Kathryn Grayson
Lilli Vanessi 'Katherine'
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Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. [ notes 1] Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play The Taming of the Shrew, it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio ...
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.
- (6.9K)
- Comedy, Musical, Romance
- George Sidney
- 1953-11-26
Kiss Me Kate was an adaptation of a hit Broadway show by Lemuel Ayers and Arnold St. Subber which ran for more than 1,000 performances. Director Sidney reimagined the play for Hollywood with the 1950s novelty of 3-D.
- George Sidney, George Rhein
- Kathryn Grayson
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.
Divorced Broadway stars Fred Graham (Howard Keel) and Lilli Vanessi (Kathryn Grayson) agree to star in a musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew" alongside rising young...
- (14)
- Kathryn Grayson
- George Sidney
- Musical, Comedy
Big, funny, bright, colourful and with a superb Cole Porter score, Kiss Me Kate is arguably the best musical of the ’50s – maybe ever. The film was originally shot and released in the new 3-D gimmick in an effort to tempt the old cinema audience back from their new-fangled television sets.
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Inspired by William Shakespeare 's play The Taming of the Shrew, it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of Shakespeare's play.
