High Society is a 1956 American
musical comedy film directed by
Charles Walters and starring
Bing Crosby,
Grace Kelly, and
Frank Sinatra. The film was produced by
Sol C. Siegel for
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, and shot in
VistaVision and
Technicolor, with music and lyrics by
Cole Porter. Based on the play
The Philadelphia Story by
Philip Barry, with a screenplay by
John Patrick, the film is about a successful popular jazz musician who tries to win back the affections of his ex-wife, who is preparing to marry another man. The jazz musician encounters additional competition from an undercover tabloid reporter, who is also in love with his ex-wife, who now must choose among three very different men.
High Society was the last film appearance of
Grace Kelly, before she became
Princess consort of Monaco.