“High Society” is an innocent and harmless little musical film but there are so many other films (better films) just like it that there is no reason to see this one in particular and that’s a shame because as a musical this one has the right kind of cast to make it a truly magnificent one.

Musician Dexter (Bing Crosby “White Christmas”) lives in his mansion next to his ex-wife Tracy (Grace Kelly “Rear Window”, “Dial M for Murder”) and intends to get her back before she marries again to another man. The rest of the film is just a bunch of situations that are meant to be funny but none of them do anything more than create a small smile on my face.

The singing from Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and Frank Sinatra is all fine but the songs they sing aren’t my favourites. Where is Louis Armstrong’s “Wonderful World”? Sinatra’s “Come Fly With Me”? The characters’ interactions never really amount to anything very funny and that’s where the film falls flat because there are plenty of musicals that can create a good laugh or two. None of what the characters say or do is memorable and in fact that can be said about the whole movie.

You really have to think to remember anything about this movie. It enters just as quietly into the mind as it leaves. Movies are meant to leave impressions on us and I can safely say this one did not leave much of one on me. I have seen plenty of other musicals from Disney and even ones featuring some of the cast members of this film that have entertained me and I while I can’t really complain about something this innocent I just don’t see the need to see it. Watch “Mary Poppins”, “Holiday Inn” or “The Sound Of Music” instead.