I’m not setting this in stone, but I’m going to at least attempt to post a classic movie review once a week, thereby creating Classic Film Friday. Sounds catchy doesn’t it? Today’s pick is Kiss Me, Kate. This is a 1953 silver screen version of the Tony Award winning Broadway musical inspired by Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew.
The movie stars Kathryn Grayson and Howard Keel who play a divorced couple that really want to get back together but have a breakdown in the middle of their on stage performance (a show inside of a show as it were). The only thing that keeps the show together are two mobsters with a case of intentional mistaken identity.
It’s everything you want from musical; singing, dancing (some really great performances here, especially by Ann Miller and Carol Haney), a bit of comedy, and spanking. Yes I said spanking… what’s not to love?
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