Kiss Me Kate

Kiss Me Kate

1953 | 1h 50m | Musical, Comedy | TV-G

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Brief Synopsis

An ex-husband and wife team star in a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming of the Shrew," but off-stage the production is rife with ex-lovers' quarrels and gangsters looking for kickbacks.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

George Sidney

CAST

Kathryn Grayson

Howard Keel

Ann Miller

Keenan Wynn

Bobby Van

Tommy Rall

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Dorothy Kingsley

Host Intros

01:39
Ben Mankiewicz Intro -- Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Intro Aired: Mar 2017
Ben Mankiewicz introduces Kiss Me Kate, 1953.
01:35
Tiffany Vazquez Intro -- Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Intro Aired: Oct 2017
TCM's Saturday afternoon host Tiffany Vazquez introduces Kiss Me Kate, 1953.

Related Videos

Kiss Me Kate (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Wunderbar
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Backstage on the anniversary of their divorce, musical Shakespeare co-stars Fred (Howard Keel) and Lilli (Kathryn Grayson) improvise Cole Porter's original Wunderbar, in MGM's Kiss Me Kate, 1953.
Kiss Me Kate (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Tom, Dick Or Harry
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In their musical version of The Taming Of The Shrew, Ann Miller as Bianca, with suitors Bob Fosse, Tommy Rall and Bobby Van, choreographed by Hermes Pan, performing Cole Porter's Tom, Dick Or Harry, in Kiss Me Kate, 1953.
Kiss Me Kate (1953) -- (Movie Clip) Too Darn Hot
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Between shows at the Copa, Lois (Ann Miller) drops in to audition for Cole Porter (Ron Randell) and his fictional co-stars (Howard Keel, Kathryn Grayson) with the real Porter's Too Darn Hot, shot for 3-D, in MGM's Kiss Me Kate, 1953.
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Kiss Me Kate - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Feuding co-stars reunite for a musical version of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew in Kiss Me Kate (1953), directed by George Sidney and starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel.

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