Film

The Taming of the Shrew

1929 · 1h 3m · Comedy

ALL TALKING, ALL LAUGHING COMEDY SENSATION!

IMDb

6.2

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.

Mary Pickford

Caterina

Douglas Fairbanks

Petruccio

Edwin Maxwell

Battista

Joseph Cawthorn

Gremio

Clyde Cook

Grumio

Dorothy Jordan

Bianca

Geoffrey Wardwell

Hortensio

Wilson Benge

Servant (uncredited)

Frankie Genardi

Little Boy (uncredited)

Billie Jeane Phelps

Little Girl (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

Servant (uncredited)

• Sam TaylorDirector · Screenplay
• Karl StrussDirector of Photography
• Hugo RiesenfeldOriginal Music Composer

Release date

October 26, 1929

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 3m

Rated

NR

Genres

Comedy