high society

high society

Prominent in fashionable society, implying wealth and position. The term dates from the first half of the 1900s and was used as the title of a popular film of 1956, starring Grace Kelly (in her last acting role), Bing Crosby, Frank Sinatra, Louis Armstrong, and others, and featuring some songs by Cole Porter. See also upper crust.
See also: high, society
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The group's next performance will be of High Society at the Dryden Road Centre, in Low Fell, Gateshead from Tuesday, April 14 until Saturday, April 18, 2015 at 7.15pm.
Dupont Circle is an exclusive neighborhood in Washington, D.C., that became, after the Civil War, the center of high society in the nation's capital.
The delight here is the balance between the troubling issues of race and oppression, alongside a real warmth and wit when tackling high society's strict rules.
When he dies, she is brought up in high society by her uncle, Lord Mansfield (Wilkinson) and his wife (Watson), but deemed "too high in rank to dine with the servants, too low to dine with my family".
HEIRS AND GRACES presents a Royal Spyness mystery, the seventh in the series, and centers around Lady Georgiana Rannoch, enlisted to groom the Duke's newly discovered heir for high society. When the Duke decides to choose his own heir, murder results--and despite what it looks like, Georgie is certain that the obvious perp isn't in fact very obvious at all.
REVIEW High Society BIRMINGHAM HIPPODROME STANLEY the trainee butler got an unexpected promotion when actor Matt Corner had to fulfill his understudy duties and step into the role of Mike Connor because lead Daniel Boys was ill.
Fans of Downton Abbey might recognize and be drawn to this world with a veneer of high society manners and strict class rules.
A new production of the Cole Porter classic High Society arrives at the Theatre Royal, Newcastle, from tomorrow, starring Michael Praed in the role of Dexter Haven.
MICHAEL Praed is pulling on his finery to play a dapper toff in the new touring production of High Society.
The box office number is 029 2063 6464 HIGH LIFE | DYNASTY and Robin of Sherwood heart throb Michael Praed is following in the footsteps of the late great Bing Crosby as he plays the role of Dexter Haven in High Society.
"The story shows how when you're a member of high society it can adversely effect your life, particularly when you're dealing with others."
Next month he launches a new production of Cole Porter's classic musical High Society, which starts its TOUR at Llandudno's Venue Cymru.
SUDDENLY LAST Saturday night, there was a distinct game change in the way high society dressed, behaved and became civic-minded.
Why Jane Austen over other writers of high society in the nineteenth century?
Set amid the pomp and circumstance of England's high society, the novel begins with a visit by the aristocratic young poet Cecil Valance to his friend - and secret lover - George, at his home of 'Two Acres'.