The Taming of the Shrew

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.

Directed by Sam Taylor

Top cast

Mary Pickford

Caterina

Douglas Fairbanks

Petruccio

Edwin Maxwell

Battista

Joseph Cawthorn

Gremio

Clyde Cook

Grumio

Dorothy Jordan

Bianca

G

Geoffrey Wardwell

Hortensio

W

Wilson Benge

Servant (uncredited)

F

Frankie Genardi

Little Boy (uncredited)

B

Billie Jeane Phelps

Little Girl (uncredited)

Charles Stevens

Servant (uncredited)

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