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A True Classic Remastered.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment bring us this classic romantic comedy to 4K UHD for the very first time, via Fetch Publicity. With classic songs and the creme of the crop of actors and actresses’, this is the film to get to curl up on the sofa and enjoy nearly two hours of classic silver screen magic.

Opening with Louis Armstrong and his band telling the start of the story in a jazz song, we find that Tracy ‘Samantha’ Lord (Grace Kelly, High Noon, Rear Window) is just forty-eight hours away from her second marriage to the not so likable George Kittredge (John Lund, A Foreign Affair, The Battle at Apache Pass). The fly in the ointment is C. K. Dexter-Haven (Bing Crosby, The Bells of St. Mary’s, White Christmas), her ex-husband for the last two years who lives next door and has just saved the Jazz festival Louis is performing at.

Dexter is still madly in love with ‘Samantha’, so much so he wrote a hit song in her name. The thing is that the rest of Tracy’s family still prefer Dexter, especially Tracy’s young sister Caroline Lord (Lydia Reed, The Vampire, The Seven Little Foys) who warns Dexter that things are about to get interesting.

An interesting twist is that Tracy’s father Seth Lord (Sidney Blackmer, Rosemary’s Baby, The Count of Monte Cristo) has the eye for pretty girls, and the editor of SPy magazine has the dirty story on him, he uses this information to get his reporter Mike Connor (Frank Sinatra, From Here to Eternity, The Manchurian Candidate), and his photographer Liz Imbrie (Celeste Holm, A Letter To Three Wives, All About Eve) to cover the runup to the wedding.

Let the champagne flow and the high jinx begin, classic romantic fun with even-more classic songs and performances.

Songs from High Society.

“Overture”
“High Society Calypso” – Louis Armstrong and his band
“Little One” – C.K. (Bing Crosby)
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” – Mike (Frank Sinatra), Liz (Celeste Holm)
“True Love” – C.K. (Crosby), Tracy (Grace Kelly)
“You’re Sensational” – Mike (Sinatra)
“I Love You, Samantha” – C.K. (Crosby)
“Now You Has Jazz” – C.K. (Crosby), Armstrong and his band, individually introduced by name
“Well, Did You Evah!” – C.K. (Crosby), Mike (Sinatra)[11][12]
“Mind if I Make Love to You?” – Mike (Sinatra)

High Society 1956 is available on 4K UHD Steelbook