Kiss Me Kate 1953 123movies

Watch: Kiss Me Kate 1953 123movies, Full Movie Online – Fred and Lilly 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..
Plot: 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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Ratings:

	7.0/10 Votes: 6,399
	93% | RottenTomatoes
	N/A | MetaCritic
	N/A Votes: 69 Popularity: 7.832 | TMDB

Reviews:

MGM’s “Kate” is a merely competent version
Cole Porter’s classic musical version of “The Taming of the Shrew” done as a film with MGM’s best production values. Unfortunately, this also means Kathryn Grayson, whose performance as Kate is merely passable. But Howard Keel lives up to his star billing and delivers dynamite vocals and witty characterizations, as well as bringing the film much needed believability (he’s the only one up there that seems like he actually COULD be playing Shakespeare). Ann Miller steals more than her share of the thunder as the show’s ingenue (she’d been playing them for 20 years now). She does a lot of tough dancing with Fosse, Van and Co., leaving the heavy vocals for the others. Keenan Wynn is one of the gangsters who end up actors for a day, and he’s living it up (on stage, the gangsters are usually the audience’s favorite characters) Great songs, good show. Features the interpolated Porter tune “From this Moment On” — the film’s only improvement over the stage version.

Keep watching this one….
I’ll be honest–up until about halfway through this one, I wasn’t all that impressed. It wasn’t bad–just not all that good. However, the film started to gel and got much better as it progressed–and overall is an excellent musical. So, stick with it–it’s worth the wait.

I assumed (incorrectly) that this was just a musical version of Shakespeare’s “Taming of the Shrew”. However, and here’s the weird twist, it’s a film about a Broadway production of “Taming of the Shrew” and there are some parallels between the off-stage antics and the play. Not surprisingly, this was originally a Broadway play–a very, very successful one.

It starts off with Howard Keel meeting with Cole Porter to discuss the play–only, in an odd twist, it’s an actor playing Porter and why they didn’t have Porter play himself is beyond me. They talk about having Keel’s ex-wife (Katherine Grayson) co-star with him in the play–but she hates him. So, using another lady (Ann Miller), they manipulate her into taking the role. But not so fast–Grayson’s character hates Keel’s so much that she’s constantly threatening to walk off–even in the middle of the show.

What helped me to like the film (most of which consists of their opening night) is the addition of a goofy subplot involving gambling debts and a couple of mobsters (Keenan Wynn and James Whitmore). They are great–quite funny and their terrible singing and dancing was the best part of the film (I REALLY liked their song “Brush Up Your Shakespeare”–the lyrics are great). Overall, a clever film that had few brilliant tunes but enough going for it to keep you happy. Well worth your time–even if some of Tommy Rall’s lip syncing was really off.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 49 min (109 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance
Director George Sidney
Writer Dorothy Kingsley, Sam Spewack, Bella Spewack
Actors Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Stereo (Western Electric Sound System)
Aspect Ratio 1.33 : 1 (negative ratio), 1.75 : 1 (intended ratio)
Camera N/A
Laboratory Technicolor, Hollywood (CA), USA (print)
Film Length 3,092 m (Netherlands)
Negative Format 35 mm (Ansco 16D 844)
Cinematographic Process Metrovision Tri-Dee (dual-strip 3-D), Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm