SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Romantic comedy feature film. Michael Brandon (Cooper) is a millionaire who enjoys getting married but has difficulty staying married: he’s had seven wives and is looking for number eight. He thinks he may have found a new bride in the person of Nicole de Loiselle (Colbert), whom he meets in a shop on the French Riviera. Nicole vigourously rebuffs his advances but Michael is inspired by a reading of The Taming of the Shrew to discipline her. He marches into her room to the accompaniment of military music and slaps her on the face; she slaps back. He returns to his room and turns to the text and gets another idea. He goes again to her room and this time pulls her over his knee and spanks her saying ‘Shakespeare!'. The text eventually gets thrown on the fire.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Film

Technical information

Black-and-white / Sound

Year of release

1938

Duration

86 mins

Credits

Director

Ernst Lubitsch

Producer

Ernst Lubitsch

Cinematographer

Leo Tover

Screenplay

Billy Wilder; Charles Brackett; Charlton Andrews

Music

Frederick Hollander; Werner Heyman

Costume

Travis Banton

Art Direction

Hans Dreir; Robert Usher

Cast

Claudette Colbert	Nicole de Loiselle (Katherina)
Gary Cooper	Michael Brandon (Petruchio)

Additional Details

Production type

Fiction Films

Plays

Taming of the Shrew, The

Subjects

Drama

Keywords

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Screenplay based on the play by Alfred Savoir adapted into English by Charlton Andrews.

Production Company

Name

Paramount Pictures

Archive

Name

UCLA Film & Television Archive

Email

arsc@ucla.edu

Web

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Phone

(310) 206 5388

Fax

(310) 206 5392

Address

Individual Access
Archive Study and Research Center
46 Powell Library
302 East Melnitz
Los Angeles
CA90095-1323
USA

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.com

Web

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