I love this musical. I love all the songs, all the dances, all the stars. It is my favorite Shakespeare adaptation.Fred Graham (Howard Keel) has a problem. He needs a star for his new Broadway show "Kiss Me Kate", a retelling of The Taming of the Shrew and he knows exactly who he wants for it: beautiful soprano Lilli Varnessi (Kathryn Grayson). Unfortunately, Lilli is his ex-wife who wants nothing to do with him. Fred has also cast his current girlfriend, Lois (Ann Miller), as the sister, Bianca, unaware that Lois is also in love with Bill Calhoun (Tommy Rall), the show's Lucentio. Bill is an inveterate gambler who just signs other people's names on IOUs when he runs out of cash. So on opening night, the theater is home to a pair of gangsters, a pair of ex-lovers, a pair of extra lovers, a cattle baron, Bob Fosse, and a housebroken donkey. What could go wrong?
Everything about this is wonderful. The songs are all written by Cole Porter and each one is a gem. I don't know why we stopped making films like this but I wish we would go back to it.
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