
TMDb Rating
5.4/10
12 verified votes
The Taming of the Shrew (1929)
Comedy
63 min
"ALL TALKING, ALL LAUGHING COMEDY SENSATION!"
Plot Summary
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.
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Keywords to include
ComedySam TaylorMary PickfordDouglas Fairbanks1929
Director
Sam Taylor
Top Cast
Mary PickfordDouglas FairbanksEdwin MaxwellJoseph CawthornClyde Cook
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