Sam Spewack

The story involves the production of a musical version of William Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew and the conflict on and off-stage between Fred Graham, the show's director, producer, and star, and his leading lady, his ex-wife Lilli Vanessi. A secondary romance concerns Lois Lane, the actress playing Bianca, and her gambler boyfriend, Bill, who runs afoul of some gangsters. Television broadcast of the 2008 Komische Oper production.

Cole Porter's beloved classic receives "Another Op'nin, Another Show", in this masterful 1999 London revival of the Tony Award winning musical Kiss Me, Kate! When the egotistical Fred Graham mounts a musical adaptation of The Taming of The Shrew (with himself as director, producer, and star) he’s got the perfect leading lady in mind: his movie star ex-wife! The fireworks both onstage and off between the two seem destined to explode the entire production…or will a romantic flame that’s Too Darn Hot be rekindled? With backstage shenanigans, gangsters brushing up their Shakespeare, and a collection of Porter tunes that any Tom, Dick, or Harry will love, Kiss Me, Kate remains an all-time favorite of musical fans from Padua to Peoria.

Что-то явно не так с этими священниками… Все у них вроде бы как надо: и сутаны, и четки, и белые воротнички. Но при этом, уж больно морды у них подозрительные. Похоже, что эти «святые отцы» не утруждали себя посещением семинарии?!.. И правильно, потому что никакие они не священники, а два беглых каторжника! Корешам не терпится смотаться из Америки, где на них устроили грандиозную облаву, на просторы гостеприимной Канады. Их единственная надежда — это кстати подвернувшиеся рясы священнослужителей. Сможет ли внезапное получение «духовного сана» перевоспитать плохих парней?

Abridged version of the classic Cole Porter musical.

Эллен Вагстафф Арден мама двух маленьких детей. Как считалось, она была без вести пропавшей после несчастного случая с самолетом. Ее муж, Ник Арден, был один из оставшихся в живых. После долгих лет ее поиска, он решает продолжить жить дальше. Он объявляет свою жену без вести пропавшей и решает жениться на Бьянки и все это в один день. Однако, Эллен осталось жива. Она спасена и возвращается в этот же день домой. После таго как ее свекровь Грейс, рассказала ей про свадьбу, она понимает что может успеть помешать их медовому месяцу. В итоге Ник выясняет отношения с Бьянкой. Но он узнает, что Эллен была не одна на том острове. Все эти долгие годы она была наедине со Стивеном Буркеттом и что они назвали друг друга «Адам» и «Ева».

Эллен Вагстафф Арден мама двух маленьких детей. Как считалось, она была без вести пропавшей после несчастного случая с самолетом. Ее муж, Ник Арден, был один из оставшихся в живых. После долгих лет ее поиска, он решает продолжить жить дальше. Он объявляет свою жену без вести пропавшей и решает жениться на Бьянки и все это в один день. Однако, Эллен осталось жива. Она спасена и возвращается в этот же день домой. После таго как ее свекровь Грейс, рассказала ей про свадьбу, она понимает что может успеть помешать их медовому месяцу. В итоге Ник выясняет отношения с Бьянкой. Но он узнает, что Эллен была не одна на том острове. Все эти долгие годы она была наедине со Стивеном Буркеттом и что они назвали друг друга «Адам» и «Ева».

Abridged version of the classic Cole Porter musical as broadcast live on the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on NBC

Abridged version of the classic Cole Porter musical as broadcast live on the Hallmark Hall of Fame series on NBC

Актер, приглашенный на главную роль, Фред Грэм пообещал роль своей подруге Лоис Лейн, но Портер написал главную роль для бывшей жены Грэма – Лилли Ванесси. В день премьеры, при полном аншлаге, букет цветов доставляют не в ту гримерную – романтические отношения изменятся, поющие мафиози будут угрожать, а Ванесси и Грэм поймут, что их любовь не угасла прямо перед зрителями.

Anything can happen during a weekend at New York's Waldorf-Astoria: a glamorous movie star meets a world-weary war correspondent and mistakes him for a jewel thief; a soldier learns that without an operation he'll die and so looks for one last romance with a beautiful but ambitious stenographer; a cub reporter tries to get the goods on a shady man's dealing with a foreign potentate.

Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.

Documentary examining the events which led up to the Second World War.

Считавшаяся погибшей при кораблекрушении жена возвращается домой после семилетнего отсутствия в тот самый день, когда она официально объявляется мёртвой и муж, наконец, вступает в новый брак.

Считавшаяся погибшей при кораблекрушении жена возвращается домой после семилетнего отсутствия в тот самый день, когда она официально объявляется мёртвой и муж, наконец, вступает в новый брак.

A small-town country homebody goes to New York to find her missing fiancé and gets romantically involved with two sophisticated men.

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...

Two lazy screenwriters need a story for the studio's cowboy star. A studio waitress turns out to be pregnant. This gives them the idea for a movie about a cowboy and a baby. The waitress's baby becomes the star. The cowboy and his agent run off with the waitress and her valuable asset. The writers retaliate by hiring an unemployed extra to impersonate the baby's father. But the extra already knows the waitress...

A sleazy lawyer gains clients by showing up at terrible accidents. His boss, determined to stop him, hires a pretty girl to cozy up and coerce the truth out of the ambulance-chaser. Unfortunately, the boss doesn't count on the romance factor and sure enough, love blossoms between the girl and the shyster.

An early Technicolor musical that concentrates on the fashions of the late 1930s, this film was reissued under the title All This and Glamour Too. The top models of the era, including several who are advertising household products, are in the cast. The plot centers around a chic boutique, whose owner, George Curson (Warner Baxter), tries hard to please his customers while keeping peace with his unhappy wife. A wealthy young woman, Wendy Van Klettering (Joan Bennett), decides to take a job as a model at the fashion house, just to amuse herself, but her presence annoys Curson, who must put together the best possible show to compete with rival fashion houses at the Seven Arts Ball. The film includes several hit songs, including the Oscar-nominated "That Old Feeling" by Sammy Fain and Lew Brown.

Вашингтон, 1917 год. Лейтенант Уильям Гордон полон решимости отправиться на фронт во Францию, где вовсю грохочет Первая мировая война, но былое увлечение кодами и случайное знакомство с эмансипированной племянницей военного чиновника резко меняют судьбу офицера, и он оказывается в центре вражеской шпионской сети.

Mary wants to marry a gangster because that is where the money is. Unfortunately, the life expectancy and finances of a gangster are unstable.

A romance between a struggling composer and an American singer.

A middle-aged houseguest causes romantic turmoil when he falls in love with his host's teenage daughter. Director Harry Beaumont's pre-code comedy stars Lionel Barrymore, Alice Brady, Godfrey Tearle, Mary Carlisle, William Janney, Katharine Alexander and Halliwell Hobbes.

An almost-retired jewel thief plans to marry Helen, his partner in crime. Their plans are shattered when Bascom, a gang member, arrives with a stolen necklace, putting their whole gang at risk.

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

Fast-talker extraordinaire Tracy gives one of his quintessential wiseguy performances as a conniving ambulance chaser who falls in love with Evans, unaware she's a special investigator for a streetcar company he's repeatedly victimized.

After America enters World War I, young William "Bill" Jones tries to avoid military service by telling the draft board that he is the sole supporter of his family and is employed by businessman Roger Winthrop, his sister Helen's boss.

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.

Buckley is an unethical reporter who manipulates the news for his own benefit as much as he reports it. When he is in Paris to get a medal for being rescued from his alleged kidnappers, he finds that his boss, Stevens, at the Chicago Globe is going with his old gal Dolly. When Stevens learns that Dolly is staying with Buckley in Moscow, he fires Buckley. To get his job back, Buckley and Lefty stage a great news story about the shooting of the last Romanoff, but the plan backfires and they are now in line to be shot by the Commissar.

A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out to prove who really committed the murder.

A wealthy, cheating husband is found murdered in his penthouse apartment. The police soon arrest a suspect, but the victim's downstairs neighbor believes the man is innocent and sets out to prove who really committed the murder.