An exhusband and wife team star in a musical version of the taming of the shrew. The story involves the production of a musical version of william shakespeares the taming of the shrew and the conflict on and offstage between fred graham, the shows director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his exwife lilli vanessi. Armstrong presents cole porters kiss me kate, broadcast by abctv 0n march 25. One of my absolute favorite scenes from the 1953 film, kiss me kate, starring howard keel and kathryn grayson.
Kiss me kate was mgm first 3d movie, by the time the 3d craze had almost disappeared. Kiss me kate is a 1953 metrogoldwynmayer film adaptation of the 1948 broadway musical of the same name inspired by the taming of the shrew, it tells the tale of musical theater actors fred graham and lilli vanessi, who were once married, and are now performing opposite each other in the roles of petruchio and katherine in a broadwaybound musical version of william shakespeares play. Aside from the aforementioned out of time concepts of domestic inequality. Golden oldie kiss me kate mightve been released way back in 1953, but its still one of the best 3d movies of all time. With kathryn grayson, howard keel, ann miller, keenan wynn. Kiss me, kate is a musical written by bella and samuel spewack with music and lyrics by cole. It is, in stereoscopic terms, a demonstration how the process works. Why 1953s kiss me kate is one of the best 3d movies screen rant.
Kiss me kate is a 1953 metrogoldwynmayer film adaptation of the 1948 broadway musical of. A film version of the same name was released in 1953. One of the all time best movie musicals, with fosse choreography and porters vunderbar music. I was able to tolerate the blatant misogyny a bit more, but it was certainly uncomfortable. Kiss me kate is a 1953 metro goldwynmayer film adaptation of the 1948 broadway musical of. An exhusband and wife team star in a musical version of shakespeares taming of the shrew, but offstage the production is rife exlovers quarrels and gangster lookinf for some money owed to them. The gangsters obligingly say they will give him time to remember it and will return later.
Certainly the film never attempts the cinematic fancifulness of, say, minnelli or donen, and sidneys tricksiest 3d application is to have his players throw objects. Egotistical fred graham is the director and producer and is starring as petruchio, and his movie star exwife, lilli vanessi, is playing katherine. Nun darf er sein konnen in einem hollywoodfilm unter beweis stellen. It may seem somewhat odd to see actors throwing props at the camerascreen but the effects hold very well and will probably not only delight 3d lovers but also produce a strong evidence.
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