Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Music, Comedy, Romance • 1h 49m
Overview
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a great deal like the characters they play, and they must work together when mistaken identities get them mixed up with the mafia.
Director: George Sidney
Cast: Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel, Ann Miller, Keenan Wynn, Bobby Van, Tommy Rall, James Whitmore, Kurt Kasznar, Bob Fosse, Ron Randell, Willard Parker, Dave O'Brien, Claud Allister, Ann Codee, Carol Haney, Jeanne Coyne, David Bair, Herman Belmonte, Lulu Mae Bohrman, Ralph Brooks, Dick Cherney, Gene Coogan, Michael Dugan, Ted Eckelberry, Kay Garrett, Herschel Graham, Maria Haro, Sam Harris, Al Haskell, Bill Hickman, Mitchell Lewis, Wilbur Mack, Maurice Marks, Philo McCullough, Hans Moebus, Hermes Pan, Mitchell Rhein, Stephen Soldi, William Tannen
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Directors: Vincente Minnelli & Lemuel Ayers & Roy Del Ruth & George Sidney & Robert Lewis
Directors: Vincente Minnelli & Lemuel Ayers & Roy Del Ruth & George Sidney & Robert Lewis
Director: William Dieterle
Director: William Dieterle
Director: Jack Conway
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
HBO Max HD Streaming
Director: Jack Conway
HBO Max HD Streaming
Warner Archive Blu-ray in Oct
HBO Max HD Streaming
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: Ernst Lubitsch
Director: László Kardos
Director: László Kardos
Director: George Sidney
Director: George Sidney
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Director: Irving Reis
Director: Irving Reis
More Music on Blu-ray
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Jonathan Demme
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Robert Wise
Disney 4K Blu-ray, see caps https://slow.pics/c/hE3HUCdj
Disney 4K Atmos is great, a reference quality track. It's a very slight remix (music seems to be from a better source), but it's completely seamless and faithful to the original, better fidelity than anything since the 1994 30th Anniversary Edition LaserDisc.
All DVDs (and 2010 Blu-ray) sound far worse than the 4K Blu-ray/LaserDisc and have various missing sound cues.
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Stanley Donen
Director: Robert Budreau
Director: Robert Budreau
Carlotta FR Blu-ray box set: 2K restoration of 4K scan. This 2K restoration’s detail level is quite good, although its highlights are somewhat blown out. On the other hand, the newer 4K restoration (on DCP only as of Aug 2026) exhibits severe black crush.
TBD. Carlotta sounds muffled.
Carlotta’s English subtitles omit quite a bit of dialog. This was improved upon in the subs accompanying the newer 4K restoration DCP.
Carlotta FR Blu-ray box set: 2K restoration of 4K scan. This 2K restoration’s detail level is quite good, although its highlights are somewhat blown out. On the other hand, the newer 4K restoration (on DCP only as of Aug 2026) exhibits severe black crush.
TBD. Carlotta sounds muffled.
Carlotta’s English subtitles omit quite a bit of dialog. This was improved upon in the subs accompanying the newer 4K restoration DCP.
Director: Martin Scorsese
MVD 4K Blu-ray see caps but it has the encoding error with the dropped frames
Director: Martin Scorsese
MVD 4K Blu-ray see caps but it has the encoding error with the dropped frames
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
Currently streaming on Netflix
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Currently streaming on Netflix
Directors: Chris Appelhans & Maggie Kang
Currently streaming on Netflix
2026 Criterion 4K Blu-ray
Currently streaming on Netflix
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