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The Taming of the Shrew

Movie (1967)

"A romantic film amorously devoted to every man who ever gave the back of his hand to his beloved...and to every woman who deserved it!"

Baptista, a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca, will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina, a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio, a student and the son of a wealthy Pisan merchant, has fallen in love with Bianca. He poses as a tutor of music and poetry to gain entrance to the Baptista household and to be near Bianca. Meanwhile, Petruchio, a fortune-hunting scoundrel ...

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Released:	Mar 8th, 1967
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The Taming of the Shrew Main Cast

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Elizabeth Taylor
plays Katharina

Richard Burton
plays Petruchio

Cyril Cusack
plays Grumio

Sir Michael Hordern
plays Baptista

Alfred Lynch
plays Tranio

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After Cleopatra had failed at the box office, nearly bankrupting 20th Century Fox, when director Franco Zeffirelli suggested casting Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton his this film, he was told it would never happen by Fox executives. However, Zeffirelli was persistent, and in the end, he was able to convince Fox that the couple still had box office potential. Ultimately, he was proved correct, as the film was a huge box office success.
Franco Zeffirelli originally proposed this film as a vehicle for Sophia Loren and Marcello Mastroianni.
The fifth of eleven films that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton starred in together.
In his memoirs, Franco Zeffirelli said that making this film was the most fun he had in his entire career.

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