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Kiss Me Kate is a 1953 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer film adaptation of the 1948 Broadway musical of the same name. [notes 1]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 ...
Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor (also known as The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture) is a 1953 American short musical film produced by Johnny Green.It won an Oscar in 1954 for Best Short Subject (One-Reel). [1]
Shaw's 1940 arrangement was a collaboration between Shaw and his chief arranger, Lennie Hayton, who was also an important Music Director, arranger and orchestrator at MGM until 1953. It was subsequently featured in the classic 1953 MGM musical The Band Wagon and has since come to be considered part of the Great American Songbook.
Kismet is a musical adapted by Charles Lederer and Luther Davis from the 1911 play of the same name by Edward Knoblock, with lyrics and musical adaptation (as well as some original music) by Robert Wright and George Forrest. The music was mostly adapted from several pieces composed by Alexander Borodin.
Compiled by its writer-producer-director, Jack Haley Jr., under the supervision of executive producer Daniel Melnick, the film turned the spotlight on MGM's legacy of musical films from the 1920s through the 1950s, culling dozens of performances from the studio's movies, and featuring archive footage of Judy Garland, Eleanor Powell, Lena Horne, Esther Williams, Ann Miller, Kathryn Grayson ...
May 1, 1953 Never Let Me Go: May 8, 1953 Cry of the Hunted: May 15, 1953 Remains to Be Seen: May 17, 1953 Scandal at Scourie: May 22, 1953 Fast Company: May 29, 1953 Young Bess: June 4, 1953 Julius Caesar: Nominated for Academy Award for Best Picture June 5, 1953 A Slight Case of Larceny: June 19, 1953 Dream Wife: June 24, 1953 Arena: MGM's ...
This song is referenced in the title song of the 2008 musical In the Heights by Usnavi. In 2013, for Verve Remixed: The First Ladies , RAC (DJ) did a chill version of Ella Fitzgerald's take. In 2015, Katie Derham danced the Charleston to "Too Darn Hot" on the thirteenth series of Strictly Come Dancing with her professional dancing partner Anton ...