Kiss Me Kate
Famed Stage Hit Now Big Color Musical!
1953 | 109m | English
Popularity: 2 (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 | jealousy, musical, gambling debt, spanking, based on play or musical, battle of the sexes, shakespeare in modern dress, broadway musical, broadway show, rekindled romance, male egos, ex spouses, female rage, 3d |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's Incorporated |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,117,000
Budget: $1,981,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 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, Lyricist, Music |
| 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 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
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