6.1
Thunderstruck
2012
“ALL TALKING, ALL LAUGHING COMEDY SENSATION!”
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
October 26, 19291h 3mEN
5.8
16 votes
Overview
Adapted from Shakespeare's play: Baptista Minola, a wealthy resident of Padua, is the father of Katherine and Bianca. The younger daughter, Bianca, is charming and has many suitors. But her father will not allow Bianca to be married until her older sister, who is notoriously quarrelsome and bad-tempered, is married first. When Petruchio comes from Verona to Padua in search of a wife, he hears of this situation, and he accepts the challenge of trying to woo and marry the ill-natured Katherine.
Director
Sam TaylorWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
United ArtistsElton CorporationPickford Corporation
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User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7.0Boy 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 for “Bianca” (Dorothy Jordan). She can’t marry til her elder sister is, and - well that’s where “Petruchio” comes in. It’s fair to say that “Katherine” isn’t remotely interested in…
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