Kiss Me Kate (1953) ***

Kathryn Grayson gives the finest performance of her career as Lilli Vanessi, a divorced stage actress playing Kate in a musical version of Shakespeare's "The Taming Of The Shrew" and fighting with her former husband (Howard Keel playing Fred Graham playing Petruchio). Superlative musical score by Cole Porter includes many show stoppers:

"So In Love" **
"Too Darn Hot" **
"Why Can't You Behave ?" **
"Wunderbar" **
"We Open In Venice" **
"Tom, Dick And Harry" ***
"I've Come To Wive It Wealthily In Padua" *
"I Hate Men" ***
"Were Thine That Special Face" *
"Where Is The Life That Late I Led" **
"Always True To You Darling In My Fashion" **
"Brush Up You Shakespeare" **
"From This Moment On" ***
"Kiss Me Kate" *