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| Genre/Form: | Feature films Musical films Video recordings for the hearing impaired Drama |
|---|---|
| Material Type: | Videorecording |
| Document Type: | Visual material |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Dorothy Kingsley; Jack Cummings; George Sidney; Bella Cohen Spewack; Samuel Spewack; Kathryn Grayson; Howard Keel; Ann Miller; Keenan Wynn; Bobby Van; Tommy Rall; James Whitmore; Kurt Kasznar; Hermes Pan; Cole Porter; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.; Warner Home Video (Firm) |
| ISBN: | 0790744740 9780790744742 |
| OCLC Number: | 52113809 |
| Language Note: | In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired. |
| Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. Based on the play by Samuel and Bella Spewack. Special features: two short films; music only track; behind-the-scenes notes; theatrical trailer. |
| Credits: | Screenplay based upon the play produced on the stage by Lemuel Ayers and Arnold Saint Subber ; music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; musical direction, AndreÌ Previn and Saul Chaplin ; choreography by Hermes Pan ; director of photography, Charles Rosher ; film editor, Ralph E. Winters ; costumes designed by Walter Plunkett. |
| Cast: | Kathryn Grayson ; Howard Keel ; Ann Miller ; Keenan Wynn ; Bobby Van ; Tommy Rall ; James Whitmore ; Kurt Kasznar ; Bob Fosse ; Ron Randell ; Willard Parker. |
| Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Description: | 1 videodisc (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Details: | DVD, region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
| Contents: | Kiss me Kate (ca. 1:50:00) -- Cole Porter in Hollywood : Too darn hot / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents ; written, produced and directed by Peter Fitzgerald (ca. 10:00) -- Mighty Manhattan, New York's wonder city / directed by James H. Smith ; produced and narrated by James A. FitzPatrick (ca. 20:00). |
| Series Title: | Classic musicals collection. |
| Other Titles: | Cole Porter in Hollywood : too darn hot. Too darn hot. Mighty Manhattan, New York's wonder city. |
| Responsibility: | Metro Goldwyn Mayer ; screen play by Dorothy Kingsley ; produced by Jack Cummings ; directed by George Sidney. |
Abstract:
Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.
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