Kiss me Kate
(DVD) 

Based on the play by Samuel and Bella Spewack.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.

Special features: two short films; music only track; behind-the-scenes notes; theatrical trailer.

Screenplay based upon the play produced on the stage by Lemuel Ayers and Arnold Saint Subber ; music and lyrics by Cole Porter ; musical direction, André Previn and Saul Chaplin ; choreography by Hermes Pan ; director of photography, Charles Rosher ; film editor, Ralph E. Winters ; costumes designed by Walter Plunkett.

Kathryn Grayson ; Howard Keel ; Ann Miller ; Keenan Wynn ; Bobby Van ; Tommy Rall ; James Whitmore ; Kurt Kasznar ; Bob Fosse ; Ron Randell ; Willard Parker.

Two squabbling, 20th-century ex-marrieds are cast as squabbling Renaissance romantics in a musical version of The taming of the shrew. On stage they fight it out and backstage they continue to clash.

MPAA rating: Not rated.

DVD video; Dolby digital 5.1 surround; coded for Region 1 (North America) playback only.

In English, with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed captioned for the hearing impaired.