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Kiss Me Kate (1953)

Director: George Sidney

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From Time Out Film Guide

Cole Porter's amazing score wasn't the only standout when this tricksy backstage/onstage parallel version of The Taming of the Shrew first appeared. Contemporary fashion caused Sidney the headache of shooting in both 3-D and 'flat' formats, and he accentuated the planes of artifice by employing a succession of frames within frames (doors, windows, proscenia) and, for the stage scenes, shooting head-on from something like the third row of the 'audience'. The Chinese box play-within-a-play construction is worked out to a tee, and even extends to Randell playing a character called Cole Porter, scoring a Broadway musical. Brilliantly choreographed by Hermes Pan, Ann Miller's dance numbers (variously partnered by Rall, Fosse and Van) are the champagne that go with the film.

Author: PT

Time Out Film Guide


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