In "The Philadelphia Story", where Katherine Hepburn was red in tooth and claw and whose taming outdoes that of the shrew, Grace Kelly is a kitten. (She was an altogether sharper piece of work in "Rear Window"). It therefore comes as no surprise that she mellows sooner rather than later. On the other hand, she's sensational as Frank Sinatra reminds us in one of the scores many memorable songs. And she's absolutely lovely and who couldn't be smitten by her.
In the Cary Grant role of C K Dexter-Haven, Bing Crosby is blander, (he acts as if he's on holiday), but he does get to sing 'Now You Has Jazz' and duets with Sinatra on the magnificent 'Well, Did You Evah' so you are inclined to forgive him anything. As the reporters, Sinatra and Celeste Holm are quite the equal of James Stewart and Ruth Hussey, (and they get the great 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire' number), and if the whole thing is rather like a large meringue with much the same consistency, it's still pretty irresistible. Almost sensational, in fact.
In the Cary Grant role of C K Dexter-Haven, Bing Crosby is blander, (he acts as if he's on holiday), but he does get to sing 'Now You Has Jazz' and duets with Sinatra on the magnificent 'Well, Did You Evah' so you are inclined to forgive him anything. As the reporters, Sinatra and Celeste Holm are quite the equal of James Stewart and Ruth Hussey, (and they get the great 'Who Wants To Be a Millionaire' number), and if the whole thing is rather like a large meringue with much the same consistency, it's still pretty irresistible. Almost sensational, in fact.