Kiss Me Kate (film)

Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 American musical romantic comedy film directed by George Sidney from a screenplay by Dorothy Kingsley, based on the 1948 Broadway musical Kiss Me, Kate by Bella and Samuel Spewack. The film stars Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, James Whitmore, and Kurt Kasznar, with Keenan Wynn and Bobby Van. Inspired by William Shakespeare's play The Taming of the Shrew, it tells the tale of formerly married musical theater actors Fred Graham and Lilli Vanessi, brought together to star opposite one another in the roles of Petruchio and Katherine in a Broadway musical version of Shakespeare's play. Already on poor terms, the two leads skirmish from the start.