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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... Read allAn 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.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.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 2 nominations total
David Bair
- Gregory
- (uncredited)
Herman Belmonte
- Actor in Play
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaIn supplemental information on the DVD mention is made that Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore neglected to rehearse their "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" number more than once or twice because they thought it was silly. When it came time to shoot it they made numerous fumbles and mistakes which the director thought was on purpose. He later complimented them on making it look like something a couple of thugs would perform. They never told him the truth.
- GoofsDuring the "Where Is The Life That Late I Led" number Howard Keel leaves the stage and walks out on a long runway that extends into the audience. This runway is not visible before or after the number though there are several shots from the stage into the audience.
- Alternate versionsOriginally filmed in 3-D (which explains why characters are constantly throwing things directly at the camera).
- ConnectionsFeatured in That's Entertainment, Part II (1976)
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Glamorous and fast-moving musical comedy based on Shakespeare's Taming of Shrew
A married couple (Howard Keel , Kathryn Grayson being a real surprise here) can't separate their real lives from their stage roles , while threatening them a duo (James Withmore , Keenan Wynn) of low comic mobster types as ever brushed up on their Shakespeare . This diverting musical comedy results to be a screen adaptation of Shakespare's Taming of the Shrew based on Cole Porter's Broadway show . The famed stage hit.. now a big colorful musical in 3D !!! A Great Big M-G-M Musical in COLOR! Hollywood's First Important Big MUSICAL in Perfected 3-D .On the Vast Panoramic Screen With Stereophonic Sound...Color Too! Broadway's Long-Run Musical Smash Hit - Now on the Screen...All the Spicy Splendor!.MGM presents Hollywood's first important BIG MUSICAL in 3-D on our Panoramic Screen with MIRACLOUS STEREOPHONIC SOUND! COLOR, too! .Bigger, Better Blushin-er than the famed Broadway Smash Hit
This enchanting , lavish musical stars Howard Keel dancing magnificently through wonderful scenarios , though filming mostly in in the MGM studios with no outdoors . The movie is a heady mixture of Cole Porter music , breathtaking dances and light entertainment . One of the Greatest of All Great MGM Musicals bursts from the screen loosely based on the original William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew , rendered by Cole Porter , scripter Dorothy Kingsley and well directed by George Sidney , by way of some nice interpretations by Howard Keel who has never been more virile and Kathryn Grayson who never gutsier , both of whom performing a married pair , whose off-stage and on-stage lives mingle . They are really brilliant with the help of talented MGM hoofers as Tommy Rall, , Bobby Van , Bob Fosse and Anne Mille dances a storm in the ¨Tom , Dick or Harry¨ number . Special mention for Keenan Wynn and James Withmore as two likeable gangsters giving a priceless rendition of ¨Brush up your Shakespeare¨. All of them create an almost perfect show .
It displays a colorful and luxurious cinematography in picturesque Technicolor and 3D Cinemascope . Marvellous scenarios, worth artificial-looking production design that only emphasised its stagebound origins . The motion picture was compellingly directed by George Sidney. Sidney was a good Hollywood filmmaker , becoming MGM's most successful director in the 1940's . George was an expert in big budget musicals , but also handled rollicking swashbucklers like The three musketeers (1948) that he formerly made in similar style and this Scaramouche (1952) . Some of his biggest hits were movie versions of successful Broadway plays , like Annie get your gun (1950) and Magnolia (1951) . After leaving MGM in 1955, Sidney went over to Columbia under a seven-year contract and had one more major hit with Pal Joey (1957), made under the banner of his own production company and after directing other successes . Kiss Me Kate (1953) rating : Better than average . It is a very good film thanks to fabulous scenarios , luxury interiors , glamorous gowns and being lavishly financed by MGM .
This enchanting , lavish musical stars Howard Keel dancing magnificently through wonderful scenarios , though filming mostly in in the MGM studios with no outdoors . The movie is a heady mixture of Cole Porter music , breathtaking dances and light entertainment . One of the Greatest of All Great MGM Musicals bursts from the screen loosely based on the original William Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew , rendered by Cole Porter , scripter Dorothy Kingsley and well directed by George Sidney , by way of some nice interpretations by Howard Keel who has never been more virile and Kathryn Grayson who never gutsier , both of whom performing a married pair , whose off-stage and on-stage lives mingle . They are really brilliant with the help of talented MGM hoofers as Tommy Rall, , Bobby Van , Bob Fosse and Anne Mille dances a storm in the ¨Tom , Dick or Harry¨ number . Special mention for Keenan Wynn and James Withmore as two likeable gangsters giving a priceless rendition of ¨Brush up your Shakespeare¨. All of them create an almost perfect show .
It displays a colorful and luxurious cinematography in picturesque Technicolor and 3D Cinemascope . Marvellous scenarios, worth artificial-looking production design that only emphasised its stagebound origins . The motion picture was compellingly directed by George Sidney. Sidney was a good Hollywood filmmaker , becoming MGM's most successful director in the 1940's . George was an expert in big budget musicals , but also handled rollicking swashbucklers like The three musketeers (1948) that he formerly made in similar style and this Scaramouche (1952) . Some of his biggest hits were movie versions of successful Broadway plays , like Annie get your gun (1950) and Magnolia (1951) . After leaving MGM in 1955, Sidney went over to Columbia under a seven-year contract and had one more major hit with Pal Joey (1957), made under the banner of his own production company and after directing other successes . Kiss Me Kate (1953) rating : Better than average . It is a very good film thanks to fabulous scenarios , luxury interiors , glamorous gowns and being lavishly financed by MGM .
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- $1,981,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 49 minutes
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