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High Society (17-Jul-1956)

Director: Charles Walters

Writer: John Patrick

From a play: The Philadelphia Story by Philip Barry

Music and Lyrics by: Cole Porter

Producer: Sol C. Siegel

Keywords: Musical, Romantic Comedy

Tracy Lord, ex-wife of jazz musician C. K. Dexter Haven, prepares for a marriage with the rather uninteresting George Kitteredge. A pair of reporters from Spy magazine are sent to cover the wedding; one of them, Mike Connor, falls for Tracy as well. Including Dexter, three suitors! Musical remake of The Philadelphia Story (1940). Received Oscar nominations for Best Original Song and Best Musical Score; an additional nomination for Best Original Story was rescinded when determined to be ineligible.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Louis Armstrong
Jazz Musician
4-Aug-1901 6-Jul-1971 Jazz trumpeter
Sidney Blackmer
Actor
13-Jul-1895 5-Oct-1973 Played Theodore Roosevelt 12 times
Louis Calhern
Actor
19-Feb-1895 12-May-1956 Duck Soup
Bing Crosby
Singer
3-May-1903 14-Oct-1977 White Christmas
Celeste Holm
Actor
29-Apr-1917 15-Jul-2012 Gentleman's Agreement
Grace Kelly
Royalty
12-Nov-1929 14-Sep-1982 American-born Princess of Monaco
John Lund
Actor
6-Feb-1913 10-May-1992 My Friend Irma
Frank Sinatra
Singer
12-Dec-1915 14-May-1998 It's Frank's world, we just live in it

CAST

Starring
Bing Crosby   ...   C. K. Dexter-Haven
Grace Kelly   ...   Tracy Lord
Frank Sinatra   ...   Mike Connor
Co-Starring
Celeste Holm   ...   Liz Imbrie
John Lund   ...   George Kittredge
Louis Calhern   ...   Uncle Willie
Sidney Blackmer   ...   Seth Lord
and
Louis Armstrong   ...   Himself
and His Band   ...   Themselves
with
Margalo Gillmore   ...   Mrs. Seth Lord
Lydia Reed   ...   Caroline Lord
Gordon Richards   ...   Dexter-Haven's Butler
Richard Garrick   ...   Lord's Butler

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