Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

The Greatest of All Great MGM MUsicals... Bigger, Better Blushin-er than the famed Broadway Smash Hit

  • Genre: Music, Comedy, Romance
  • Release Date: 1953-11-26
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 81 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 49min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: George Sidney
star 6.5/10
From 81 Ratings

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Summary

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.

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  • Kathryn Grayson

    as Lilli Vanessi / Katherine "Kate"
  • Howard Keel

    as Fred Graham / Petruchio
  • Ann Miller

    as Lois Lane / Bianca
  • Keenan Wynn

    as Lippy
  • Bobby Van

    as 'Gremio'
  • Tommy Rall

    as Bill Calhoun / Lucentio
  • James Whitmore

    as Slug
  • Kurt Kasznar

    as 'Baptista'
  • Bob Fosse

    as 'Hortensio'
  • Ron Randell

    as Cole Porter
  • Willard Parker

    as Tex Callaway
  • Dave O'Brien

    as Ralph
  • Claud Allister

    as Paul
  • Ann Codee

    as Suzanne
  • Carol Haney

    as Specialty Dancer
  • Jeanne Coyne

    as Specialty Dancer
  • Hermes Pan

    as Sailor (uncredited)
  • Herschel Graham

    as Audience Member (uncredited)
  • Sam Harris

    as Audience Member (uncredited)
Directing George Sidney Director
Writing Dorothy Kingsley Screenplay
Writing Sam Spewack Theatre Play
Writing Bella Spewack Theatre Play
Writing William Shakespeare Theatre Play
Sound Cole Porter Songs
Writing William Shakespeare Original Story
Camera Charles Rosher Director of Photography
Production Jack Cummings Producer
Editing Ralph E. Winters Editor
Crew Bob Fosse Choreographer
Crew Hermes Pan Choreographer
Costume & Make-Up Walter Plunkett Costume Design
Art Cedric Gibbons Art Direction
Art Urie McCleary Art Direction
Art Richard Pefferle Set Decoration
Art Edwin B. Willis Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Sydney Guilaroff Hairstylist
Costume & Make-Up William Tuttle Makeup Designer
Directing George Rhein Assistant Director
Sound Saul Chaplin Music Director
Sound Skip Martin Orchestrator
Sound André Previn Music Director
Sound Conrad Salinger Orchestrator
Sound Cole Porter Music
Writing Cole Porter Lyricist
Crew Warren Newcombe Special Effects
Sound Bobby Tucker Vocal Coach
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision