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The Taming of the Shrew

ALL TALKING, ALL LAUGHING COMEDY SENSATION!

5.8(16)19291h 3m1

Italy, 16th century. Petruchio, a choleric, lying and poor rural landowner from Verona, arrives in Padua in search of fortune and a wife, while Baptista, a wealthy merchant, announces that he will not allow Bianca, his youngest daughter, to marry until the temperamental and unruly Katherina, his eldest daughter, does.

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Language
English

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Director

Sam Taylor

Writers

Sam Taylor

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR26 Oct 1929
  • SwedenSE

    • TheatricalBtl29 Sept 1930

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The Taming of the Shrew was released on 26 October 1929.

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    CinemaSerf

    2/20/2025

    7/10

    Boy but there’s some fun chemistry on offer here as the original cinema golden couple take on one of Shakespeare’s best romantic comedy plays and use their new found voices to make it count. Mary Pickford is the shrew, Douglas Fairbanks her suitor “Petruchio”. Now make no mistake, this isn’t a love match, it’s more a sort of trade off so “Hortensio” (Geoffrey Wardwell) can fulfil his entirely reciprocated affections …

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