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A Balasaur Score of 75 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7/10, Rotten Tomatoes 93%. Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 85% of the 79 1950s music movies in this catalog. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes93%
Critics rate it 23 points higher than audiences do.
102 audience votes
Key crew
- Dorothy KingsleyScreenplay
- George SidneyDirector
- Cole PorterOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Kathryn GraysonLilli Vanessi, "Katherine"
- Howard KeelFred Graham, "Petruchio"
- Ann MillerLois Lane, "Bianca"
- Keenan WynnLippy
- Bobby Van"Gremio"
- Tommy RallBill Calhoun, "Lucentio"
- James WhitmoreSlug
- Kurt Kasznar"Baptista"
- Bob Fosse"Hortensio"
- Ron RandellCole Porter
- Willard ParkerTex Callaway
- Dave O'BrienRalph
Stills
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Themes
jealousygambling debtgangstermusicalbased on play or musicalspankingbattle of the sexesbroadway musicalbroadway showrekindled romancemale egosex spouses