| High Society | |
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| Directed by | William Beaudine |
| Screenplay by | Jerome S. Gottler Bert Lawrence |
| Story by | Edward Bernds Ellwood Ullman |
| Produced by | Ben Schwalb |
| Starring | Leo Gorcey Huntz Hall David Gorcey Bernard Gorcey Leon Askin Sig Ruman |
| Cinematography | Harry Neumann |
| Edited by | John C. Fuller |
| Music by | Marlin Skiles |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Allied Artists Pictures |
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Running time | 61 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
High Society is a 1955comedy film directed byWilliam Beaudine and starring the comedy team ofThe Bowery Boys.[1] The film was released on April 17, 1955, by Allied Artists and is the 37th film in the series. It is the only film in the series to receive anAcademy Award nomination, albeit through being mistaken for another film with the same title.
Sach receives news that he is the heir to the Terwilliger Debussy Jones fortune. Accompanied by his pals Slip and Louie, he arrives at the Jones mansion to review the legal papers needed for him to claim his new fortune. However, Sach and Slip discover that the rightful heir, the young Terwilliger Jones III, is being cheated out his inheritance by the miscreant duo of Stuyvesant and Clarissa Jones. Sach and Slip, with the help of their fellow Bowery Boys, save the day and restore the heir’s inheritance.[2]
Chuck (David Gorcey) and Butch (Bennie Bartlett) only appear at the beginning and end of this film.
For the29th Academy Awards,High Society was accidentally included on the ballot in theBest Story category. The error occurred because another film with the same title – theMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer production of the 1956Cole Porter musicalHigh Society starringBing Crosby,Grace Kelly andFrank Sinatra – was in release.Edward Bernds andElwood Ullman, the screenwriters for The Bowery Boys comedy, acknowledged their nomination was a mistake and successfully requested their removal from theOscars ballot.[3][4]
Warner Archives released the film on made-to-order DVD in the United States as part ofThe Bowery Boys, Volume Two on April 9, 2013.
| Preceded by Bowery to Bagdad 1955 | "The Bowery Boys" movies 1946-1958 | Succeeded by Spy Chasers 1955 |