High society

DVD 2008

In this sophisticated musical comedy, a society wedding is being arranged in Newport, Rhode Island. The beautiful Tracy Samantha Lord is to marry George Kittredge. However, Tracy's ex-husband, the songwriter C.K. Dexter-Haven, has never stopped loving her and has hopes of winning her back. A New York scandal sheet reporter and photographer arrive to cover the wedding and complicate the tangled romances.

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Explore Topics & Themes:

Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story Film adaptations

Courtship Fiction

Divorced women Fiction

Remarriage Fiction

More in this Genre:

Comedy films Feature films Fiction Film adaptations Musical films Romantic comedy films Video recordings for the hearing impaired

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Frank Sinatra collection Frank Sinatra collection (Turner Entertainment Co.) DVD

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ISBN:

9781419867781
9780790775661
1419867784

Description:

1 videodisc (111 minutes) : sound, colour ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital 5.1
wide screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: G

Other Title:

High society (Motion picture : 1956) [DVD]

Notes:

Title from container
Originally released as a motion picture in 1956
Based on the play, The Philadelphia story by Philip Barry
Special features: Soundtrack remastered in Dolby Digital 5.1; Featurette: Cole Porter in Hollywood: True Love, hosted by Celeste Holm; premiere newsreel; CinemaScope cartoon: Millionaire Droopy; audio-only bonus: radio ads; Trailers for this and The Philadelphia Story; production notes
Director of photography, Paul C. Vogel ; editor, Ralph E. Winters ; music & lyrics by Cole Porter ; music supervised & adapted by Johnny Green and Saul Chaplin
Bing Crosby, Grace Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Celeste Holm, John Lund, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Louis Armstrong and his Band
DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1
For private home use only
Audio tracks in English and French with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired

Control Number:

524452

UPC:

012569571327
883929005963

Other Authors:

Armstrong, Louis, 1901-1971, actor
Barry, Philip, 1896-1949. Philadelphia story [DVD]
Blackmer, Sidney, 1895-1973, actor
Calhern, Louis, 1895-1956, actor
Chaplin, Saul, 1912-1997, composer (expression)
Crosby, Bing, 1903-1977, actor
Grace, Princess of Monaco, 1929-1982, actor
Green, Johnny, 1908-1989, composer (expression)
Holm, Celeste, 1917-2012, actor
Lund, John, 1911-1992, actor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, production company
Patrick, John, 1905-1995, screenwriter
Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, composer (expression)
Siegel, Sol C., 1903-1982, film producer
Sinatra, Frank, 1915-1998, actor
Turner Entertainment Co., production company
Vogel, Paul C., 1899-1975, director of photography
Walters, Charles, 1911-1982, film director
Warner Home Video (Firm), film distributor
Winters, Ralph E., editor of moving image work

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