Kiss Me Kate
Famed Stage Hit Now Big Color Musical!
1953 | 109m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | George Sidney |
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| Writer: | Dorothy Kingsley |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Nov 26, 1953 |
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| Director: | George Sidney |
| Writer: | Dorothy Kingsley |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance, Music |
| Keywords | gambling debt, spanking, broadway musical, male egos, jealousy, based on play or musical, shakespeare in modern dress, rekindled romance, musical, battle of the sexes, broadway show, ex spouses, 3d, female rage |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,117,000
Budget: $1,981,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 | Specialty Dancer |
| Jeanne Coyne | Specialty Dancer |
| David Bair | Gregory (uncredited) |
| Herman Belmonte | Actor in Play (uncredited) |
| Lulu Mae Bohrman | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Ralph Brooks | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Dick Cherney | Actor in Play (uncredited) |
| Gene Coogan | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Michael Dugan | Stretcher Bearer (uncredited) |
| Ted Eckelberry | Nathaniel (uncredited) |
| Kay Garrett | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Herschel Graham | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Maria Haro | Actress in Play (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Al Haskell | Actor in Play (uncredited) |
| Bill Hickman | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Mitchell Lewis | Stage Doorman (uncredited) |
| Wilbur Mack | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Maurice Marks | Actor in Play (uncredited) |
| Philo McCullough | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Hans Moebus | Audience Member (uncredited) |
| Hermes Pan | Sailor (uncredited) |
| Mitchell Rhein | Actor in Play (uncredited) |
| Stephen Soldi | Actor in Play (uncredited) |
| William Tannen | Taxi Driver (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| George Sidney | Director |
| William Shakespeare | Theatre Play |
| Charles Rosher | Director of Photography |
| Ralph E. Winters | Editor |
| Hermes Pan | Choreographer |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| William Tuttle | Makeup Designer |
| Cole Porter | Songs, Music, Lyricist |
| André Previn | Music Director |
| Bob Fosse | Choreographer |
| Bella Spewack | Theatre Play |
| Urie McCleary | Art Direction |
| Saul Chaplin | Music Director |
| Conrad Salinger | Orchestrator |
| Sam Spewack | Theatre Play |
| Dorothy Kingsley | Screenplay |
| Richard Pefferle | Set Decoration |
| Skip Martin | Orchestrator |
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| George Rhein | Assistant Director |
| Bobby Tucker | Vocal Coach |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Edwin B. Willis | Set Decoration |
| Sydney Guilaroff | Hairstylist |
| Douglas Shearer | Recording Supervision |
| Alvord Eiseman | Color Timer |
| Charles Levin | Unit Manager |
| Lillian Burns | Dialogue Coach |
| Mentor Huebner | Production Illustrator |
| Robert Franklyn | Orchestrator |
| Wally Heglin | Orchestrator |
| William Saracino | Sound Mixer |
| Harry V. Lojewski | Vocal Coach, Music Supervisor |
| Alex Romero | Choreographer |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Jack Cummings | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 7 |
| 2024 | 6 | 10 | 22 | 6 |
| 2024 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 6 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11 | 19 | 7 |
| 2024 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 5 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10 | 22 | 6 |
| 2024 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 5 |
| 2024 | 12 | 9 | 16 | 6 |
| 2025 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 5 |
| 2025 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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