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26/10/1929 Comedy 1h 3m
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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.

  1. Sam Taylor

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Mary Pickford

    Caterina

  2. Douglas Fairbanks

    Petruccio

  3. Edwin Maxwell

    Battista

  4. Joseph Cawthorn

    Gremio

  5. Clyde Cook

    Grumio

  6. Dorothy Jordan

    Bianca

  7. Geoffrey Wardwell

    Hortensio

  8. Wilson Benge

    Servant (uncredited)

  9. Frankie Genardi

    Little Boy (uncredited)

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2025-02-20
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 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 “Katheri...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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