Keel, collaborating with cole porter played by ron randell, plans to star in a musical. Enter kiss me kate, an adaptation of the taming of the shrew which is a lot less femalefriendly than its 90s adaptation, 10 things i. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. An exhusband and wife team star in a musical version of the taming of the shrew. Jun 08, 2016 kiss me kate 1953 crippled by television and desperate to get butts back into seats, 1953 was the year of 3d movies. The 1953 kiss me kate was an inventive filming of the stage hit that was based on the shakespeare play the taming of the shrew. Videos from the musical for freeport high school in 2008. Howard keel and kathryn grayson star as famous broadway singing team who havent worked together since their acrimonious divorce. Lili arrives, and after singing the love duet with fred, agrees to consider taking the role of katherine. Kiss me kate always true to you in my fashion new broadway cast by bekpuro. Kiss me kate 1953 crippled by television and desperate to get butts back into seats, 1953 was the year of 3d movies. Kiss me, kate act two, too darn hotshrew entracte by thetimewarp3000. Kiss me kate premiered on broadway in 1948 to immediate acclaim.
Written by samuel and bella spewack with a score by cole porter, kiss me kate took shakespeares the taming of the shrew 1593 and turned it into a backstage musical. Despite the abbreviations, this production is a million times more entertaining than the ridiculously sanitized mgm cinemascope and color 1953 movie version. Movie typography from kiss me kate 1953, directed by george sidney, starring kathryn grayson, howard keel, ann miller, keenan wynn, james whitmore. The plot follows recently divorced actors who star in a broadway version of shrew and let their personal drama spill onto the stage. Howard keel and kathryn grayson star as famous broadway singing team who havent.
Feb 20, 2015 all the cast 1953 we open in venice duration. Fandango fanalert sign up for a fanalert and be the first to know when tickets and other exclusives are available in your area. I read that howard keel wanted to perform this role on stage for a few months before making the movie so he could really get the part down right for film, but the studio would not give him the time. A musical extravaganza featuring the witty tunes of cole porter, kiss me kate 1953 is a remake of shakespeares the taming of the shrew. Kiss me kate has a very high rotten tomatoes critics score of 91% and a better than average imdb audience rating of 7. Kiss me kate bluray 3d when two squabbling exmarrieds are cast as squabbling renaissance romantics in a musical the taming of the shrew, life imitates art, art imitates life and it all proves no musical comedy imitates kiss me kate, the backstageonstage delight from the 1948 broadway smash and featuring 14 peerless cole porter songs. The common myth is that kiss me kate played very few 3d engagements when it was first released. This is kiss me kate 1953 trailer hd by california film institute on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
Howard keel and kathryn grayson brush up on their shakespeare. It featured an acclaimed cole porter score, and the cast included grayson, keel, ann miller, and keenan wynn. Jun 10, 2011 trailer to metrogoldwynmayers 1953 musical kiss me kate. Bob fosses jazzy dancing scene from kiss me kate 1953. A star is unborn 1994 tv episode one of the characters watches this film on tv, and a song from it is heard. Bigger, better blushiner than the famed broadway smash hit. Kiss me, kate revival, musical, comedy, broadway opened in new york city jan 8, 1952 and played through jan, 1952. In early 1954 the old empire, leicester square in london, then the west ends biggest and finest cinema, was where kiss me kate was shown in 3d. Mar 23, 20 49 videos play all kiss me kate 1953 full movie nahajayauahahaja kaiajauahanaban f. For that entire year, nearly every bigbudget production tried their hand at throwing things in the audiences face in the hopes of enticing them to buy a ticket. Brent barrett and rachel york are wonderful in the acting and singing departments. 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. An exhusband and wife team star in a musical version of shakespeares taming of the shrew, but offstage the production is rife exlovers quarrels and gangster lookinf for some money owed to them.
At his new york apartment, actor fred graham and composer cole porter discuss plans to recruit freds exwife, actress lili vanessi, to star in their new show, kiss me kate, a musical version of william shakespeares the taming of the shrew. The man knew how to handle colour, and kiss me kate is a thick slice of fifties decor. George sidneys terrific film adaptation of the popular broadway musical derived from taming of the shrew underwent a lot of cleaning up. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing kiss me kate near you. Written by samuel and bella spewack with a score by cole porter, kiss. Kiss me kate 1953 remember a while back when we talked about how my fair lady had pretty much no redeeming qualities from a feminist perspective. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. It was filmed in 3d but was not widely released in that format as it required special projection equipment and required the audience to wear eyestraining glasses. Kiss me kate is a 1953 metrogoldwynmayer film adaptation of the broadway musical of the same name inspired by the taming of the shrew, it tells the tale of musical theater actors fred graham and lilli vanessi, who were once married, and are now performing opposite each other in the roles of petruchio and katherine in a broadwaybound musical version of william shakespeares play.
Kiss me kate is one of cole porters greatest musicals. 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. Kiss me kate by george sidney george sidney, kathryn. With kathryn grayson, howard keel, ann miller, keenan wynn. Cole porters kiss me kate is a musical within a musical altogether appropriate, since its source material, shakespeares the taming of the shrew, was a play within a play. Kiss me, kate is a 1949 album of songs from the musical of the same name recorded by american singer jo stafford and actor and singer gordon macrae. The story involves the production of a musical version of william shakespeares the taming of the shrew and the conflict on and offstage between fred graham, the shows director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his exwife lilli vanessi. Enter kiss me kate, an adaptation of the taming of the shrew which is a lot less femalefriendly than its 90s adaptation, 10 things i hate about you. Kiss me, kate is a musical written by bella and samuel spewack with music and lyrics by cole porter. The intertitle kiss me, kate references the famous musical bearing the same name and the 1953 oscar nominated film, directed by george sidney. The mgm film version of cole porters kiss me kate was released in 1953. Cole porters classic musical version of the taming of the shrew done as a film with mgms best production values. Siskoid the 1953 film adaptation of the the broadway hit kiss me kate no comma is a perfectly amusing musical in which a pair of exspouses play opposite one another in a production of a taming of the shrew musical, which is pleasantly meta and i think sort of justifies the cast sometimes looking into camera or throwing stuff at it to create a 3d experience yep, it was filmed in wall. Kiss me kate 1953 even though this movie was originally shown in theatres in 3d with special glasses provided, we are airing the flat version.
Trailer to metrogoldwynmayers 1953 musical kiss me kate. Throughout late 1953 and early 1954, kate played most major cities in widescreen 3d and many subrun engagements as well. This production, recorded in londons west end, is outstanding. Jan 06, 2018 kiss me kate premiered on broadway in 1948 to immediate acclaim. Kiss me kate 1953 watch on fubotv, tcm, and streaming online.
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