Language and Mind set of a Popular 1950s Musical I have removed the Language and Mindset section of the article The whole section is very subjective depending entirely on your point of view and could be applied to plenty of films from that era Further none of the information there was cited I am posting the section here in its entirety for reference Language and Mind set of a Popular 1950s Musical Some parts of the film might be considered racy or questionable now though a recent viewer can place it in the mindset of 1956 Crosby s character sings a love song to an eleven year old girl his ex wife s younger sister who still has quite a crush on him the father of the bride discusses the attractiveness of his daughter s body while upbraiding her for having no compassion as most characters in the movie have already or soon will and several cases of real and imagined extramarital sex separated from the movie going masseswho might not at that time be participating in such exercisesby all characters being part of or by necessity having to interact with the Newport upper class When Tracy Lord played by Kelly awakens hungover on her wedding day she doesn t at first remember anything about her previous night s drunken carousing but comes to believe she made love with Mike the reporter played by Sinatra and discusses it at length with her ex husband Dexter played by Crosby At the time of course making love was generally understood in a more amorous than sexual sense Being a romantic comedy High Society plays all of this for laughs while cheering for the real loves to uncover themselves by the end of the last reel There are also some very interesting issues of class in the movie as Kittridge the up and coming coal magnate and fiance to the current mine owner s daughter is described as having worked his way up from being a miner and clearly is flummoxed by the confusing interactions of those born into the upper class as is Sinatra s journalist character