High Society

High Society

111 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | July 17, 1956

Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her playboy father's exploits if not allowed to cover the wedding. A remake of the 1940 rom com The Philadelphia Story.

High Society

111 mins | Comedy, Romance, Music | July 17, 1956

High Society
Childhood friends Tracy Lord and C.K. Dexter Haven got married and quickly divorced. Now Tracy is about to marry again, this time to a shrewd social-climbing businessman. C.K. still loves her. Spy magazine blackmails Tracy's family by threatening to reveal her playboy father's exploits if not allowed to cover the wedding. A remake of the 1940 rom com The Philadelphia Story.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Bing Crosby Productions, Sol C. Siegel Productions
Original title High Society
Directors Charles Walters, Arvid Griffen
Writers Cole Porter, John Patrick, Philip Barry

Cast

Bing Crosby

as C. K. Dexter-Haven

Grace Kelly

as Tracy Lord

Frank Sinatra

as Mike Connor

Celeste Holm

as Liz Imbrie

John Lund

as George Kittredge

Louis Calhern

as Uncle Willie

Sidney Blackmer

as Seth Lord

Louis Armstrong

as Self

Margalo Gillmore

as Mrs. Seth Lord

Lydia Reed

as Caroline Lord

Gordon Richards

as Dexter-Haven's Butler

Richard Garrick

as Lords' Butler

Don Anderson

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Mary Bayless

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Hugh Boswell

as Parson (uncredited)

Paul Bradley

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Tex Brodus

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Beulah Christian

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Gene Coogan

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Cristo

as Party Guest (uncredited)

William Duray

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Joe Evans

as Waiter (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

as Party Guest (uncredited)

James Gonzalez

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Shep Houghton

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Keast

as Editor (uncredited)

Richard Keene

as Mac (uncredited)

Perk Lazelle

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Ruth Lee

as Ruth (Jazz Festival Organizer) (uncredited)

Thomas Martin

as Waiter (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Hans Moebus

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Monty O'Grady

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Foster H. Phinney

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Murray Pollack

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Paul Power

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Leoda Richards

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Victor Romito

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Scott Seaton

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Reginald Simpson

as Lawrence (Uncle Willie's Butler) (uncredited)

Helen Spring

as Helen (Jazz Festival Organizer) (uncredited)

Norman Stevans

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Party Guest (uncredited)