Kiss Me Kate!
(USA, 1953)

 

 

Musical, 109 min, color

 


 
Director:

George Sidney
 

Writers:

Sam Spewack (play) &
Bella Spewack (play) ...
 

Genre:
Comedy / Musical / Romance more
Plot Summary:
Fred and Lilly are a divorced pair of actors who are brought together by Cole Porter who has written a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. A fight on the opening night threatens the production, as well as two thugs who have the mistaken idea that Fred owes their boss money and insist on staying next to him all night
 Howard Keel spanks Kathryn Grayson.
 

Awards for
Kiss Me Kate (1953)

 
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Academy Awards, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1954 Nominated Oscar Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture
André Previn
Saul Chaplin

 
 
Writers Guild of America, USA
Year Result Award Category/Recipient(s)
1954 Nominated WGA Award (Screen) Best Written American Musical
Dorothy Kingsley

 
 
 

Cast (in credits order) (verified as complete)

Kathryn Grayson ... Lilli Vanessi 'Katherine'

 
Howard Keel ... Fred Graham 'Petruchio'

 
Ann Miller ... Lois Lane 'Bianca'
Keenan Wynn ... Lippy
Bobby Van ... Gremio
Tommy Rall ... Bill Calhoun 'Lucentio'
James Whitmore ... Slug
Kurt Kasznar ... Baptista
Bob Fosse ... Hortensio
Ron Randell ... Cole Porter
Willard Parker ... Tex Callaway
Dave O'Brien ... Ralph
Claud Allister ... Paul
Ann Codee ... Suzanne
Carol Haney ... Dancer
Jeanne Coyne ... Dancer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
David Bair ... Gregory (uncredited)
Michael Dugan ... Stretcher bearer (uncredited)
Ted Eckelberry ... Nathaniel (uncredited)
Mitchell Lewis ... Stage doorman (uncredited)
Hermes Pan ... Sailor (uncredited)
William Tannen ... Taxi driver (uncredited)


 

Directed by
George Sidney    
 
Writing credits
William Shakespeare   (play The Taming of the Shrew) uncredited

 
Sam Spewack   (play) (as Samuel Spewack) &
Bella Spewack   (play)

 
Dorothy Kingsley  

 
Produced by
Jack Cummings .... producer
 
Original Music by
Saul Chaplin    
 
Non-Original Music by
Cole Porter   (from musical "Kiss Me Kate")
 
Cinematography by
Charles Rosher    
 
Film Editing by
Ralph E. Winters    
 
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons    
Urie McCleary    
 
Set Decoration by
Richard Pefferle    
Edwin B. Willis    
 
Costume Design by
Walter Plunkett    
 
Makeup Department
Sydney Guilaroff .... hair stylist
William Tuttle .... makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
George Rhein .... assistant director
 
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer .... recording supervisor
 
Special Effects by
Warren Newcombe .... special effects
 
Other crew
Saul Chaplin .... musical director
Alvord Eiseman .... color consultant
Skip Martin .... orchestrator
Hermes Pan .... choreographer
André Previn .... musical director
Conrad Salinger .... orchestrator
Robert Tucker .... vocal supervisor
Bob Fosse .... choreographer (uncredited)
 

Crew verified as complete


 

 

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Additional Details
 

 
Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Anscocolor)

 
Sound Mix:
Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more
Directed by
R.G. Springsteen    
 
Writing credits

(in alphabetical order)

Charles R. Marion   story
Charles E. Roberts    
Jack Townley   also story


 

Produced by
Sidney Pinker .... producer
 
Original Music by
Stanley Wilson    
 
Cinematography by
Jack A. Marta    
 
Film Editing by
Tony Martinelli    
 
Art Direction by
Alfred Ybarra    
 
Stunts
David Sharpe .... stunt double: Robert Clarke (uncredited)
 


 

 

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Also Known As:

An Old Spanish Custom (USA)
Girl from Panama (USA)
 

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:
Mono
Company:
Republic Pictures (I)

 

     

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