shots) where he plays trumpet to Crosby's love song of "Samantha," all of which is being taken in by an unseen Samantha (Kelly) herself. Other gorgeous numbers are "True Love," "Little One," and "Mind If I Make Love To You?" And, of course, the "oh, would you stop that racket" finale is hilarious!
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Summary: Yawn, yawn, yawn...zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.......
Review: I saw this last night with my daughter. We heard that Grace Kelly was actually wearing the diamond engagement ring that Prince Rainier gave her. That was the main reason why I watched it. I do like Grace Kelly very much. She was a beautiful woman, and I loved her strange way of talking. So I liked seeing her and of course the diamond (it was quite impressive), but as for the rest of the movie, it was a real bore. I do not care for Frank Sinatra, Bing is okay, but there was too much singing and the songs weren't even good in my opinion. I felt the script was very loose and vague, and all along I kept wondering, "when is the ACTION going to happen?" It also seemed a bit silly as well. I don't go for such lightweight fair, no matter who is in it. As I said, I was glad to see Grace Kelly, but I will never watch this again. If you want to see Grace in something really good, I recommend the 3 films she did for Alfred Hitchcock: Dial M for Murder, Rear Window, and To Catch a Thief.
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Summary: Not a good movie. End of title, beginning of review.
Review: I can say nothing positive about this musical mishmash except that it was positively senseless and I would never watch it again. Get Bing, Armstrong and Frank all in a movie and you know there's going to be thrice the interruptive crooning (or jamming). Perhaps you have gathered by now that I am not much of a musical fan. For a good musical, watch Mary Poppins, the Sound of Music, or White Christmas. They have good strong stories with songs as accents. This High Society bit has good strong songs with random dialogue as accents.End of review.
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Summary: Little known masterpiece
Review: What do you say about a musical with Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra and Louis Armstrong? Surely this film marks a high point in the genre. Cap it off with a little Grace Kelly and you have one of my top 3 movies of all time (others Vertigo and American Beauty).
While on the surface it might seem like a simple light musical comedy, there actually is a great deal of intelligence to it. Smart dialogue, quirky intentional slips out of character, and of course, a couple of phenominal songs.
I first saw this movie when I was an awkward girl of maybe 13, braces and all. It was the first time I ever saw Grace Kelly and I was entranced. I wanted to be her. And I have to confess, some 16 years later, I still kind of do. This movie is now a regular form of therapy. Any time I feel stressed or down, I watch it and take more away from it each time.
I count the days until this movie comes out on DVD. This film is why I still own a VCR, and frankly, I'd love to get rid of it.
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Summary: Great actors that can sing, and Grace Kelly?
Review: Now there is a combination worthy of four stars! This was on PBS last night, and seeing as it had three movies stars that I like, I couldn't resist it!
I am a long time fan of the movie musical, and I particularly enjoyed this one. It has Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby, and Grace Kelly in it. Sinatra and Crosby do most of the crooning, but Kelly also sings a little bit. She can really sing too! What an amazing star! She could act, look so elegant and graceful, and sing!
Usually the music takes top shelf over the acting, but I quite enjoyed both in this musical remake of "The Philadelphia Story".
If you liked "The Philadelphia Story", and you like musicals. You will probably like this movie a lot.
It is a fun movie with two hip crooners as it's stars.
Two thumbs up! Way up!
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Summary: Worth re-watching.
Review: By now you know this is a remake of "The Philadelphia Story" and may have a tendency to compare them. I did this my self at first; then I realized they each have their strong points. I even get them mixed up now and them. All you have to do is remember this is the musical. My favorite song in the list is "True Love". Of course as with everything different people are bound to have different favorites and there are plenty to chose from.
In case you are new to the story, basically C.K. Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby) and Tracy Samantha Lord (Grace Kelly) are divorced. Tracy is getting married again. The clan is gathering. We watch as they go through the motions and emotions of courting and reevaluating their lives.
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Summary: the best movie
Review: RHIS MOVIE IS THE GREATEST OF GRACE KELLY,SHE IS SO WONDERFUL
IN IT AND HER SINGING WAS GREAT TO
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Summary: Still my favourite film of all time
Review: I first saw this film at the tender age of 10 and 20 odd years later it is still THE favourite (a classic made 12 years before i was even born) - a real feel good film you can sing along to all the tunes. They certainly don't make films like this any more!!
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