Kiss Me Kate (film)
1953 film directed by George Sidney / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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| Kiss Me Kate | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | George Sidney |
| Screenplay by | Dorothy Kingsley |
| Based on | Kiss Me, Kate 1948 musical by Bella and Samuel Spewack |
| Produced by | Jack Cummings |
| Starring | Kathryn Grayson Howard Keel Ann Miller |
| Cinematography | Charles Rosher |
| Edited by | Ralph E. Winters |
| Music by | Cole Porter (songs) Saul Chaplin (score) André Previn Conrad Salinger (orchestrations) |
| Color process | Ansco Color |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
Release dates | |
Running time | 109 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English French Italian |
| Budget | $1,981,000[3] |
| Box office | $3,117,000 (rentals)[3] |
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.[4]
Already on poor terms, the pair skirmishes from the start. Their relationship eventually breaks into an all-out emotional war mid-performance that threatens the production's success. The only thing keeping the show together are threats from a pair of gangsters who have come to collect a gambling debt.
Dorothy Kingsley's screenplay, which was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award, was adapted from the musical's book by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The songs were by Cole Porter, with musical underscoring by Saul Chaplin and André Previn, who were nominated for an Oscar.[4] Hermes Pan choreographed most of the dance routines.
The movie was filmed in 3-D, using the most advanced technology then available. Devotees of the stereoscopic 3-D medium usually cite this film as one of the best examples of a Hollywood release in polarized 3D.[5]