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That's Dancing in Kiss Me Kate!

Classic Film & TV Cafe Posted by Rick29 on Dec 16, 2024

Kiss Me Kate (1953) boasts a Cole Porter score full of familiar tunes and was made by MGM during the era when the studio was known for its lavish musicals. And yet, it was considered a box office failure when first released and remains largely forgotten today. That's a shame because it features some read more

Musical Monday: Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Comet Over Hollywood Posted by on Jun 19, 2023

It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals.In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical:Kiss Me Kate (1953) – Musical read more

Kiss Me Kate (1953): A Musical and Meta Entertainment

4 Star Films Posted by 4 Star Film Fan on Jun 3, 2020

The film version of Kiss Me Kate, helmed by MGM’s perennial musical director George Sidney, is a translation of Cole Porter’s rousing Broadway success. We must play a game of two degrees of separation because the stage smash was itself a comical backstage adaptation of Shakespeare’ read more

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

The Blonde At The Film Posted by Cameron on Jan 6, 2018

via: https://rileysrandomreview.wordpress.com/2012/05/21/and-how-about-musical-monday/  Unless otherwise noted, all images are my own. 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 Shakespeare’ read more

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Journeys in Classic Film Posted by on Jun 8, 2016

Crippled by television and desperate to get butts back into seats, 1953 was the year of 3D movies. For that entire year, nearly every big-budget production tried their hand at throwing things in the audiences’ face in the hopes of enticing them to buy a ticket. (Outside of 3D, the 1950s also read more

1001 Classic Movies: Kiss Me Kate

Old Hollywood Films Posted by Amanda Garrett on Apr 12, 2016

Kiss Me Kate (1953), starring Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel, is one of the 1001 classic movies you should see. Each Monday, I'm going to recommend a classic movie you should see (for the reasons behind the 1001 series and reviews of earlier films covered go here). Throughout April, I'll co read more

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Flickers in Time Posted by Beatrice on Nov 8, 2015

Kiss Me Kate Directed by George Sidney Written by Dorothy Kingsley after the Broadway musical by Sam and Bella Spewak and the play The Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare 1953/USA Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer First viewing/My DVD collection But I’m always true to you, Darlin’, in my fashio read more

Get Thee to a Notary: Kiss Me Kate Holds Up

Mildred's Fatburgers Posted by Beth Daniels on Nov 30, -0001

Now you can be part of this terrified audience through the magic of 3-D! Right in the Coriolanus Why This Is a Great Show Carol Haney: We all should have known her better Ann Miller: Underrated Tommy Rall: Baryshnikovian leaps read more