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Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Directed by George Sidney
“Famed Stage Hit Now Big Color Musical!”
Music, Comedy, Romance · 1h 49m
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
Cast
Kathryn Grayson
Lilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
Howard Keel
Fred Graham, "Petruchio"
Ann Miller
Lois Lane, "Bianca"
Keenan Wynn
Lippy
Bobby Van
"Gremio"
Tommy Rall
Bill Calhoun, "Lucentio"
James Whitmore
Slug
Kurt Kasznar
"Baptista"
Bob Fosse
"Hortensio"
Ron Randell
Cole Porter
Willard Parker
Tex Callaway
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Crew
- Director
- George Sidney
- Screenplay
- Dorothy Kingsley
- Director of Photography
- Charles Rosher
- Original Music Composer
- Cole Porter
- Editor
- Ralph E. Winters
- Producer
- Jack Cummings
Details
- Release date
- 1953-11-26
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Music, Comedy, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English, French, Italian
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
- Budget
- $1,981,000
- Box office
- $3,117,000