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A musical comedy based on William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" in which an ill-tempered ex-wife and her ham actor ex-husband fight it out on stage and off, each carrying on with new romantic interests but ultimately realizing they're still in love with each other.
Apr 22, 2003 · Although Kiss Me Kate was not filmed with anamorphic lenses (i.e. CinemaScope), it was intentionally photographed to be cropped in the projector and shown in widescreen. As it happens, the film was composed to be shown in 1.75:1 which is almost the same aspect ratio as a modern 16:9 HDTV screen.
Kiss Me Kate (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Tom, Dick Or Harry In their musical version of The Taming Of The Shrew , Ann Miller as Bianca, with suitors Bob Fosse, Tommy Rall and Bobby Van, choreographed by Hermes Pan, performing Cole Porter's Tom, Dick Or Harry , in Kiss Me Kate , 1953.
Apr 19, 2023 · Kiss Me, Kate won the first-ever Tony Award for Best Musical in 1949. The film was also nominated for an Oscar but lost to Call Me, Madam, starring Ethel Merman. Bob Fosse, who later became a noted choreographer, got his big break from this film, specifically from the From This Moment On number, which was inspired by modernist dance. It is ...
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But it is the sequence that made critics take notice of the future award-winning choreographer and director. For the famous spanking scene, Kathryn Grayson and costume designer Helen Rose played a joke on Howard Keel - Rose put a wooden board under Grayson's costume. Choreographer Hermes Pan makes an appearance as a sailor in the number "Always ...
Kiss Me Kate: Directed by George Sidney. With Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn. An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of 'The Taming of the Shrew'; off-stage, the production is troublesome with ex-lovers' quarrels and two gangsters looking for some money owed to them.
