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#classicmovienight haven’t watched a classic movie in a while so tonight I’m gonna watch the 1956 musical “High Society” starring Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Grace Kelly & Celeste Holm also co-starring John Lund & the jazz legend himself Louis Armstrong 😊😊

This is a remake of the classic 1940 romantic comedy (and one of my all time favourites haha ❤️😊) “The Philadelphia Story” that starred Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant & James Stewart 😊 while the original will always be the best the musical holds up pretty well too I think 😊

Bing Crosby at this point was already a legend both as a crooner (with his success of songs like Young at Heart & especially White Christmas) and as an actor in movies such as Holiday Inn, Waikiki Wedding, White Christmas & the Road to movies that he did with Bob Hope 😊 this is the 2nd and last time he and Grace Kelly worked together as they both were in 1954’s “The Country Girl”

Frank Sinatra also had major success as a both a crooner (with songs like Come Fly With Me & My Way), as an actor & became known for being the leader of “the Rat Pack” with Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. & Peter Lawford and by this time he was at the peak of his career some of his best movies include Anchors Aweigh, On The Town, Young At Heart & The Tender Trap and would have more success later on in movies like Pal Joey & Oceans 11

This would be Grace Kelly’s last movie before she married Prince Rainier III of Monaco (they were engaged during the making of the film and in multiple scenes you can see the engagement ring on Grace’s finger) 😊

Some of my favorite songs from this musical include “Now You Has Jazz” and “Well, Did You Evah” 😊