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thus acknowledging that Katherina has not been tamed at all. Pickford and Fairbanks' marriage was breaking down even before filming began, and animosity between the couple increased during filming. In later years, Pickford stated that working on the film was the worst experience of her life, although she also acknowledged that Fairbanks' performance was one of his best.
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has never received the recognition it deserves as the first talking film of a Shakespeare play. It was not only technically superior to the majority of talking pictures in 1929 but would unquestionably be the finest translation onto film of Shakespeare for some time to come." Vance also sees the film
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marked her second talkie. This version of the film is primarily known for how Pickford delivers Katherina's last speech. As she moves through the litany of reasons why a woman should obey her husband, she winks toward Bianca, unseen by Petruchio. Bianca smiles in silent communication with Katherina,
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described the film as “defeated by its lack of pacing and downright embarrassing performances, though it's undeniably fascinating to see Doug and Mary together in their only co-starring appearance. This is the film with the infamous credit, ‘By William Shakespeare, with additional dialogue by Sam
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After many years out of circulation, the film was re-released in 1966 in a new cut supervised by Pickford herself. New sound effects and music were added throughout, much of the voice dubbing was enhanced with newly available technology, and seven minutes were cut from the initial print. This
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continues to fascinate as a rather grim comedy. The two willful, larger-than-life personalities working at cross-purposes and conveying their resentment and frustration to each other through blatant one-upmanship and harsh wounds is both the movie and the marital union."
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For many years it was believed that one of the credits read "Additional Dialogue by Sam Taylor", but there is no evidence any print ever contained such a credit and experts on Shakespeare films, such as Kenneth S. Rothwell and Robert Hamilton Ball, think it unlikely.
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The film's original copyright was not renewed, but a revised version was published in 1966 with a copyright notice and registration. While the original version is public domain, the revised version is not.
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The first sound version of the play on film, this version was planned as a sound film from the start. Pickford had already made her sound film debut in
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as a window into the Pickford-Fairbanks marriage: "As a reenactment of the Pickford-Fairbanks marriage,
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re-released version is the only version now available on DVD or VHS.
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Sam Taylor
William Shakespeare
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Karl Struss
Hugo Riesenfeld
United Artists
pre-Code
Sam Taylor
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Shakespearean play of the same name
William Shakespeare
Mary Pickford
Douglas Fairbanks
Petruchio
Edwin Maxwell
Joseph Cawthorn
Clyde Cook
Dorothy Jordan
Coquette
Jeffrey Vance
Leonard Maltin
List of early sound feature films (1926–1929)
The Taming of the Shrew on screen
Tibbetts & Welsh 2014
Rothwell 2004
Vance & Maietta 2008
"Taming of the Shrew (1929) - Overview - TCM.com"

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