Post by divtal on Aug 10, 2018 19:06:05 GMT
I once watched High Society, then The Philadelphia Story, on two successive nights. My first surprise was that I hadn't realized how much longer TPS is, and how much more goes into character identification, and depth of scenes of dialogue. Of course the scripts are very close. My second surprise came when I looked at the IMDb "stats," for the films. The Philadelphia Story is only one minute longer than High Society.
I think that, as others have said, there's more sophistication to the cast of TPS. But, it's very clear that much was sacrificed when HS had to move quickly through the story, in order to accommodate the musical numbers.
I think that, as others have said, there's more sophistication to the cast of TPS. But, it's very clear that much was sacrificed when HS had to move quickly through the story, in order to accommodate the musical numbers.