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Release Date:
November 26, 1953
Original Title:
Kiss Me Kate
Genres:
Comedy | Music | Romance
Production Companies:
Loew's Incorporated
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12 US: NR
Runtime: 109
Fred and Lilli 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. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play. 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 all night.
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Art Direction:
Cedric Gibbons
Urie McCleary
Assistant Director:
George Rhein
Choreographer:
Hermes Pan
Bob Fosse
Costume Design:
Walter Plunkett
Director:
George Sidney
Director of Photography:
Charles Rosher
Editor:
Ralph E. Winters
Hairstylist:
Sydney Guilaroff
Lyricist:
Cole Porter
Makeup Designer:
William Tuttle
Music:
Cole Porter
Music Director:
Saul Chaplin
André Previn
Orchestrator:
Skip Martin
Conrad Salinger
Original Story:
William Shakespeare
Other:
Alvord Eiseman
Producer:
Jack Cummings
Recording Supervision:
Douglas Shearer
Screenplay:
Dorothy Kingsley
Set Decoration:
Richard Pefferle
Edwin B. Willis
Songs:
Cole Porter
Special Effects:
Warren Newcombe
Theatre Play:
Sam Spewack
Bella Spewack
William Shakespeare
Vocal Coach:
Bobby Tucker
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