Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Music, Comedy, Romance1 hour and 49 minutes
65%
User score

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

Description

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.

George Sidney
Director
Dorothy Kingsley
Screenplay
Sam Spewack
Theatre Play
Bella Spewack
Theatre Play
William Shakespeare
Theatre Play, Original Story
Cole Porter
Lyricist

Actors

Kathryn Grayson
Kathryn Grayson
Lilli Vanessi / Katherine "Kate"
Howard Keel
Howard Keel
Fred Graham / Petruchio
Ann Miller
Ann Miller
Lois Lane / Bianca
Keenan Wynn
Keenan Wynn
Lippy
Bobby Van
Bobby Van
'Gremio'
Tommy Rall
Tommy Rall
Bill Calhoun / Lucentio
James Whitmore
James Whitmore
Slug
Kurt Kasznar
Kurt Kasznar
'Baptista'
Bob Fosse
Bob Fosse
'Hortensio'
Ron Randell
Ron Randell
Cole Porter
Willard Parker
Willard Parker
Tex Callaway
Dave O'Brien
Dave O'Brien
Ralph
Claud Allister
Claud Allister
Paul
Ann Codee
Ann Codee
Suzanne
Carol Haney
Carol Haney
Specialty Dancer
Jeanne Coyne
Jeanne Coyne
Specialty Dancer
Hermes Pan
Hermes Pan
Sailor (uncredited)
Herschel Graham
Herschel Graham
Audience Member (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Sam Harris
Audience Member (uncredited)
Status

Released

Original language

English

Budget

$1,981,000

Revenue

$3,117,000

Keywords
musicalbased on play or musicalspankingshakespeare in modern dressbroadway show